As The Virtual World Evolves
Many virtual worlds require the downloading of a particular viewer to access the virtual world and to interact with it. Some require nothing but the web, a browser and a current operating system....
View ArticleLiving Literature in Virtual Worlds
The Pardoner on Second Life provides a setting for one of Chaucer’s tales. The use of Virtual Worlds to explore and enhance the literary experience is a useful activity for pre-reading, ongoing as a...
View ArticleDigitally Amplified Literature in the Virtual World
A poem from one of the character’s in the story. Rod Humble of Linden Labs recently described the Virtual World as “creative space”. Jeddin’s Underground City sim on Second Life is a creative space...
View ArticleLearning the Music Business in Virtual Worlds
As I walked down 6th street in Austin Texas recently, I was met with an array of live musical performances, with the exception of the 104 degree weather it was not unlike teleporting around the musical...
View ArticleChoreographed Particles
A still image captured from the animation of "Phantasmagoria". Some performances in Virtual Worlds are simulations of real world events, others are entirely unique and can really only be totally...
View ArticleHigh School Students Create and Display Art Virtually
Paul Skohegan and a student welcome my avatar to their virtual environment. on Reaction Grid The Digital Art Students at Skowhegan High School in Maine display art work from the ‘real’ world in virtual...
View ArticlePixellated Ballet Entertains Audiences in a Virtual Environment
A member of the Ballet Pixelle Company performs in a virtual world version of the Nutcracker. There is an exciting, affordable potential for attending classical ballet performances even in light of...
View ArticleTake a Photo, Capture an Idea in the Virtual World
Dave Koi at the PhotoHunt Gallery We all take photographs but few of us know how to take the photograph that causes people to stare. A weekly gathering provides virtual world artists, interested...
View ArticleTeachers Tackle Machinima: A Week in The Life of the VWBPE MOOC
Teachers attend Machinima Monday at the Montmarte Theatre in Second LIfe. The second week of the 4-week VWBPE Games and Education Tour MOOC had a Machinima focus. What fun to watch and participate...
View ArticleMachinima for Education
Scoping out the EduMachinima Theater on Front Range in Second Life. A group to support the development and use of machinima in education will begin meeting bi-weekly, starting on Monday September 16 at...
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