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Molotov Alva and His Search for the Creator: A Second Life Odyssey
Filmmaker Douglas Gayeton has produced a documentary film about his avatar Molotov Alva's encounters in Second Life after deciding to abandon real life. The film, shot entirely on the Second Life platform, reveals Alva's introductions to different characters in the virtual world and possibly makes a soul-mate connection. Gayeton has explored similar territory with the animated television program Delta State, and has also collaborated with sci-fi writer William Gibson on a video game based on the feature length film Johnny Mnemonic. The film premieres Thursday, May 15, at 8:00 pm (ET) on Cinemax. Filmmaker Douglas Gayeton has produced a documentary film about his avatar Molotov Alva's encounters in Second Life after deciding to ... more
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Hands Free 3D: Second Life Navigation Demo
"Mitch Kapor and Philippe Bossut designed a prototypical interface that demonstrates the possibilities for operating Second Life "hands free" without a mouse or keyboard. To make this work, they modified the open source Second Life client to support the camera as an input device." "Mitch Kapor and Philippe Bossut designed a prototypical interface that demonstrates the possibilities for operating Second Life "hand... more
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In this corner: Electronic Arts New Fight Night Round 4
With pulsing music and an authentic boxing ring set up in the games giant's motion capture studio, "Sugar" Ray Leonard, Lennox Lewis and Ronald "Winky" Wright all came bounding out from behind a curtain to take centre stage under a sea of red lights and cameras that would capture their every move. With pulsing music and an authentic boxing ring set up in the games giant's motion capture studio, "Sugar" Ray Leonard, Lennox Lewis a... more
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GTA IV's eateries, and their real life counterparts
Ed Levine took time to dive into the food culture in GTA IV, and draws comparisons to their real life counterparts in New York City. The interesting thing isn't just the virtual similarities to more obvious brick and mortar locales in meatspace (take the Sprunk Cola sign for example), but the inclusion of lesser known landmarks like the Domino Sugar Refinery. Pretty interesting stuff...
The most astonishing aspect of GTA IV isn't merely the graphics or gameplay, but the city itself. More specifically the culture of the city. Liberty City is the first of the GTA worlds to feel lived in and vibrant, and the cultural aspects mesh with the storyline seamlessly. Ed Levine took time to dive into the food culture in GTA IV, and draws comparisons to their real life counterparts in New York City. T... more -
Get a First Life
A short rant about the general pointlessness of the 'virtual world' Second Life and the socially crippled people who inhabit it.
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Natural World Not as Popular As Virtual World
I knew we were onto something when we thought the Imax theaters at the gates of national parks were seductively more interesting than the actual parks. I knew we were onto something when we thought the Imax theaters at the gates of national parks were seductively more interesting than ... more
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Web Playgrounds of the Very Young
"Get ready for total inundation," said Debra Aho Williamson, an analyst at the research firm eMarketer, who estimates that 20 million children will be members of a virtual world by 2011, up from 8.2 million today. "Get ready for total inundation," said Debra Aho Williamson, an analyst at the research firm eMarketer, who estimates that 20 million ... more
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My Second Life
This animated documentary was made in Second Life and is a really interesting look at the virtual world. I highly recommend this and most other stuff Submarine are making. Click the link to check out their website. This animated documentary was made in Second Life and is a really interesting look at the virtual world. I highly recommend this and m... more
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2nd Life Virtual Crime. Real-life Lawsuit.
A Second Life user is suing another Second Life user for a "virtual crime" committed in Second Life. There's real money at stake, but is a crime in a virtual world a crime in real life?
I'll bet any lawyer geeks out there (or would they be called "geeky lawyers"?) are dying to know how this turns out. I doubt the court system has much precedent to go off here.
But wait, shouldn't there be a Second Life court system to handle this?
A Second Life user is suing another Second Life user for a "virtual crime" committed in Second Life. There's real money at stake, but... more -
Second Life World
Design team, Blackbrush Creative, brings us into the online phenomenon that is Second Life, a virtual world that has taken on a life of its own. In Second Life, users create and control virtual characters, or representations of themselves. Blackbrush sets out to penetrate this world and create objects that possess actual value in both the virtual and physical world. Design team, Blackbrush Creative, brings us into the online phenomenon that is Second Life, a virtual world that has taken on a life o... more
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