Archive for August, 2008

Los Angeles 2008 Virtual Worlds Conference and Expo

photo credit: david.orban

The Los Angeles 2008 Virtual Worlds Conference and Expo will be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center. This venue will play host to some big names in virtual worlds. Bloggers and corporate players from many virtual worlds including Entropia and Secodn Life will be in attendance. The expo [...]

SLCN.TV Approaches 150,000 viewers but still uses Quicktime

I was taking a look at SLCN.TV. The biggest problem that I see is that they use Quicktime. Probably because this is what is required in Second Life. But Quicktime sucks. They do have a blog and podcasts which is cool. Channels include shopping, music, business, lifestyle, sports, community, guide, [...]

If you are a Machinima creator, director or filmaker you may be interested in the Pier Screening contest

If you are a Machinima creator, director or filmaker you may be interested in the Pier Screening contest.
Check out the three entries below:
The Labyrinth:
Noobility:
and SynaesthAsia:

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Viruses in the Virtual Worlds

photo credit: Torley

Viruses have moved from email to web pages to facebook and myspace and now are preparing for a jump into virtual worlds. Dr. Igor Muttik warns that computer viruses and malware will soon be targeting 3d virtual worlds that are lax on security standards. Online gamers should be on caution [...]

I am a sucker for science fiction. That is why I found this video on the Avenger Battleship interesting

I am a sucker for science fiction. That is why I found this video on the Avenger Battleship interesting. It reminded me of a Star Gate battle ship:

Watch this short video from Cabal of Geniuses. The Avenger is a ship that you can walk through in Second Life and it has some [...]

Video: The Care Bears Smoking and Flying Around?

LOL! I never thought I would see the care bear cannabis bear spreading his own type of special love. Honestly this video is hilarious. It is a little shocking to see a care bear smoking and flying around. This YouTube video was created in the virtual world of Second Life:

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Care for a Virtual Baby Online with the Second Life Game

Update: To everyone please see this link for how to get your virtual baby for $12

The post also contains 2 more videos and a different type of baby which has much more features that the free virtual baby.

Have you ever wanted a baby? Well now you can care for and love a virtual [...]

Machinima video Gangs of Scion and Spiderman

An Excellent Machinima video is Gangs of Scion. You can view part 1 of the Gangs of Scion Machinima movie here:

This is really more of a trailer but I found it really interesting. I liked the many different filming locations and some of the vehicles as well. it reminds me kind of [...]

Windlight in Game Action

This is a great example of using Second Life and Windlight to produce some really cool effects. This video has a great feel to it like some kind of cool shootup video game. Check out the shadows and rotating fan and lighting in this short YouTube Video:

Very cool indeed.
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Linden Lab Combines Forum and Blog

I wrote earlier that Linden Lab hasn’t updated their blog in awhile. Well today they responded to that comment after not posting for 7 days. Somehow fewer blog posts means more communication. They claim tag clouds, categories, and search are not good for finding what you are looking for and everyone hates [...]