The Second Life sim Virtual Beliefnet was used as an entry point sim for the online community of http://www.beliefnet.com which included a welcome area, event area, informational and user quiz space and a parceled off section for community housing, all set to a calming design and well landscaped terrain that included influences from various spiritual [...]
Virtuallive.tv was a mixed reality event that took place at the Canal Room Club in NYC and Simultaneously within Second Life. It featured the performances of the bands Buddhahead and Shock Radar playing live at the venue, streamed live into SL as the backdrop where the band’s avatars were performing for the virtual audience and [...]
For the 2007 Podcamp NYC unconference we created the accompanying Second Life event build which included a circus themed area with a central event tent and tents for all sponsors that featured their logos, information and links to sponsor websites.
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This build was created as part of a technology presentation for the Dutch housing developer Ymere. From architectural plans we built a replica of an apartment building in Second Life that was under new construction in Amsterdam. It was used as an interactive model and for space planning of the real architecture.
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Created the virtual office space of Morpheus Media LLC, NY. Playful, elegant designed meeting and office areas, that defy RL conventions. Included conference areas, event stages, automatic tour ride, event management and development of prototypes for their clients and of new technologies.
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For the Suffern Middle School(NY) we created a Futuristic Welcome Area. The goal was to give the kids an exciting place to start out from and to return to. Many details like steam vents and lighting effects make the place come alive.
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Suffern Middle School in Second Life Blog
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For the Ramapo School District’s virtual educational Ramapo Teen SL islands, we created an exciting futuristic welcome area with details like steamy vents and lighting effects to make the place come alive. It also included a games focused skills training area and an observatory, science meeting building.
This build is a closed Teen Grid sim. You [...]
A campy horror machinima created for the altzoom.com Ed Wood Machinima Festival. All build stage sets, props, filming and editing done by The Vesuvius Group.
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This build was commissioned by the curator of the exhibition Pixel Dolls, Meat-Space, and Everything All at Once which was created for the Seattle Bumbershoot Arts Festival. For this exhibit we created a Fictional National park named Sudo by design of the real life artist Susan Robb. This included development of an interactive Trial Tour [...]
The Vesuvius Group is more than just a metaverse development firm. In fact, when I call on The Vesuvius Group for my marketing initiatives, I call them as a web futurist think tank with the ability to achieve content that truly leverages the power of next generation web applications. It is very rare to find a group of people that understand the need for balance
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between form and function at a time when developers tend to use technology for its own sake. I am lucky to have found this group of developers, creators and dreamers!
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