Fernando Pessoa exhibit in Babel Project II The European Babel Project in Second Life is producing some impressive machinimas. One of them is the absolutely amazing 12 minute machiniema PESSOA, which you can view at rezlibris.com. The picture on the left is in Babel Project’s Fernando Pessoa exhibit. If you’re a Second Life member, you…
Month: March 2009
Scifi and fantasy snapshot contest winners
1st Place SciFi Scene – "The Saturday Serial" by Marianne McCann The winners of the Second Life Sci-Fi and Fantasy Snapshot Contest have been announced. The winners are: Sci Fi Scenes 1st Place – "The Saturday Serial" by Marianne McCann 2nd Place – "Star Bed" by Gracee Andel 3rd Place – "Panorama" by Crystal Falcon…
Make a video screen and watch videos on your Second Life land – part one
Watching video in Second Life’s Star Trek Museum Last week I posted a three part series (part one, part two, and part three) about making better Second Life snapshots. Today I’m beginning a series on showing videos on your Second Life land. It’s relatively easy to set up a simple, no-frills system. The biggest problem…
Shakespeare Twelfth Night, Act 1 photography contest
Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in Second Life There’s a big photography contest going on now in Second Life, with over 100,000 Lindens in prizes. It is the SL Shakespeare Company’s Twelfth Night, Act 1 Photography Contest on Koinup, starting March 1 and lasting through June 15. For more information, visit the SL Shakespeare Company’s blog. If…
Improving your Second Life Snapshots
This snapshot was enhanced using the Environment Editor Last week I posted three articles about making better Second Life snapshots. This snapshot is an example of what can be done using those techniques. It was taken in Glendalough sim behind Lilly’s Pub, and was enhanced by using the techniques I described in those three articles. Among…
Beam into the Star Trek Museum
Shuttle you can ride out of the shuttle bay Whether you are like me, a fan of some Star Trek series, or you’re a diehard Trekkie, or you simply want to learn a little of Einstein’s general theory of relativity, you’ll find something to learn at Second Life’s Star Trek Museum. The sheer amount and…
Learn to build nearly anything in Second Life
An Ivory Tower tutorial in Second Life building The Ivory Tower Library of Primitives is a place where nearly everyone in Second Life, from complete noob to experienced builder, can learn something. Whether you simply want to apply a texture to an object or you want to construct an elaborate structure that will leave others…
Dubai Womens College in Second Life
DWC mosque at night When you think of Muslim women in the Arab world, what comes to mind? Probably not Second Life. Yet last year the United Arab Emirates‘ Dubai Womens College opened its second campus in Second Life, according to an article this week in the United Arab Emirates’ newspaper The National Most of their Second…
Making better Second Life snapshots using the environment editor, part three
Pagoda in Gaden Gardens at mighnight Gaden Gardens is a Second Life location of classic Japanese architecture and a magnificant replica of Japan’s ninety-three ton Kamakura Bhudda. This pagoda is not far from the Bhudda and will serve as an excellent subject for learning about taking Second Life snapshots by available moonlight. This is what…
The Hugh Hefner of the digital millennium
Can you really make a six figure income from selling animations in Second Life? Fox 13 in Tampa Bay, Florida, reports on a local man who does. Married with two children in his first life, he uses a $40,000 full body sensor suit to create romantic animations that he sells in Second Life. This is the…