Subscribe$17.80 (41% OFF) from Buy.com • If architecture is the construction of space between people, what happens when that space exists in a virtual world? That question is the starting point for this collection of revolutionary projects by a new generation of designers. The book begins by examining the important issues that have emerged as technology reshapes our idea of place and proceeds to present the four winning projects from the first architecture competition held within the explosively popular Internet community known as Second Life. Chosen for their inventiveness and aesthetic excellence, these structures - a cloud that can be inhabited; a meta-museum; an interactive sound scape; and a snow palace of discarded objects - illustrate the mindbending possibi...
$177.78 from Buy.com • Thoroughly Updated Sixth Edition! Social networks are transforming how people communicate, work, and play. This comprehensive new edition highlights this new technology and scores of others that are changing how organizations operate and compete in the current global environment. The cover depicts two examples of social network. The larger image is a visualization of the trust relationships in a web-based social network. The smaller figures are default avatars from Second Life, a multi-layered, 3D virtual world that is imagined, created, and owned by its residents. See chapter 4 for more information on social networks. For more information on Second Life, visit second life.com or see Second Life: the Official Guide by Rymaszewsk...
Video: Falling in Second Life 
Sun, Aug 24
Sun, Aug 24
This is a video response to Falling in SL HeidiBallinger - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7ByFpO4tU8 - If you move a prim near the shape of an avatar (maybe a collision event is triggered here?), s/he is pushed down, falling through the floor.
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