Thursday, February 01, 2007
Second Life is becoming an interesting possible sub-topic.
A Swedish embassy in Second Life?
Technologies of Cooperation
January 29, 2007 0 c | 0 t by Jim Downing
This smh article says "Sweden is to become the first country to establish diplomatic representation in the virtual reality world of Second Life, officials said."We are planning to establish a Swedish embassy in Second Life primarily as an information portal for Sweden," Swedish Institute (SI) director Olle Waestberg has told AFP.The embassy would not provide passports or visas but would instruct visitors how to obtain such documents in the real world and act as a link to web-based information about the Scandinavian country."Second Life allows us to inform people about Sweden and broaden the opportunity for contact with Sweden easily and cheaply," Waestberg said.The Swedish Institute is an agency of the Swedish foreign ministry tasked with informing the world about Sweden. The ministry fully backed the initiative, he added".
Strange Culture: First Feature Film Shown in Second Life
The Era of Sentient Things
February 1, 2007 2 c | 0 t by Emily Turrettini
Nework_Performance picks up on SecondWatch's experience of watching the first-ever feature film shown in Second Life.
This week we were invited to attend the premiere of Strange Culture, an independent film by Lynn Hershman. The film was shown at the Sundance Film Festival last week and has the distinction of being the first-ever feature film shown in Second Life.
... Watching a movie in Second Life was totally weird. When you get to the movie theater, you hit the play movie control on your SL window. We're all watching the same film, but a different times! That seems like the most significant difference from a traditional cinema.
A Swedish embassy in Second Life?
Technologies of Cooperation
January 29, 2007 0 c | 0 t by Jim Downing
This smh article says "Sweden is to become the first country to establish diplomatic representation in the virtual reality world of Second Life, officials said."We are planning to establish a Swedish embassy in Second Life primarily as an information portal for Sweden," Swedish Institute (SI) director Olle Waestberg has told AFP.The embassy would not provide passports or visas but would instruct visitors how to obtain such documents in the real world and act as a link to web-based information about the Scandinavian country."Second Life allows us to inform people about Sweden and broaden the opportunity for contact with Sweden easily and cheaply," Waestberg said.The Swedish Institute is an agency of the Swedish foreign ministry tasked with informing the world about Sweden. The ministry fully backed the initiative, he added".
Strange Culture: First Feature Film Shown in Second Life
The Era of Sentient Things
February 1, 2007 2 c | 0 t by Emily Turrettini
Nework_Performance picks up on SecondWatch's experience of watching the first-ever feature film shown in Second Life.
This week we were invited to attend the premiere of Strange Culture, an independent film by Lynn Hershman. The film was shown at the Sundance Film Festival last week and has the distinction of being the first-ever feature film shown in Second Life.
... Watching a movie in Second Life was totally weird. When you get to the movie theater, you hit the play movie control on your SL window. We're all watching the same film, but a different times! That seems like the most significant difference from a traditional cinema.
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