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Mixed reality event: Seventeen Unsung Songs

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If you're located in Melbourne you might want to head over to Horse Bazaar, 397 Lonsdale st Melbourne on Wednesday night the 21st May: Adam Nash (Second Life artist-in-residence) and Greg Wadley (Uni of Melbourne) will perform a thirty-minute music and movement piece in Second Life. They will pilot their avatars around Adam's "Seventeen Unsung Songs" installation, an island … [Read more...] about Mixed reality event: Seventeen Unsung Songs

OpenSim discussion panel: podcast available

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Zatzai Asturius from Second Convention held a discussion panel last week about the future of the Second Life grids (both the Linden Lab and OpenSim grids). The panel consisted of Australian Adam Zaius and Teravus Ousley from the OpenSim project and it's now available as a podcast. Zatzai describes the podcast: "The discussion is about an hour long and it covers why there are … [Read more...] about OpenSim discussion panel: podcast available

SL Combat Expo kicks off

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I have to admit, I hadn't understood the weapons in Second Life thing. For me, there were so many gaming worlds around where you can engage in combat that I just didn't see the point of Second Life weapons. I spent some time tonight being guided around the showroom floor for the Second Life Combat Expo by its creator, Australian Apollo Case. It then started to dawn on me why … [Read more...] about SL Combat Expo kicks off

Interview – Skribe Forti

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Skribe Forti is an Australian Second Life resident who's got an established track record in machinima that we've covered previously. Last week we finally caught up with Skribe to talk a little more about the power of machinima. Lowell: Can you give a potted history of your involvement with Second Life and more broadly your historical online life? Skribe: I've been in SL … [Read more...] about Interview – Skribe Forti