Mesh Support in Second Life Coming to Open Beta

The Status of Mesh Support in Second Life

content creation, Second Life, Virtual Goods, Virtual Worlds on September 14th, 2010 46 Comments

Today Linden Lab gave Second Life users an update on mesh support and lifted the NDA for current beta testers. I can now tell you that for about the last year, we here at Sand Castle Studios have been deeply involved in working with the Lindens to bring mesh support to Second Life.

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Virtual Machinima for Social Good

Machinima, Virtual Worlds on March 3rd, 2010 1 Comment

In his latest Machinima, award-winning machinamagrapher Draxtor Despres takes a look at some of the forefathers of machinima and where the art is going, even reaching out to director James Cameron.  He also examines how the New York based organziation, Global Kids, has enriched the machinima platform with their social issue work, including their latest project, “Discovered,” [...]

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SCS Custom Project Mockup

Virtual Bill Gates in PC vs Mac Machinima

content creation, Machinima, project, Second Life, Virtual Worlds on October 9th, 2009 12 Comments

A virtual Bill Gates recently made an appearance in a machinima (video) filmed within the virtual worlds of Second Life to set the record straight about PCs Vs. Macs.

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SLCC 2009 Wrap-Up

Community, Second Life, SLCC, Virtual Worlds on August 20th, 2009 No Comments

A recap with links of my favorite SLCC presentations this year.

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California Legacy in SL – Episode 4: Dickens in Camp by Bret Harte

California Legacy Project, Community, Education, Machinima, Second Life, Virtual Worlds on August 14th, 2009 2 Comments

Here is our latest episode of The California Legacy Series features Bret Harte’s 1870 poem “Dickens in Camp.”

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Understanding Virtual Worlds

The Obama Team Officially Gets a Second Life

Community, Education, events, Marketing, Second Life, Virtual Worlds on July 17th, 2009 5 Comments

President Obama speaks to a live audience in Ghana, while his address is streamed to audiences in the virtual worlds of Second Life and Metaplace. The event was announced by CBS News and organized as an official White House event by the U.S. State Department.

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