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
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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
SLCC 2011 Wraps Up: how about some machinima?
The Second Life Community Convention is over for another year and there's certainly a lot more to it than the Linden Lab CEO keynote. Self-proclaimed 'God of Machinima Reporting' Draxtor Despres, has done a nice job of summarising the vibe and feedback of the weekend. Enjoy: Also - check out the great wrap-up on the SLCC site. If you attended yourself, did you come out the … [Read more...] about SLCC 2011 Wraps Up: how about some machinima?
Paisley Beebe calls it quits
Virtual worlds TV host Paisley Beebe has announced the cessation of her long-running show Tonight Live. Citing the need to devote more time to her newly established physical world business and family, Beebe won't be making any further shows. I asked her why: Oh I hate farewells, I'm no good at them...I always stuff it up. Happy to just transition quietly :) sort of... It's a … [Read more...] about Paisley Beebe calls it quits
UWA’s third machinima challenge: what a field
The University of Western Australia's active presence in Second Life continues with a vengeance. I was lucky enough to be asked to be on the judging panel for the MachinimUWA III: Journeys competition. The panel this time includes director Peter Greenaway and you can view the full list of judges at the bottom of this post. Fifty pieces of machinima were submitted, with the … [Read more...] about UWA’s third machinima challenge: what a field