Response to our event in Second Life
We just wrapped up our event in Second Life on Tuesday, April 24th and it was a huge success! We filled the TED island and had people show up from all over the world. It was my first event in Second Life and an amazing experience. Thankfully, the vendor we worked with, Clear Ink, were brilliant and knew exactly how to do all the tricky things like build the 3D installations, help our visitors navigate around our landscape and most importantly, stream the audio of John Gage and Cameron Sinclair to the island.
We're still working on posting some of the archived files and I'll let you know when they're all up. But in the meantime, I wanted to share a recent response we received... And before I do that...I just want to say how lucky I feel to have had the opportunity to work on such a cool project. My favorite part was that the entire theme centered on combining humanitarian efforts with the benefits of technology. That's exactly what the responses have been about...
One example:
Hello Sun Professional Services team,
I wanted to applaud you for sponsoring the recent conversation with Cameron Sinclair and John Gage in Second Life.
It was an inspiring event, as Cameron is regarded by many as one of the single most important figures in contemporary architecture for the revolutionary trifecta of open-source, sustainable design that is geared to addressing challenges in the developing world.
There was a strong consensus that Second Life represents an excellent platform from which to develop new projects, collecting ideas and executing collaborative design visions which can then be shared in a ubiquitous manner both in-world and on the web. There is also a compelling potential for this relationship to grow, with existing projects on the Open Architecture Network web site such as Marlon Blackwell's 'porch dog house' to be re-created and available for free download in Second Life in the same manner that sites such as SLBoutique.com and SLExchange.com allow for the web based purchase of virtual goods. Alternately, 'built' projects projects could be sold in Second Life, with sales proceeds going back to the Open Architecture Network to fund construction projects in Real Life. Either option would benefit from the continued support of Sun Professional Services, as both will raise awareness of Architecture for Humanity, the Open Architecture Network, and allow greater access to innovative architectural design solutions for virtual and real world citizens. Thanks again.
Best Regards,
- Chip Poutine
Author, virtualsuburbia.com
Founder, prion design group
Co-Founder, slfoundations.org
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Next, if you'd like to see some of the pre-work that took place to build the installations that were highlighted in our event, go to the following links. These highlight the Porchdog concept and were a contribution by Jon Brouchoud and Clear Ink to Architecture for Humanity's Open Architecture Network.
Hurrican Katrina Relieve, Biloxi Model Home Program, Project: Porchdog
Open Architecture Network - Porchog Photo 1 & 2
SLURL to the location of the build in Second Life
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