CSI: New York - Second Life Episode
Posted on October 21, 2007
The crime scene investigators of CSI: New York go into Second Life to catch a killer next week, and the preview is up on YouTube:
Source: iDunzo
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“Starry Night” Recreated In 3D In Second Life
Posted on July 19, 2007
This beautiful video shows construction of a 3D re-creation of the famous painting by Vincent Van Gogh. The soundtrack is “Starry, Starry Night,” by Don McLean.
I think a lot of people will enjoy this video, however you can appreciate it a little more if you’ve actually done some building in Second Life.
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William Gibson To Appear In Second Life
Posted on July 11, 2007
William Gibson, whose 1984 novel Neuromancer was a bible for Internet pioneers, is making an appearance in Second Life.
Gibson wasn’t the first person to use the idea of “cyberspace,” but he coined the word and popularized it.
Gibson’s publishers at Penguin write:
Over the next few weeks - to celebrate and, yes, promote his new novel Spook Country, - we’re planning a range of William Gibson activities in Second Life; we’re screening his fine and strange movie No Maps for These Territories; there’s a competition to design an avatar for the man himself; we’re giving away shipping containers packed with Gibson goodies and at the beginning of August, William Gibson himself will be coming into Second Life to read from Spook Country and answer questions.
Wikipedia has a good definition of cyberspace: and history of the idea, dating all the way back to the ancient Greeks and Plato. “Cyberspace is the metaphorical space of computer systems and networks, in which electronic data are stored and online communication takes place.”
In Gibson’s novels, and many other cyberpunk science-fiction in the 1980s, cyberspace was navigated is if it were a physical space, with three-dimensional objects representing computer systems and databases.
Neuromancer was an inspiration for Internet pioneers through the 90s, although it’s been somewhat eclipsed by Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash, which postulates the Metaverse. Second Life is the Metaverse in every important respect except popularity.
Boing Boing appears to have what looks like an interesting interview titled: William Gibson explains why science fiction is about the present.
Source: iDunzo
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Second Life Apple Store
Posted on June 13, 2007
Apparently Apple has an “Apple Store” inside Second Life:
Source: Geek With Laptop
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Second Life “land” dispute moves offline to federal courtroom
Posted on June 4, 2007
Turns out, second life isn’t really second anymore, and has become a “real” life.
A virtual land dispute in Second Life will be resolved in federal court after a judge’s ruling. A lawsuit filed in May of 2006 by Pennsylvania attorney Marc Bragg accused Linden Lab and its CEO Philip Rosedale of wrongfully seizing his virtual land and unilaterally shutting down his Second Life account—intellectual property that Bragg says is worth thousands of (real-life) dollars
Source: ars technica
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Does virtual reality need a real-life sheriff?
Posted on June 4, 2007
Earlier this year, one animated character in Second Life, a popular online fantasy world, allegedly raped another character.
Some bloggers dismissed the simulated attack as nothing more than digital fiction. But the Belgian police, according to newspapers there, opened an investigation into whether a crime had been committed. No one has yet been charged.
Source: Concord Monitor
I think that one of the most appealing aspects of Second Life (and other virtual reality environments) is the anarchy. Well, if you thought you can run away from the real world ruls and hide in SL, the world will find you.
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U2inSL Live concert
Posted on May 28, 2007
Well, they’re not the real U2, but it’s still pretty interesting to watch.
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How to Suceed in Second Life
Posted on May 28, 2007
Coke, Others Plunge in, but If They’re Not Careful, Their Virtual Plays Will Result in Real-World Headaches
This article supplies tips for businesses that want to create and maintain a strong presence within Second Life.
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BBC To air first program in Second Life
Posted on May 26, 2007
The Money Programme will be the first BBC Television programme broadcast in virtual online world Second Life.
Reporter Max Flint and his spiky-haired alter-ego, MP Masala, travel deep into cyberspace to meet its virtual entrepreneurs, and find out how real fortunes are made.
Source: bbc.co.uk
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Sweden will not have the first SL embassy
Posted on May 24, 2007
The Swedish Second Life embassy is opening May 30, as reported. But The Maldives beat them to the title of first on SL and opened the worlds first Second Life embassy.
Source: World News
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