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May 26, 2015

Art & Obedience Is Well Worth A Viewing In Second Life

Inara Pey has already made a superb blog post about Obedience in Second Life, so I will try and refrain from covering all of the same ground, but it’s inevitable that there will be some crossover.

Obedience is An Installation in 15 Rooms by Saskia Boddeke & Peter Greenaway at the Jewish Museum in Berlin. The exhibit started on May 22nd and will be running until September 13th.

Saskia Boddeke is also known as Rose Borchovski in Second Life, whereas Peter Greenaway is a British Film director of films such as The Belly of an Architect and The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover amongst many others. Peter Greenaway has also been known to use Second Life.

Now if you’re wondering what an exhibit at the Jewish Museum in Berlin has to do with Second Life, it’s because there’s also a Second Life version of the exhibit running at LEA1 in Second Life which has been brought to life thanks to the fine work of Bryn Oh and Jo Ellsmere.

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May 26, 2015

Ebbe Altberg And Philip Rosedale Set To Speak At AWE2015

Between June 8th – 10th the 6th Augmented World Expo will take place. The event will feature exhibits, networking, classes and more and is described as :

AWE 2015 features over 200 companies leading the charge in augmented and virtual reality, wearable tech and the internet of things. Join over 3,000 tech professionals to engage in over 20+ workshops, 200+ interactive demos, a VR experience powered by UploadVR and 100+ AWE-inspiring talks from industry leaders and pioneers. AWE is focused on turning ordinary experiences into the extraordinary and empowering people to be better at anything they do in work and life.

Whereas many of the names are familiar, two names probably stand out more for those of us with experience in a virtual world background. Linden Lab CEO Ebbe Altberg and High Fidelity CEO Philip Rosedale will both be speaking during the course of the expo.

Both are due to speak on June 10th. Ebbe will be speaking in a session entitled The Social and Philosophical Impact of Immersive Technology, which is described as :

How is virtual reality going to impact our social and cultural world? How will this technology affect human interaction, social dynamics, relationships, and life in general.

Ebbe will be joined by Altspace VR CEO Eric Romo. Philip Rosedale’s session is a little more vague.

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May 25, 2015

Back From The Med

I’m back from the Med and a fortnight seems an awfully long time to be away when you try and catch up with news and developments in the virtual world and beyond. A fortnight also provides insight into one of the reasons why Second Life can be an annoying name, there are tons of news stories about Second Life, but they are largely about the Second Life of a product or a show, such as The Mindy Project.

However, fortunately for me, Xiola Linden and the Linden Lab community team do a good job of updating the Second Life Blog with Destination Guide information, hence why I will at some point in the near future be heading on out to visit The Kingdoms of Giliath, an ambitious looking immersive roleplay kingdom in Second Life.

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May 10, 2015

Off To The Med

I’m currently packing my bags as I head off on another trip. I’ve just checked my transport options over at Dwarfin HQ and everything looks fine for my flight. Therefore this blog will be taking a break for a couple of weeks.

However the virtual world experience rolls on and there’s plenty to look forward to.

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May 9, 2015May 10, 2015

A Visit To Basilique

Basilique in Second Life is a quite stunning town, boasting bars, shops, a theatre and much more. This is also the home of Paradise Lost in Second Life.

The region has been brought to life by Harvey Crabsticks and Canary Beck.

One of the things I liked about my visit was the notecard, because that largely writes my blog post for me, for example, we are informed :

Named after the Basilica that dominates the region, Basilique is a small village on a lake nestled between the mountains of Northern Italy. Our most current information can be found at the website: http://thebasilique.wordpress.com

Event information can be found here:
https://thebasilique.wordpress.com/events/

History and Geography can be found here: https://thebasilique.wordpress.com/geography-history/

There are a number of places to visit here. However, first of all you may just want to take a stroll around.

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