Entries tagged with second life - Channel 10

PeopleVancouver.com

Tina — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:06:00 GMT

Okay, sometimes we just need to share the love. I met a student named Nadia Aly at the GNWC in Vancouver a few weeks ago. She is working on her masters in digital media. She was half of the duo that brought us Second Life "How to get Started" and the blended reality piece. She was taking me through a personal site she built peoplevancouver.com. I think it's a great site with the feel of FaceBook but the flare of Vancouver. Check it out if you get the chance and if you or somebody you know has created a cool website let me know in the comments section of this post and I will check it out.

"Crossing" - an animated piece nominated for a Webby Award

Tina — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:12:00 GMT

I sat down with McKane Lee from the Masters of Digital Media program at the Great Northern Way Campus and he gave us a quick lesson on rendering using a short film he and his team produced titled "Crossing".

"Crossing", a film and animation piece produced by MDM students (in the school's first term in history!), was just short-listed for a Webby Award!

Team Members: Stephen Danic, Tarek El-Eryan, Yangos Hadjiyannis, Matthew Jenkins, McKane Lee, Mike Torillo, Karthik Venkateshan, Aerlyn Weissman.

Take a look at "Crossing"

Rendering - What exactly is it?

Tina — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:47:00 GMT

Rendering is the process of generating an image from a model, by means of computer programs. The model is a description of three dimensional objects in a strictly defined language or data structure. It can contain geometry, viewpoint, texture, lighting, and shading information. The image is a digital image or raster graphics image. 'Rendering' is also used to describe the process of calculating effects in a video editing file to produce final video output.

I talked to student McKane Lee at the GNWC Masters of Ditigal Media program a few weeks ago and he gave us a little demo of how he rendered parts of his short film Crossing. And today, I share that demo with you.

Second Life - How to get started

Tina — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:42:00 GMT

As most of you know Second Life is an online virtual 3D world that anybody can join. It's even got its own CSI: NY Flickr group, you can hang on the Titanic and of course buy and sell your Linden dollars. But that's just the beginning. When I was at the Great Northern Way Campus in Vancouver Nadia Aly and Joanna Robinson gave me a quick guided tour of how to get started in Second Life and how to find them at the Masters of Digital Media program at the GNWC in Vancouver. In case you missed their impressive blended reality piece you can click here.

Last year Laura took a trip down to Linden Labs in Northern California. Check out her good time here.

Blended Reality: A look at bringing Second Life into Real Life

Tina — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:08:00 GMT

What's it like to share a real-life stage with your Second Life avatar? We've seen the use of a green screen in real life for quite some time now. Newscaster pretends to be stuck in the middle of a Hurricane. Star Wars and a fight to the death with light sabers. As technology has progressed so has the quality of this video trick but what I haven's seen much of is using a green screen in a game like Second Life to port virtual characters into Real-Life. I was in Vancouver last week hanging with some of the students at the Great Northern Way Campus who are working on their Masters in Digital Media. Nadia Aly and Joanna Robinson are these really creative women who have done some amazing things with Second Life. You have to see this.

Are You Ready For a Second Life?

nuric — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:18:00 GMT

In this interview we are talking with Tarik Kranda who is a gaming enthusiast. Our subject is Second Life, how it is used in Turkey now and what are the future benefits of being in Second Life. We are also discussing Visual Studio Island on Second Life.

SOCIAL NETWORKING PHENOMENOM

barzych — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:04:00 GMT

Business Tuesday session I'd attended this week in Prague focused on the social networking phenomenom. LinkedIn, Facebook and XING seemed to be most popular among the audience. Most controversial topic was Second Life. Presentation about this unique virtual world was shown by a mayor of the Czech city called Bohemia - Martin Dvorak. This is a place where mainly Czech and Slovak communities get together.
It's one of those where I teleport myself regularly during my visits to the Second Life. Another favourite place of mine is a beautiful Strawberry Island with beaches and lots of fun stuff to do. It belongs to a friend who keeps working on it whenever he gets a chance. He also hosts regular Sunday parties and keeps creating secret invitation-only places. One of his recent ones is the Magic Forest. He's made it for a very special event - his wedding. Well, have a look at this beautiful couple on the photo yourself...

Second life is hiring, who wants a job?

Tina — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 18:33:00 GMT

Okay party people. Everybody is always asking me "How do I get a job in the video game industry"? Well, I have not always been completely sure how to answer that question so at GDC this year I noticed that Linden Labs was hiring. I dragged my camera over to their booth and sat down with Linden Labs to find out exactly what jobs their looking for and got some tips on how to get that job. I also got the scoop on what's next for "Second Life".

Reuters opens Virtual News Bureau in "Second Life"

Tina — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 14:52:00 GMT

Advertising in video games has been around for a while now and we've all sort of been sitting back to see how far it will actually go. It's going to go as far as it does in reality. Toyota and Sony BMG already have advertising in Second Life. If game companies can make extra cash through advertising to off set some of the costs to create a game which then inevitably makes games cheaper for the consumers to buy then I say YEA! As long as its doesn't interfere with the gameplay. On the other hand, I worry game companies will just pocket the extra dough and then in three months tell us games will now cost $75.00 do to the high cost to make them. :)

Second Life

Duncan — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 17:00:00 GMT

Laura visits Linden Labs, the folks behind Second Life, and learns about this new virtual world.

Check out the 10 island in SL !

Links: Eric Rice, Linden Lab, Second Life, The 10 Island