The Annual Second Life Birthday Party ran through July 5th. Between the Shop and Hop and the freebies in the Community Event area there were over a hundred gifts. Inara Pey had a very good overview of SL19B.
Prokofy Neva also has his own favorites. I picked up his box of landmarks in Maryport (you have to unpack it).
Last year I had a small exhibit in the community area. This year was back to being a tourist.
A few thoughts:
Team Baa had a build* showing their movie "Sheep in Motion" which explored different kinds of transportation in Second Life. Their gifts were a bump sensor which makes a sound when you bump, and a 'frosty breath' animation to wear when you are in a cold place.
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| A frame from the YouTube video. |
The community or 'exhibition' area was a lopsided mixture of grandiose public builds, many of which filled entire regions or even spanned multiple regions, and the resident regions, which were mostly on 1024-sized parcels. I understand the need for large builds to hold events like dances and lectures, but there were also a lot of empty 'filler buildings' which were for the most part Victorian buildings with gears glued on.
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| The 'Steamworks' was impressive and very well done. |
I did like the Welcome Center, which represented a floating futuristic space platform with parts from some of my favorite creators,
A Mild Case of Abyss #M-10 by Attica Bekkers & Herbie Haven is described as "Share a journey out of limitations into seas of wild levers, random buttons, escapee switches and bounding prims. Something like that. Will be excellent. "
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| Do not think to rest by sitting on the cube that says "Sit here" - a robot will chase you, |
Bears Gone Wild by Randy Firebrand was excellent, as usual - with posters of Linden Bears in Second Life locations.
That giant cat? It was from Catnipz Viewers.
Sitearm's Interactive Orchestra Kit Exhibit was a good example of an exhibit that was informative and colorful.
The Metaharpers exhibit was especially entertaining. The small animal (under the red exclamation mark) guides you through the process of bringing the robot back to life.
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| Awakened robot |
Nando Yip's Perpetual Motion Exhibit was multi-layered. Of course, his machine would only work in virtual reality.....
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| Lowest level of Perpetual Motion Machinery |
Society for Preservation and Archaeology of the Metaverse (SPAM) had an excellent exhibit showing the evolution of avatars, the growth of Second Life, and building. It is not clear who is responsible, but the fingerprints of Penny Patton and CrystalShard Foo are on some of the exhibits.
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| Evolution of avatars - excellent signage and presentation! |
The event is now closed. Next year (if we are all still here) should be the 20th Birthday Celebration!
My biggest complaint about the SL19B layout was that, while the 'Official' builds had lots of space, the 'Community' builds were often so close together that it was hard to see structures without de-rendering the surroundings.
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