Tag: Second life
Rumour: PS3 Home virtual world set for 11th October launch
Sony’s Home virtual world is still one of the more intriguing aspects of PS3, in that it could turn out to be a monster success or an utter flop. Which in my view makes it a brave and laudable thing to launch. Not that it’s launched yet: Home is still in beta.
However, Sony’s latest release dates announcement has Home pegged in for a “tentative” release date of 11th October on the PlayStation Network. The beta must have gone well, because that fits in with Sony’s original roadmap for its virtual world.
World Wildlife Fund sets up Conservation Island on Second Life
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has today set up a virtual island on Second Life, designed to allow residents to live in harmony with its friendly wild animal population.
“Conservation Island” includes Mr Tangee, an orangutan with an ice-cream van (exactly how wild is that supposed to be?), and guide pandas who show people around the wind-powered town.
“WWF set up the island as a way to help people learn about conservation issues and the need to live sustainably. We want to be able to show people that WWF has solutions to the real environmental issues affecting their ‘first life’,” said WWF’s David Cole.
UCAS provides A-level advice on virtual island in Second Life
One of the latest organisations to create a presence for itself on Second Life is UCAS, the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service.
Having created their own virtual island, they’ll be offering free advice from professional advisers about the clearing and application processes.
It’s supposed to be a pressure-free environment where those who’ve just got their A-level results can find out what happens next. The island features a series of bio-domes, each containing useful information.
Opinion: Philharmonic orchestras in Second Life? Come off it…
Stuart Dredge writes…
The biggest problem faced by classical music? The people who actually like it are all dying, and the only time The Kids are exposed to moving orchestral symphonies is if they hit the wrong button and accidentally tune into Double Clef FM in Grand Theft Auto III.
How to attract new audiences? One method is to hire a wind machine, a piano and get Myleene Klass in for another album session. Another option is *shudder* G4. And the third method is to turn your entire orchestra into avatars and have them play a concert in Second Life.
The virtual worlds of the future will be built on LIES
Gary Cutlack writes…
There’s a particularly infuriating story up on The Register at the moment, in which virtual world ‘visionaries’ make things up about the future.
Some man reckons that within ten years, something a bit like Second Life will “dwarf the web” and offer an experience that requires “hundreds of millions” of computers to keep it running.
YouTube Video of the Day – U2 play Second Life gig (sorta)
With 32million Linden dollars being pinched in Second Life, it’s worth looking at the culprits. First stop, the ‘promoter’ who had to pay U2…
Daily Tech Hotlinks for 02-Aug-07: Brian May, iPhone, Super Mario Bros virus, Second Life, WoW
– Brian May of Queen submitted his astrophysics thesis, soon to be Dr. Brian May, Astro-physicist! (Yahoo)
– Two weeks of international roaming on iPhone lumps man with $3,000 bill (Wired)…
Joined at the Heart: Second Life's first live streaming Frankenstein musical
An original musical — Joined at the Heart — based on Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”, is to be streamed live over the Internet via Second Life.
In the real world, the musical has a thirty-strong cast and will premiere at The Junction, Cambridge, from 1st-4th August, and then move to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival from 12th-18th August.
Tetsuya Mizuguchi of Rez and Lumines creates Virtual Tokyo for Second Life
The other week I mentioned briefly in our Daily Tech Hotlinks that Tetsuya Mizuguchi, the creator of games such as Lumines and Rez, is developing a Virtual Tokyo for Second Life. Anyone familiar with his work will know he’s an UTTER genius and probably deserves the Japanese equivalent of a Knighthood. Which is probably something similar to a special limited edition Hello Kitty figurine or appearance in a hentai cartoon.
Anyway, Famitsu, that gaming bible only the Japanese are privy to, announce recently…
Are brands getting bored of Second Life?
Every big brand wants to be a part of Second Life. Fashion firms, technology companies and media organisations are rushing to set up shop in Linden Labs’ virtual world faster than you can say ‘make me an avatar, no, not with a furry green todger’. Right?
