Designing Worlds pays tribute to LaPiscean Liberty
Designing Worlds
by primperfect
21h ago
Today, Monday 25th May at 2pm, Designing Worlds has a very special show – a tribute to LaPiscean Liberty, one of the leading proponents of machinima and the Arts in Second Life. You can see the show on the Designing Worlds Vimeo channel at: https://vimeo.com/channels/dworlds. Or you can join us for our Watch Party in the beautiful Designing Worlds studios in the Garden of Dreams from 2pm onwards (and everyone who ISN’T in the USA, remember the clocks are different!). Lap – as he was known – was a much-loved and important figure in the SL Arts and Machinima worlds. He ran the TV channels, Avie ..read more
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Designing Worlds looks back to … Fantasy Faire 2019!
Designing Worlds
by primperfect
1w ago
All images by Wildstar Beaumont The Light of Va’loth Join Designing Worlds today, Monday 18th March 2024, at 2pm SLT as – in anticipation of Fantasy Faire 2024 – we again look back to some earlier Fantasy Faires, and this week, we’ll be looking back to Fantasy Faire 2019 – already five years ago! You can see it here on the web, or join our Watch Party in our studio on Garden of Dreams. DW399 – Fantasy Faire 2019 Part I from Richard Elen on Vimeo. In this episode we talked to one of the main organisers of the Faire, Elizabeth Tinsley, as well as creators and designers, some of the organisers o ..read more
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Designing Worlds looks back to … Fantasy Faire 2014!
Designing Worlds
by primperfect
2w ago
All images by Wildstar Beaumont Join Designing Worlds today, Monday 11th March 2024, at 2pm SLT as – with Fantasy Faire coming up – we look back to Fantasy Faire as it was in 2014! You can see it here on the web, or join our Watch Party in our studio on Garden of Dreams. After a previous episode where we focused on the people behind the event (DW232), in this episode we paid our second visit to Fantasy Faire 2014, one of the biggest fund-raisers in Second Life for the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life in the run-up to the RFL weekend itself. This week we take a look at all the differ ..read more
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Designing Worlds discovers the 80 Days Project – now on the web!
Designing Worlds
by primperfect
2w ago
In this episode, we explore three of the different designs for the region of Infinite Spirit and the exciting 80 Days project, created by Camila Runo. We interview Camila who tells us about the creation of the 80 Days project: I recognized that here in SL it’s possible to build literally everything … from real places I visited in the past to fictive places I was only able to visit in my dreams before. It was and still is like being on vacation, a trip around the real and the fictive world. And once I understood that, the name * 80Days * came to my mind, short for “80 Days Around The World ..read more
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Designing Worlds Memorial For LaPiscean Liberty: Filming 1pm SLT on Tuesday 5th March
Designing Worlds
by primperfect
3w ago
On Tuesday 5th March at 1pm, we will be recording a special Memorial episode of Designing Worlds for LaPiscean Liberty, who passed recently. Lap – as he was known – was a much-loved and important figure in the SL Arts and Machinima worlds. He ran the TV channels, Aview and SL Artists, and was one of the first people to work on ways to bring machinima showings into Second Life. He also ran Festivals such as the 48 Hour Film Festival. If you would like to come to the recording and learn more about Lap and his work, or if you have stories about Lap to share, please join us in the Designing World ..read more
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Designing Worlds discovers the 80 Days Project!
Designing Worlds
by primperfect
3w ago
All images by Wildstar Beaumont Join us today at 2pmSLT, Monday 4th March for very beautiful show as we explore three of the different designs for the region of Infinite Spirit and the exciting 80 Days project, created by Camila Runo. You can see the show on the Designing Worlds Vimeo channel at: https://vimeo.com/channels/dworlds. Or you can join us for our Watch Party in the beautiful Designing Worlds studios in the Garden of Dreams from 2pm onwards. We interview Camila who tells us about the creation of the 80 Days project: I recognized that here in SL it’s possible to build literally eve ..read more
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Designing Worlds looks back to … Metaverstas, a Finnish educational project
Designing Worlds
by primperfect
1M ago
Join Designing Worlds today, Monday 26th February, at 2pm SLT as we look back to this episode from the past (June 2014), when we looked at three fascinating educational projects, created by two Finnish designers, which demonstrated that Second Life can be used for education on a variety of levels. Case Dirval and Yolanda Hirvi were the designers behind Metaverstas (in English here), and they took us through three fascinating projects – firstly a virtual microbrewery created for a technical college, then a series of biochemistry laboratories created for Finland’s largest university, and fina ..read more
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Designing Worlds discusses AI in Second Life – now on the web!
Designing Worlds
by primperfect
1M ago
Photographs by Wildstar Beaumont In this episode, we hosted a very special show about Artificial Intelligence (or AI), particularly in its potential role in Second Life. This was a discussion filmed with a live audience at our studio on Garden of Dreams, to discuss an issue that is being debated across not just the Second Life grid, but across the real world, and that’s the rise of Artificial Intelligence or AI. We assembled a panel to discuss the issues in front of a live studio audience and we were joined by Cain Maven, designer and builder, well known for Maven Homes and Quantum Luxury Ho ..read more
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Designing Worlds discusses AI in Second Life
Designing Worlds
by primperfect
1M ago
Join us today at 2pmSLT, Monday 19th February for a very special show about Artificial Intelligence (or AI), particularly in its potential role in Second Life. You can see the show on the Designing Worlds Vimeo channel at: https://vimeo.com/channels/dworlds. Or you can join us for our Watch Party in the beautiful Designing Worlds studios in the Garden of Dreams from 2pm onwards. This is a special show, a discussion filmed with a live audience at our studio on Garden of Dreams, to discuss an issue that is being debated across not just the Second Life grid, but across the real world, and that’s ..read more
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Designing Worlds looks back to … Flotsam and the amazing world of Aley
Designing Worlds
by primperfect
1M ago
All images here by Wildstar Beaumont The Freeport Township of Flotsam in Blake Diego photographed by Wildstar Beaumont In this episode from the past (June 2014), we visited the town of Flotsam, encounter the Nautilus and Captain Nemo’s underwater observatory, contemplate a trip to the moon and a voyage to the centre of the earth – and undertake an amazing underwater journey – all courtesy of the fabulous creative Aley! Aley has – under a variety of guises – been an amazing creator in Second Life for a great many years, and the Freeport Township of Flotsam was a brilliant example of her skill ..read more
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