Mixed-Reality Party In DC and Second Life 133
Jerry23 writes "This Saturday The Happening will bring Second Life to first life. The Electric Sheep Company, a new metaverse developer, has virtually recreated R&B Coffee in Washington DC for use in a mixed-reality party and benefit for the DC art scene and several local nonprofits. Real people will mingle with avatars via realtime video projections in the real and virtual R&B spaces, and MAKE Magazine's Phillip Torrone will be on-hand showing off his homemade Virtual Reality headsets and gloves. The whole world is invited to attend in DC or Second Life, whichever's closer for you." This is just conceptually a weird idea to me.
Fantastic! (Score:5, Funny)
Snowcrash (Score:2, Funny)
OMG, so it begins! (Score:3, Funny)
Okay, it is, but who knows, when we turn 60, that maybe the social norm.
Re:Uhhh, What?? (Score:5, Funny)
Click on the link.
2) What's "Second Life"?
Click on the link.
3) What's "The Electric Sheep Company"?
Click on the link. (I suppose they should get brownie points for the Blade Runner/"Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" reference.)
4) How are they developing Stephenson's "Metaverse"?
See the link to Second Life for more info.
5) What's "R&B Coffee"?
Damn good question.
6) What's a "Mixed Reality Party"
RTFSummary.
Wait a minute (Score:2, Funny)
I want to kill my boss... (Score:2, Funny)
wow just wow (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Snowcrash (Score:5, Funny)
I live in California on $80,000 a year[1], where do you think I live, you insensitive clod?
Seriously, though, people do live in storage facilities. It's not legal, but it's the only option other than homelessness for some people.
[1] Not really. No one can afford to live in CA on $80k a year, even in a U-Stor-It.
Re:OMG, so it begins! (Score:3, Funny)
Oblig. Futurama Quote (Score:3, Funny)
Bender: "Yeah, but the rent is atrocious."
Re:OMG, so it begins! (Score:2, Funny)
It's been said before, but there's a lot of potential in SL. There are also a lot of creative, talented people there.. but unfortunately it seems the majority of them are too busy jacking off to do anything really interesting. Welcome to the future, hand towels are in the line on the left, lube on the right.
Re:maybe so (Score:3, Funny)
And I will beat them for it.