After some technical trouble getting her avatar to play the guitar (an audience member offers his), Suzanne Vega presents through her alter ego a rendition of her classic otherworldly fable to an audience in the online world of Second Life.
More info here: http://nwn.blogs.com /nwn/2006/08/nwntv_t he_secon.html
And here:
http://nwn.blogs. com/nwn/2006/08/nwnt v_the_secon.html
The singer's avatar explains how her original acapella version of "Tom's Diner" became the basis for MP3s, then proceeds to sing it.
More info here: http://nwn.blogs.com /nwn/2006/08/nwntv_t he_secon.html
And here:
http://nwn.blogs. com/nwn/2006/08/nwnt v_the_secon.html
A conversation with Social Autopoiesis, one of the first fully-formed interactive NPC avatars in Second Life. Warning: contains some salty language. Read about him here:
http://nwn.blogs. com/nwn/2007/01/soci al_animal.html
For better resolution, view the original Windows Media movie here:
http://blip.tv/fi le/get/Slhamlet-Adam BrokkensLibsecondlif eChatBot782.wmv
Double-time run through Second Life's Relay for Life '06 track, a microcosm of the world, raising funding to benefit the American Cancer Society. See http://nwn.blogs.com /nwn/2006/07/running _for_lif.html for details.
To help his severely disabled friend interact more with others, Ushiba created an interface to connect and interact in SL with thought. Read more about it at http://nwn.blogs.com /nwn/2007/10/the-sec ond-life.html
Reposted (with permission) from here:
http://bme.bio.ke io.ac.jp/01news/
Performance by Sami Shah (Orionalation Carver) from Karachi into Second Life's Wasteland. Read about it here:
http://nwn.blogs. com/nwn/2008/06/comi c-relief.html
Zora Spoonhammer presents Sculpty Earth, her Second Life project that displays real time weather data. Read about it at New World Notes: http://nwn.blogs.com /nwn/2007/11/mirr... Music is "Eden" by Torley Linden: http://nwn.blogs.com /nwn/2007/11/mirror- worldlet.html (Update adds a couple minutes of weather display in double-time.)
Using Seattle's HUD to talk with Gwynneth Llewelyn of Portugal in her native language. Details here:
http://nwn.blogs. com/nwn/2006/08/a_br otherhud_of.html
Havery, the founder of Burning Man, and Rosedale, the founder of Linden Lab's Second Life, reflect on the relation between the two while sitting in Burning Life, a tribute to the annual Black Rock event. Video courtesy of Katt Linden.
Using the Vivox voice server, Falk is able to process chat into voice. Read about it here: http://nwn.blogs.com /nwn/2007/10/chatted -up-resi.html
Warning: video contains salty language, not necessarily safe for work viewing (unless you work in a bar.)
Seifert Surface's tribute to Heinlein's classic short story, "-- And He Built a Crooked House". Read about it here: http://nwn.blogs.com /nwn/2006/06/_and_he _rezzed_.html
Accompanied by a reggae stream, Hamlet Au of New World Notes (nwn.blogs.com) explores the giant-scaled world of Greenies with two transformers, a fly, and a crow. Modes of transport: a WWII fighter plane, and a flying hotdog. Read more here:
http://nwn.blogs. com/nwn/2007/07/gree nies.html