A friend of mine sent me the following notice sent to BigPond Residents in Second Life: POND ESTATES CLOSURE 16 DECEMBER 2009 Dear Residents, Vendors and Guests, Telstra BigPond would like to thank you for participating in Second Life through BigPond. Our creative experience with Second Life has been very rewarding for both BigPond andContinueContinue reading “Telstra Bigpond withdrawing from Second Life”
Category Archives: Second Life
virtual co-presence
Update: Some sentences rearranged to better express what I wanted to convey. Bold added. Last year a blog post by Mark Pesce titled “Those Wacky Kids” contained this paragraph: Mizuko Ito, a Japanese researcher, studied teenagers in Japan a few years ago, and found that these kids – from the moment theyContinueContinue reading “virtual co-presence”
Microcosms, Second Life and the Giant Zero of Distributed Media
a twitter msg sent by me from within sl Second Life offers a grid that is a microcosm of the connectedness that the Internet, operating as a pervasive, worldwide grid, promises. Second Life offers a peek into possibilities of what the world might look and feel like when the internet-as-grid connects all facets of howContinueContinue reading “Microcosms, Second Life and the Giant Zero of Distributed Media”
Incandescent Blue in October – Between a laugh and a Tear
October is Anxiety and Depression Awareness Month. October 10 is World Mental Health Day. Expect to see lots of Blue. A lot of my Twitter friends are already turning blue and are doing various things, calling it Blueday2008 and using the hashtag. I’m never one for jumping on bandwagons for the sake of it. LikeContinueContinue reading “Incandescent Blue in October – Between a laugh and a Tear”
Social ‘co-presence’
Why visualize RL data in SL? “…a 3-D virtual environment allows us to more naturally experience and visualize this information in real-time with others and also appreciate their presence around us. Virtual worlds are such an appealing concept to users primarily because of the social ‘co-presence’ of others in these worlds in a very realisticContinueContinue reading “Social ‘co-presence’”
The Wall by Pink Floyd – last Second Life Performance
Last month I wrote about seeing the performance of The Wall in Second Life. This is advance notice I got about the last performance coming up. It’s awesome and worth getting up early if you need to to experience it. Saturday 31st May 2pm SL time http://slurl.com/secondlife/Havens%20Beach/224/25/701 Technorati Tags: pinkfloyd, secondlife
Second Life performance of The Wall by Pink Floyd
I was awake at 5am the other morning so I could go to a artistic performance in Second Life. The performance was of Pink Floyd’s The Wall concert set to the original music from The Wall. And it was spectacular. It is so popular we had to be there an hour before start to makeContinueContinue reading “Second Life performance of The Wall by Pink Floyd”
Virtual Worlds and Emerging Technologies for People with Disabilities
I was awake at 3.30am to take part in the Second Life talk that’s part of this forum: (why do I do these things…) Using Virtual Worlds and Emerging Technologies for People with Disabilities This two-part, interactive event will take place in two locations online: First, the live discussion in the virtual world of SecondContinueContinue reading “Virtual Worlds and Emerging Technologies for People with Disabilities”
Second Life, the ABC and Virtual Social interactions
UPDATE: The Producer of the show sent me the audio and I’ve snipped out music and commercials. You can listen here. Just like Laurel, I was asked on the ABC Radio Tuesday night to talk about Second Life (SL). Evidently the show was about online relationships, not just SL, but I didn’t know this beforehand,ContinueContinue reading “Second Life, the ABC and Virtual Social interactions”
Linux Conference Australia and Second Life
I got an email about the Linux Conference being held in Melbourne later this month. There will be events also happening simultaneously in Second Life. The irc channel for the conference will be relayed in Second Life for participants to be able to take part via irc in world. See links with SLURL below. Here’sContinueContinue reading “Linux Conference Australia and Second Life”
The Podcast Network Second Life T-Shirt
Saw Cam from TPN was in SL. Thought I’d have a go at making a T-Shirt for SL TPN supporters. So here’s my alter-ego wearing it. It’s my first try so a bit frayed along the edges. Still, if you’re in SL, go grab yourself one from this SLURL http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sobaeksan/67/1/65/ Dave
Will my Second Life land sell on Facebook?
Okay, time we put this Facebook thing to the test. I’m trying to sell my waterfront land in Second Life so have just listed it on Facebook Marketplace. Let’s see the famed power of this ‘social network’. Funny how I couldn’t list it in $Linden. 🙂 Here’s the slurl to the land Listing on slexchange.com
Second Life and text – taking it beyond ‘just a game’
I’ve been sitting on this thought for ages. I have to get it out.I’m of the opinion that what’s stopping Second Life (SL) moving from the ‘game realm’ to the ‘useful business platform realm’ is a four letter word – TEXTSimply put, SL needs to integrate text in-world.The only talk for ages has been aboutContinueContinue reading “Second Life and text – taking it beyond ‘just a game’”
My Second Life exploits get a write up
My exploits in Second Life have been picked up on in an article on eurekastreet.com.au. From the article titled “Flying with disability in Second Life” Australian David Wallace, a quadriplegic who works as an IT coordinator at the South Australian Disability Information and Resource Centre in Adelaide has also found an outlet for his artisticContinueContinue reading “My Second Life exploits get a write up”
Billboards have ears in Second Life
Punching more holes in the semi-permeable membrane, along the road to the singularity, Second Life has Contextual Advertising. “A ContextAds board listens to the conversations of those avatars around it, displaying advertisements when certain keywords are mentioned. Advertisers can bid on keywords, with their account only being charged when their ads are actually shown. AvatarsContinueContinue reading “Billboards have ears in Second Life”
change and the digital generation
In the light of what Nick and I talked about on this podcast I posted last night, this video presentation is a brilliant synopsis. A must look. From Park Paradigm, via JP Just wish I had a clearer view…persevere, it’s worth it. Edglings – some previous thoughts about life on the edge Dave
dkart exhibition at Bradley U opening in SL
The other day I had an exhibition of my Second Life art. I was invited to show it at the opening of the building and resources that Bradley University have established on Information Island. I took the opportunity to capture the opening and snipped together my versy first video with iMovie and on YouTube. SeeContinueContinue reading “dkart exhibition at Bradley U opening in SL”
