NMC Campus Observer

Archive for June, 2008

Metanomics: Christian Renaudâ€™s Time for a Change

NMC Campus Calendar : Jun 30, 2008 09:45am

Come to Outreach on NMC Campus for today’s Metanomics show! And as a new feature, you can watch the live video stream and participate in the chat via the metanomics website. Host Robert Bloomfield interviews Christian Renaud, who until last week was Chief Architect of Networked Virtual Environments for the Cisco Technology Center. Renaud announced [...] more... more » »

The Wall V-2: Amazing Performance Comes to NMC Campus

CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) : Jun 24, 2008 10:46pm

Today, a few NMC staff got to peek in on the rehearsal of what will be one of the most popular performances this summer on Second Life. Opening Friday, June 27, is an epic production by the Cybernetic Art Research Project (CARP) -- The Wall V-2. On July 21 1990, nine months after the dismantlement of the Berlin Wall, Roger Waters and an all-star cast performed "The Wall" at the Potzdamer Platz in Berlin. The performance was watched by a ... more » »

Experience ZeroG SkyDancers Second Spring in Machinima

CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) : Jun 20, 2008 02:19pm

For January through March 2008, NMC Campus was proud to have hosted regular performances of DanCoyote Antonelli's ZeroG SkyDancer show for 2008, entitled Second Spring. If you never had the opportunity to experience this performance, virtuoso SL film maker Gary Hazlitt (aka Gary Hayes) has published am immersive full recording of this as machinima which you can find on YouTube (because of the 10 minute limit of YouTube, he has it in 2 parts- perhaps he may post it to ... more » »

Metanomics Kicks Off Season Two

NMC Campus Calendar : Jun 20, 2008 12:02pm

Metanomics, the web’s premier program about the business and policy of virtual worlds, begins an exciting second season on Monday, June 23rd at Noon PST. For the kick-off program Metanomics host Robert Bloomfield will feature USC’s Second Life and the Public Good Community Challenge, with guests Douglas Thomas (Doctor Ludovico in SL) Associate [...] more » »

Metanomics: Not Possible in Real Life

NMC Campus Calendar : Jun 8, 2008 11:17pm

On Monday, July 7th, at Noon PST, Metanomics will host Bettina Tizzy, Second Lifeâ€™s tireless advocate for the creation and celebration of content that is not possible in real life (NPIRL). Join us for a rare interview with Bettina, who has earned the respect of the most elite content creators in the metaverse and [...] more... more » »

One More Week of Cosmic Madness!

NMC Campus Calendar : Jun 3, 2008 10:02am

Do not miss out on seeing this entire sim of artistry created by Madcow Cosmos, which is being held over until Tuesday June the 10th. Madcow Cosmos was born May 23, 1978. A chef by trade he resides in the pacific northwest of the USA. Initially drawn by the simple-to-use creation tools, SL [...] more » »