Today I received notification that Telstra are running an event to coincide with the Melbourne Cup on their Ponderosa sim. Direct from the announcement: " - Ten virtual horses racing for a prize of $5,000 Linden, plus 2nd and 3rd place prizes - The ‘Pond Car Park’ where punters can park their cars, lay out a picnic rug, enjoy food from around the world and toast the day … [Read more...] about And they’re off – The Pond Cup
Melbourne
Virtual Melbourne has arrived
Melbourne Laneways is a new build featured on ABC Island. It was created by Gary Hazlitt and Ben Zabelin from The Project Factory on behalf of the ABC and Multimedia Victoria, who have produced an associated publication titled 'Would Your Business Benefit from a Second Life' (download here). The public launch was held this evening (Thursday night) at 7pm AEST with a good roll … [Read more...] about Virtual Melbourne has arrived
The city sims – where’s Melbourne?
Knightsbridge, Liverpool (recently relocated from a mainland sim to an island) and Amsterdam are just three cities that have their SL replicas, of varying accuracy and purpose. Other city areas replicated include Times Square in New York (currently in development) and Paris (circa 1900). They all have their appeal, but I'm wondering when someone will take on an … [Read more...] about The city sims – where’s Melbourne?