Category: Virtual Worlds

Geography has always influenced identity. In the virtual century we have many worlds and many ways of being and experiencing. The iRez Worlds Hub has a portal for each world that one or more of our authors has chosen to explore and talk about.

 3 Comments on VB Previz #39 – The Guild
Posted in Previz World of Warcraft

VB Previz #39 – The Guild

VB25 – The Guild Saturday, 12 March 2011, 8-10pm GMT a performance on the World of Warcraft…

 3 Comments on A Great Disturbance in the Force
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A Great Disturbance in the Force

a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror, and…

 1 Comment on Maui The Demigod
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Maui The Demigod

Linus Torvalds once said that Richard Stallman was the great “philosopher,” and that he was an “engineer”……

 12 Comments on Banned by Burn2
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Banned by Burn2

TO: M2Danger Ranger m2 Burner EmCee Widget Kev Sweetwater Principals, Burn2 FROM: Vaneeesa Blaylock, Artistic Director, VB/CO…

 7 Comments on Douglas Story & Desdemona Enfield
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Douglas Story & Desdemona Enfield

Remix Art breaks the 20th century hegemony of top-down, 1-to-many, read-only culture. Second Life is the land of User Generated Content (UGC) It is a world where Story & Enfield can freely create these works. And now in Ripple we see them paying it forward, empowering readers to become authors in a read-write culture where the world we experience can be shaped by our own hands.

 0 Comment on Tank Woman
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Tank Woman

If a merchant files a complaint, the lab will aggressively invade your inventory, delete your content, suspend your account, and ban your account. If a consumer files a complaint, the lab doesn’t care.

 4 Comments on Field Trip: Blue Mars
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Field Trip: Blue Mars

Second Life is, famously, all about “UGC” – User Generated Content; WoW is all about amazing developer made content; Blue Mars tries to split the UGC difference with Developer Class and Consumer Class.

 3 Comments on WoW RL Videos
Posted in Mixed Reality World of Warcraft

WoW RL Videos

WoW Workshop with artist Aram Bartholl from LagunaArtMuseum http://vimeo.com/6035626 And… from the comments below… Ironyca turned me…

 16 Comments on Field Trip Report: WoW!
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Field Trip Report: WoW!

Every time someone new came over from SL, or every time VeeBee got lost, you don’t just “TP me over”… the group has to chill out while somebody runs off to fetch the lost soul. While a bit of a nuisance, this made land and space much more real, much more tangible. You really were in a place, and other places and distances had real meaning.

 2 Comments on Burn2
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Burn2

BURN2 will be held October 16 – 24, as scheduled. Our Burning Man-inspired theme is “Metropolis: Civilization in the desert.”

 12 Comments on Field Trip to WoW
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Field Trip to WoW

The poll results are in, and you’ve overwhelmingly chosen Alliance: Night Elves as our “race” for our Field Trip to WoW!

 0 Comment on Odyssey Performance Art Festival
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Odyssey Performance Art Festival

Two weeks of performance art in Second Life starts today at Odyssey Performance Sim!

 4 Comments on Ze Moo
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Ze Moo

If you’re workin’ the net in the virtual world, sooner or later you’re going to run into Ze Moo.

 1 Comment on World of Warcraft
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World of Warcraft

Yes, it’s time for the VB Friends field trip to World of Warcraft!

 0 Comment on Girl Next Door TWO!
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Girl Next Door TWO!

There’s a brand new Girl Next Door in town… and she’s worth it… just for the shoes!…

 1 Comment on Eloh Eliot is a Freak
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Eloh Eliot is a Freak

Eloh Eliot is a freak – and I’m pretty upset about it! I’ve written about this mutant…

 0 Comment on Bouguereau in Haiti
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Bouguereau in Haiti

The human tragedy in Haiti is unmeasurable and unbearable. In response many merchants around the grid have…

 0 Comment on Bryn Oh’s Brain
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Bryn Oh’s Brain

What’s so amazing about a place… a space… a moment… a gift… like this crazy dwell between Bryn’s mosquito Ferris wheel and her sensorium cloud… is how capacious it is… how generous it is… and how it invites not just your brain… but also your body… to exist in resonance with it… in this time and in this space…

 1 Comment on Eloh Eliot – Starlight
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Eloh Eliot – Starlight

Starlight IV, originally uploaded by Eloh Eliot. kk — sorry my 2nd SL artist post is about…

 1 Comment on Eloh Eliot
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Eloh Eliot

In the middle of a barren snow drift in Lippert stands, unexpectedly, a small patch of sunflowers….