18 June 2013

SL10B - Yes, SL Is Really THAT Old!

10 years! OMG - time did fly! Its indeed hard to believe that Second Life was launched already 10 years ago. On June 23rd, to be precise.
It saw a lot of changes in that time. Some good decisions, some bad ones and some plainly stupid too - but there was one constant remaining over all these years: As long I can remember, people say SL is dead ;-)

Well, it seems quite alive actually. Just by looking at the many many green dots I saw at the SL10B-sims (on a monday! in hot june! - not quite the typical time to spend in front of your PC/Mac/steam-driven Difference-engine), its clear that there is a vivid community celebrating a truly unique part of the internet.
I am also happy to say that the quality of this year's exhibits seems to be very convincing. I had literally tons of photo opportunities today and certainly haven't seen much more than a fraction so far. This proves again what a fantastic platform for creativity SL is  - but enough words. Take a look:





And here some memorable exhibits I discovered on my first day. Be careful, its going to be a long post!:


The Time and Space Telescope


It doesn't look much spectacular from the ground.




But once you take the elevator to the top this changes!




Space!


A dinosaur-killing space-potato!


Eeeeeeeeek! Oh... just Phil ;-)


One of the fantastic installations from last year.



SL10B History Walk



Lots of history here!


Wow - SL really did start small!



Taxes for rezzing prims?! That was truly one of the more stupid ideas...



Of course they missed the most significant event of 2007 - me joining SL!



The best facelight I saw so far!




Oooooh! Airplane!


Of course I couldn't resist trying it. Btw: you can clearly see one of the disadvantages of baked textures: when you use one single texture on a large part, it get quite blurry.


Anarchitecture


Yes - definitely one of the more fitting names. Don't ask me whats the meaning of this installation is though ;-)



Arch d Linden Grande



A big - arch!


With readable content! And its an ooooold arch!



First Church of Rosendale





No SL-birthday is complete without this installation: Yes, its a huge water slide!


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The Behemoth


The name isn't promising too much!



A really spectacular exhibit. On your way to the top you follow the a narration about the origins of the beast.




Obviously it covers a lot different themes.




Of you click these uhmm... gnomes(?) a comic-like sequence starts.



Thats not a cheese wheel. Its a weird beard!


"I am the queen of SL!"


Confederate Response Force




A training group for fighting RL catastrophes. Quite interesting idea as long no-one gets the idea to just de-rezz a tornado...


The Wastelands


Wasteland barbecue! Funny that just across the street the Wastelands have their parcel. Its one of my favorite places to explore. If you like the Fallout-games you will love the Wastelands!


Arcadia Asylum - Then and Now


Great to see my favorite content creator has a parcel here too. She made countless fun and great looking creations over the years and never took a single L$! Btw: the big flying castle in the background is only 30 prims!


Taffy demonstrating how to power the grid with green energy.


Quest for the Golden Prim


No surprise I couln't resist featuring this: Steampunk! And Exploring! Niiiice!
This exhibit is featuring a graphic novel made by using SL screenshots. Really a fine idea.


I had no idea exploring is so simple! According to his map Africa is just a few centimeters away from my home!


A gallery featuring some dashing explorers!


Meta Meta Life


Simple, but really fun! I hope she doesn't turns off the PC as long Taffy is inside.



University of Applied Sciences Utrecht


Taking a break at the university's fine looking campus.


Time Travel



My feelings are a bit mixed about this one. On the one hand the pictures on display are quite good, on the other hand the installation looks a bit uninspired. You want to make look something artsy? Rezz some roman arcades and a field of poppies ;-)



Authenticating the Shroud of Turin with Second Life Tools


Quite a pompous title, isn't it? This exhibit was brought to us by the "Happy Hippo Building School". No, I am not kidding - thats really its name!


And here it is! To make a long story short: They made a sculpt-map of the Shroud of Turin using the brightness/darkness contrasts as indicator for its height values.


Call me ignorant if you like, but it looks more like a lunar landscape to me than anything else.


And yes: my LOD was all the way up when taking these pictures. So where did Apollo 11 land again? ;-)



As you can see for yourself SL10B offers you a lovely mixture of installations. Ranging from amazing to mediocre to... really, really odd. Don't miss it! :-)


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