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The Archives
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01.22.08Reflective Architecture, Sound and Windlight Glow – Second Life InstallationA production video capturing what can best be called an installation piece doesn't quite do justice to the experience of being in the environment. The video hints at the power of working within the new Windlight viewer for Second Life and the use of the glow effect in a way that's could be a brilliant exploit of a 'bug' or pushing the current glow parameters to their outer limits. Either way, in this particular case the effect is an environment that's both technically sophisticated but that also gives a haunting and profound experience. [youtube=[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lEa6xY2sAg] The installation was developed to respond to avatar ...
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10.24.07CSI New York in Second Life: Initial Photos, OnRez ViewerThe CSI New York episode tonight is expected to send 500,000+ intrigued viewers into Second Life. This coincides with the launch of the new On Rez viewer. Electric Sheep Company prez commented at the recent Virtual World's Conference advocated for the "AOL-ization" of Second Life. Well, that's what the new sim and viewer feel like. For a 'newbie' the viewer felt a bit more intuitive, cleaner, and had a nice "Web" feel to it. For someone used to a viewer focused on building and creating (the new viewer HIDES the build and create buttons!) I won't be switching anytime soon! One feature ...
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10.19.07Second Life: Migration to Virtual Worlds and the Use of TimeI'm a convert to virtual spaces. I'm a convert because there's a migration happening and I like the idea of being part of a diaspora charting new territories, arriving in some new land with hopes and dreams (and a look of total mystification and bafflement). The migration is like from the Old World to the New World - from Europe to America. It's a migration because people move from where life is less good to places where life is better. People who arrive in these new worlds might end up baffled, confused, and then head back to the old country - ...
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