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Month: March 2009

Designing a real life house in Second Life (video)

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Erik Gordon Bainbridge (Apollo Manga)

To use other templates select the template button to the right of the source button above. Architecture is one of the fields where professionals are finding Second Life to be a very productive tool. One residential construction company using it for designing real life houses is Madison, Wisconsin‘s Crescendo Design, whose founder Jon Brouchoud (Keystone…

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Japanese avatar fashion (video)

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Erik Gordon Bainbridge (Apollo Manga)

In the early days of Second Life, a common criticism was that its avatars were ugly. This Japanese machinima demonstrates that it’s not true today, and shows some of the possibilities for designing your Second Life avatar, both male and female. Even if you’re not Japanese, you may get some ideas for improving your Second…

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Lounge on a virtual Puerto Vallarta beach

Posted on March 29, 2009 by Erik Gordon Bainbridge (Apollo Manga)

Rent an adobe bungalow on a Puerto Vallarta beach, pray in a Jalisco cathedral, buy Mexican arts and crafts, or ride on a donkey-drawn wagon – it’s all available in Second Life‘s Opera Joven sim, which reproduces some key parts of Jalisco, Mexico. Opera Joven is a Jalisco cultural non-government organization (NGO) that was founded…

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Islamic holy site in Second Life

Posted on March 28, 2009 by Erik Gordon Bainbridge (Apollo Manga)

  Recently I wrote about the Dubai Womens College‘s Second Life campus. Today I’m writing about another Islamic presence in Second Life, Al Haram Al Makki, a reproduction of Masjid al-Haram (the Grand Mosque), the desination of the legendary Hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca. From all accounts Masjid al-Haram is a magnificent structure. You can…

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The darkly post-cyberpunk city of Hangars Liquides

Posted on March 27, 2009 by Erik Gordon Bainbridge (Apollo Manga)

  The Hangars Liquides sim, home of the French music label Hangars Liquides, also known as HL, isn’t yet complete, but it’s already amazing. Djehan Kidd, creator of the sim, describes it as "Post Cyberpunk deconstructions… a huge and tangled cyberpunk city, home of RL avant garde music label Hangars Liquides." When you first teleport…

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A taste of old Africa – Nigeria in Second Life

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Erik Gordon Bainbridge (Apollo Manga)

I discovered Nigeria in Second Life‘s Saminaka sim when CNN‘s iReporter group in Second Life paid it a visit this week. It’s an interesting place that attempts to recreate the feel of parts of traditional Nigeria, the Nigeria that existed before oil, internet scams, and other modern day problems changed how so many view the…

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Second Life’s Mighty Atomic Mine Buster roller coaster

Posted on March 25, 2009 by Erik Gordon Bainbridge (Apollo Manga)

  An old fashioned, rickety wooden roller coaster in Second Life? Yes. It’s the "Mighty Atomic Mine Buster" in the Venusian sim. I’ll confess upfront that I’m not a roller coaster fan, either in my first or second lives, but I do appreciate the attention to detail that’s been taken in constructing this 800 meter,…

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World War II hero Raoul Wallenberg saved thousands of Jews

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Erik Gordon Bainbridge (Apollo Manga)

Not all war heroes carry weapons and wear a uniform. A few work quietly, behind the scenes, in nondescript offices, where they work to save lives knowing that every day that today could be the day they pay for it with their own life. This is how it was for Swedish diploment Raoul Wallenberg. Stationed…

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Second Life’s Great Wall of China

Posted on March 23, 2009 by Erik Gordon Bainbridge (Apollo Manga)

You can walk on the Great Wall of China, or at least your avatar can, in Second Life‘s Mao Island, "Home of the Great Wall of China". You can even buy the complete wall, or parts of it, to erect on your Second Life land! Mao Island, despite having a name that evokes ghosts of…

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Make a video screen and watch videos on your Second Life land – part two

Posted on March 21, 2009 by Erik Gordon Bainbridge (Apollo Manga)

  Last week in part one I told you how to build a simple screen for watching videos on your land.  Today I’m going to show you how to get video actually playing on it.  Second Life only plays Quick Time movies, so this is what you’ll need to look for.  If you don’t have…

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