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Telstra Launch Second Life Presence

March 9, 2007 by Metaverse Journal Editor 9 Comments

After months of development Telstra have launched their SL presence. And a significant presence it is – eleven islands called The Pond, Ponderosa, Billabong, Ponden, Ponderama, Pondessa, Pondex, Pondfield, Pondice, Pondillion and Pondshen (pictured above). Each offers a range of activities and sights which we’ll cover in-depth in future, but for now an overview of the sights:

The Opera House:



An impressive rendition though the claim that the true Opera House shape can’t be rendered in SL to me seems to stand – it’s damn close though.

The compulsory outback pub (The Billabong Bar):

Uluru:

The BigPond Dome:

A highlight, the Sydney Harbour Bridge, fireworks included:

Check it out for yourself

We’d love to hear your initial impressions – are you inspired or indifferent? Do you find the whole thing amazing or kitsch? Let us know.

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  1. Cybster Curtis a.k.a Cybster DJ says

    March 10, 2007 at 11:15 pm

    Cool az. Dropped into the pub for a couple yesterday.

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  2. Cybster Curtis a.k.a Cybster D says

    March 10, 2007 at 11:15 pm

    Cool az. Dropped into the pub for a couple yesterday.

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  3. Earnest Candour says

    March 13, 2007 at 2:08 am

    Such a great build, love the guided tour. Even some authentic Aussie background sounds. Why when I search for Telstra in SL no results come up? Classifieds..nothing. Map search…nothing. People..you guessed it.

    EC.

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  4. Earnest Candour says

    March 13, 2007 at 3:08 am

    Such a great build, love the guided tour. Even some authentic Aussie background sounds. Why when I search for Telstra in SL no results come up? Classifieds..nothing. Map search…nothing. People..you guessed it.

    EC.

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  1. The Voices in My Head » Blog Archive » The Sydney Opera House says:
    March 23, 2007 at 3:43 am

    […] I built the Sydney Opera House. You can see some decent pictures over at sloz. […]

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  2. Opera House build and upcoming stories says:
    March 23, 2007 at 8:27 am

    […] Kawabata is responsible for the Sydney Opera House build on Telstra’s BigPond islands launched a fortnight ago. She has described the build in her […]

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  3. Young PR » Blog Archive » Sydney - Beautiful One Day, Virtually Beautiful the Next says:
    March 27, 2007 at 7:35 pm

    […] LL Platypus with the Sydney Harbour Bridge (on Telstra’s island in Second Life) […]

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  4. Virtual Worlds and Australia 2007 Part 1 : The Metaverse Journal - Australia’s Virtual World News Service says:
    December 20, 2007 at 2:39 pm

    […] we interviewed in-world counsellors, Wellman and Wellman. – Telstra launched their Second Life presence. – In the weeks after the Telstra launch, we reported on the significant influx of new Australian […]

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  5. Telstra in Second Life: one year on : The Metaverse Journal - Australia’s Virtual World News Service says:
    March 17, 2008 at 7:12 pm

    […] to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!It’s actually just past a year since Telstra launched its Second Life presence. The reason we haven’t covered the anniversary until now is due to having a request for a […]

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