Long-term readers will know we've been following Bruce Dell and his company Euclideon for essentially the whole of their commercial life. Here's a very recent presentation from Bruce Dell on the upcoming launch of the Holoverse VR centre in Brisbane. It also has a useful interview section at the end. Have a watch: The cynics still abound in regard to Euclideon and their … [Read more...] about Euclideon Keeps On Keeping On
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Second Life: What Makes Us Human Competition
The dynamos at Uni of Western Australia have launched another great competition for content creators in Second Life. Having had the pleasure of judging some of UWA's great art / sculpture competitions in previous years, I have no doubt this one will be another cracker. Here's the full details via the UWA in SL blog: A UWA 3D Creation Challenge: What Makes us Human? UWA … [Read more...] about Second Life: What Makes Us Human Competition
Project Sci-Fi: Enter Your Machinima
The team at University of Western Australia continue their amazing virtual worlds work, hosting the machinima section of a huge undertaking called Project Sci-Fi: WD Project: Sci-Fi Film Challenge (Australia) 2013 is a Competition run by Screen My Shorts Inc in collaboration of WD (S.E.Asia Ltd). We invite entrants of all ages, cultures and ability to submit original creative … [Read more...] about Project Sci-Fi: Enter Your Machinima
Vale: ABC Island in Second Life
As I wrote a few weeks back, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's presence in Second Life is about to come to a close. The 22nd September sees the curtain fall, but not without some festivities prior. Particularly this Saturday 22nd September when the final party occurs. (Here's the SLURL to teleport to ABC Island) I've been an admin on the island (in name only - I've had … [Read more...] about Vale: ABC Island in Second Life
ABC Island to Close in Second Life
It's not surprising but sad all the same: the wonderful community-driven project that is ABC Island in Second Life, is to close on the 22nd of September. The island has been a staple of the Australian Second Life scene since March 2007, and it's undergone a number of iterations since then (check out a lot of them here). Given the relatively small number of Australian … [Read more...] about ABC Island to Close in Second Life