The site says its free now. On Sep 26, 2005, at 1:55 PM, Verdi wrote:
> Second Life is super cool. I've had an account and play around with > it every once in a while for the last year and a half. Recently I > had a theater showing movies from the Archive but it was too > expensive for the amount of time I spent playing the game. > > -- > Verdi > <URL: http://michaelverdi.com/ > > <URL: http://freevlog.org/ > > <URL: http://node101.org/ > > > > On Sep 26, 2005, at 12:20 PM, andrew michael baron wrote: > > >> A couple of months ago, Amanda did an interview inside the VR world >> called Second LIfe: >> http://secondlife.com/ >> >> She created an avatar, flew around inside the engine and met other >> people in a 3D chat lecture hall to give a speech. >> >> About a month ago, I downloaded the application and jumped in and I >> feel like this is the perhaps the most profound thing I have ever >> come across in my life. >> >> In terms of videoblogging, the potential is absolutely, incredibly, >> super daunting, perhaps because within this virtual world, you >> transcend locational bounderies now restricted by time and money. To >> add a layer of photo realism would be the end all. >> >> I cant tell you enough how much I recommend checking this out. I feel >> like I have seen aliens from another world and they are me, it feels >> so real. >> >> We are looking for a correspondent from Second Life for Rocketboom so >> if anyone is into this or happens to get really hard core into this, >> let me know. Its one of those things you could live your entire >> life by. >> >> The thing that I think makes this so impressive, is the feeling that >> it is really me inside there. >> >> For some reason, my avatar flying around in there looks just real >> enough to allow me to get sucked into to the reality of it, much like >> getting sucked into a film, only in this case its actually me that is >> the character. >> >> They just made it free too: >> http://secondlife.com/ >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -------------------- >> ~--> >> Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital >> divide today! >> http://us.click.yahoo.com/cd_AJB/QnQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ~-> >> >> >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -------------------- > ~--> > Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the > Sweet Life. > http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > ~-> > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/cd_AJB/QnQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
