During July last year we reported on the Australia Council's second virtual worlds funding initiative, MMUVE IT! Thirty thousand dollars was provided to the successful applicants, Andrew Burrell and Trish Adams, and mellifera is the result. The installation revolves around bees and the way they interact with their virtual eco-system. Like the previous project, Babelswarm, … [Read more...] about Australia Council’s second virtual worlds art project: mellifera
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Merged realities – events and issues for virtual worlds
1. Kzero have a useful post on the mistakes made in targeting kids for virtual worlds. 2. The RSPCA are running an online campaign for its Million Paws event. Registration is free and allows for the creation of your own pet avatar and navigation around a virtual world. Money is raised by friends donating to your pet avatar or buying virtual goods for it. Thanks to Jen … [Read more...] about Merged realities – events and issues for virtual worlds
Government’s National Broadband Network could be wasted
The Government has announced it will establish a new company that will invest up to $43 billion over eight years to build and operate a National Broadband Network, delivering 'superfast' broadband to Australian homes and workplaces. This Fibre-To-The-Premises (FTTP) plan (at least insofar as infrastructure technology is concerned), mirrors closely the plan and rollout done … [Read more...] about Government’s National Broadband Network could be wasted
ABC Island 2nd Anniversary event in pictures
A handful of pics from the successful event last evening. Some good trivia by Wolfie Rankin, goodmusic by Komuso Tokugawa and an overall great night thanks to the ABC Admin team. … [Read more...] about ABC Island 2nd Anniversary event in pictures
ABC Island in Second Life: two years
On Friday March 16th 2007, members of the ABC Friends group in Second Life got to see the completed ABC Island, with the public launch on the 19th March to coincide with the Four Corners episode 'You Only Live Twice'. Since that time there's been a regular and dedicated community on ABC Island that have ensured its ongoing evolution, in conjunction with the ABC Staff … [Read more...] about ABC Island in Second Life: two years