Archive for October, 2006
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Oct 20, 2006 09:53pm
And for another fabulous phase of the SLATENIGHT session on campus today, this was an exciting presentation by Dell Willberg, creative designer and writer for Slatenight.
Dell displayed some visuals suggesting some uncanny realism for avatars, 3-5 years out, much more realistic natural environments. He predicted:
Within 10 years, 80 percent of the worldwide broadband population will spend 60 percent of their time in virtual reality.
So there is huge potential looming for Second Life's future. Dell thinks the capability will ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Oct 20, 2006 06:53pm
Following our panel discussion with SL musicians, we were treated to live performances frrom three of our guests, each playing from their home, and streaming via the server hosted by Mel Cheeky. This was an extreme highlight to be there for live music of 3 very different styles.
Tune in below to hear all of the songs we heard.
Slatenight Live Music
First up, we enjoyed the angelic voice and acoustic guitar of Mel Cheeky, coming to us live from her home in ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Oct 20, 2006 06:39pm
The SLATENIGHT sessions at the Symposium on Impact of Digital Media included several sessions on music. In this, our host Anya Ixchel led a panel session of four practicing musicians in SL, who discussed their music genre and shared perceptions of what perfomance is like in SL and what it offers.
Panelists included Billy Thunders, ZeroOne Paz, Cybster Curtis and Mel Cheeky:
SL Musicians Panel
Learn more in the podcast below (due to technical challenges, we missed the first 15 ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Oct 20, 2006 06:31pm
As part of the SLATENIGHT morning presentations for the NMC Campus Symposium on Impact of Digital Media, Lythe Witte, writer for Slatenight, provided a fascinating look into the design and function of art spaces in Second Life. Like her colleague Anya, she used a clever presentation system of a giant, lavlshly illustrated book:
Lythe Witte discusses art space in SL
Listen in to the podcast below to hear what you missed in this session.
Remediation of the Art Space in SL more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Oct 20, 2006 06:25pm
The second part of SLATENIGHT sessions was a brief "fashion" show with commentary by Danielle Damone and Anya Ixchel. The individuals who volunteered to go up on stage answered questions about their choice of representation and interactions in Second Life.
Among the furry avs paraded was this reporter as well as the very very hairy, Seb Basiat:
Danielle Damone asks Seb Basiat a few questions about his fur.
Asked about his avatar, Seb wrote:
I had been looking at furry avvie because I was ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Oct 20, 2006 06:17pm
Thanks to Anya Ixchel and colleague from SLATENIGHT we had a full course arts, fashion, music, futuristic, and education morning-- with a new event every 30 minutes between 7:00 and 11:00 AM.
What will follow is a short recap as individual articles, with recorded audio for each session.
So first up was Anya herself, presenting in Large Book Format, The Avatar as Communication. She share much of her research on her students and their work with identity:
Anya presents....
Avatar as Communication
Update: This presentation ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Oct 20, 2006 06:05pm
It was just announced this morning, but we had a great turnout for a 4:00 PM presentation by Jared Pixel on Unexpected Artist and Critic. Jared is always an engaging, powerful, and edgy speaker in person, and in online web conferences, and of course, his avatar was true to form in SL:
To survive the ocean of media we need to understand how we make choices. In the new world of ubiquitous authorship only those with new-media literacy will succeed. This ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Oct 19, 2006 01:56pm
This morning, the MacArthur Foundation held a press conference in New York City to announce their $50 million investments to support programs in digital media-- see Building the Field of Digital Media and Learning as well as the press release.
These events were video streamed into the Gonick Ampitheater of NMC Campus, where up to 65 avatars listened in and generated a lot of back channel discussion.
MacArthur Foundation Press Conference
Audience gathered for MacArthur Foundation video streamed press conference
Second Life view of ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Oct 18, 2006 08:58pm
It is getting repetitive, but wow, another jam packed day of discussions and interations as part of the Impact of Digital Media Symposium.
At noon, we had more than 45 avatars in Woolsey Hall classroom for the Second Life Educators (SLED) panel session on "Are We Playing Games? Finding Legitimacy in the Academy". As was noted by moderator Jeremy Kabumpo (Jeremy Kemp RL), it was almost ironic we chose to hold this session in this place that looks much like a ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Oct 17, 2006 11:28pm
Wow, another busy day at NMC Campus with events for the Impact of Digital Media Symposium, some of them happening spontaneously. Early today we met up with the glamorous Anya Ixchel, as we were testing audio and coordinating for the SLATENIGHT sessions she is helping organize for Thursday. She showed a bit of her materials for her session on "Avatar As Communication: Some Lessons from My students":
Anya will present "Avatar as Communication" Friday at 7:00 AM SLT
Visitors took in our ... more » »
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