Many thanks to Valibrarian Gregg for organizing the ACRL Virtual World Interest Group visit to LOCUS Amiais@SL project and making this great machinima! If you missed the visit on the last 15 March 2023, this machinima sums it up nicely! And check LOCUS Amiais@SL afterwards — everyone is welcome to […]
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On Wed Mar 15th 2023, at 9-10am SLT, meet the ACRL Virtual World Interest Group at the VWEC Fireside Deck on to join a visit to the LOCUS Amiais@SL project. The ACRL — Association of College and Research Libraries is a division of the American Library Association. The ACRLVirtual Worlds […]
The site I am envisioning for the Query is located at Talenstrasse 1165 Neufreistadt. Talenstrasse is a straight street that exits the Marktplatz heading due south until it meets Gwynethstrasse, and this borders the city walls, leading to the South gate very close by. Crossing it, one steps into the […]
Just a cool preview of what you can see when visiting our latest project: Locus Project Amiais @ Second Life More of these soon.
Now, the SL Metaverse is stock-full of digital spaces that match Augé’s points! (And that’s also an interesting thing on its own…) So I want to showcase the place that I know best in SL: the Confederation of Democratic Simulators (CDS), one of the oldest communities in SL. The CDS […]
So… I have been thinking about this of late. Actually, it is an extension of something that has intrigued me for a long time in real life (RL): what is place? This, of course, is a seminal question in architecture and related fields. Possibly there will never be a definite, […]
On March 16th, Amiais in the Second Life is officially opened.
Since June 2021, a replica of Amiais has been developed in a metaverse to transpose the village’s heritage and cultural heritage through a virtual environment. This transposition involves building the architectural space, the environment, the fauna and flora, and the recreation of Amiais’ culture.
In this way, a playful narrative was created, similar to geocaching, so that the residents and visitors can discover and learn about the village and the cultural heritage of the place.
We proudly present our latest project, the 4-sim region of Amiais, currently online and fully visitable in Second Life LOCUSPROJECT is an iteration of the original project LOCUS – PlayfuL cOnneCted rUral territorieS: The Internet of Things in the intergenerational Creative production of cultural georeferenced contents, a multi-year research project […]
As part of the very long project of creating a visual representation of the city of Lisbon in 1755, just before the earthquake destroyed it, Beta Technologies was asked to provide a promotional video of the work done so far, which is going to be used on the many international […]
The Portuguese National Post Service, CTT — Correios de Portugal, has launched their virtual presence in Second Life® today. Their region, dubbed World in Touch, is CTT’s latest project using a vast variety of technological innovations in order to keep in touch with their clients. Developed by Beta Technologies, CTT’s […]