show #82: catching up

We’re back on the air!

the drax files radio hour

show #82

a new linden lab project and older [yet NOT expired] tape from svvr 2015 are on today’s drax files radio menu.

we do hope you enjoy words of wisdom from some bright minds [yes, we mean the guests, not us!]

and more to read on the matters discussed below:

• adele kling remembered

remembering adele kling [pic by jo yardley]

• project sansar has started

the verge picks up ll press release = screenshot sans ads

• from fusion’s patrick hogan = shoddy  journalism strikes again [and rebuttal from the community]

fusion on virtual abandoned porn??? wth?

• nonny dela pena and her trayvon martin piece at svvr

nonny and partner at their booth

• hanna stoltenberg from d2 magazine in norway [no story yet published on nonny btw….we keep looking!]

• matterport [we spoke to co-founder matt bell]

• molly from blue vishnu with the xxarray talks about scanning avatars

• david coombs from nvidia

• breakroom from murevr

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show #81: sansar anxiety

We’re back!

the drax files radio hour

show #81

season 3 of the podcast is here and the next generation virtual world linden lab is building [working title “project sansar”] may or may not cause anxiety in second life users.

our panel discusses emotions and speculates about the future of the metaverse.

enjoy:

• sponsor spotlight: cube republic makes fabulous thingies

meshy rhododendron by cube

• the [infamous?] qz article that “irks” mr. despres so very much:

qz screenshot

• our musical guest janakyo moon 

• our guests: canary beck

• chaos priestman/bill glover

chaos and partner make sl web compatible

• and josh farkas

josh on a beam telepresence robot at awe2015

• upload vr talk with ebbe altberg about sansar:

• re/code’s eric johnson on the metaverse [and variety article just in case you did not read that one]

ebbe’s new av [pic from re:code article]

• interesting read: separating vr scifi from fact

vr scifi and fact

• vr simulates dementia[!!!]

• in celebration of…

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The Eldorado Cabaret celebrates its 4th anniversary!

The 1920s Berlin Project

Picture by Jelena Matova

In 1925 (2011) the infamous Eldorado Kabarett opened its doors to the public for the first time.
A place that would embody the wild, free and bohemian spirit of our city.

With the well known designer Sonatta Morales at the helm our Cabaret soon became one of the most popular spots in Berlin.
Every Saturday she builds a set, choreographs a dance and puts a costume together for a different show every week!

This Saturday at 2pm we’ll have a special 4th anniversary show, everybody is welcome as long as you’re wearing 1920s clothes and have a realistic avatar.
And just like in the 1920s; cross dressing is encouraged.

Just like the real Eldorado, our place is a safe haven for gays, transvestites and of course straight people as well.
Back then Berlin was probably the only place where you could have a place be this public…

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1920s Berlin kid needs your help after RL house fire

One of our own needs your help.

The 1920s Berlin Project

One of Berlin’s favourite streetkids has experienced one of the most awful things in real life I can imagine; a house fire.

Although everyone managed to escape in the nick of time and nobody was wounded, the house and most of their belongings were pretty much trashed.

At the moment Skyler Gant (RL name Mark) and his mom are staying in a hotel, having almost nothing left except the clothes they were wearing when they escaped, their phones and the cat.

The 1920s Berlin community is a strong one and when we don’t see certain of our neighbours for a while we get worried, when they have a celebration in RL we’re happy for them and when something bad happend in RL we try to help.
Skyler has been with us for a very long time and we know him as a wonderful sweet kid both in SL and RL, although…

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show #75: hifi

the drax files radio hour

show #75

you may have guessed it [from the title i am sure] = we are in a different virtual world this week and as such we have on the show today a gaggle of special guests indeed including one philip rosedale in a sit-down interview conducted at an actual physical location.

enjoy an overview of high fidelity, a contender in the race to metaverse supremacy for sure:

and now dive into linkage contextualizing the show:

– draxtor domain running from a macbook air in hifi directory:

draxtor sandwiched in between bitcoin and goth islands

– taping the show in open source software for shared vr with ctrlaltdavid and jo…

drax village with jo and david and too much complexity not rendered

– our guests david rowe, ozan serim, chris collins, ryan karpf and philip rosedale

– ozan mentions team fortress avatars as a model for…

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SL12b is here, join us at Second Life’s 12th birthday celebrations

The 1920s Berlin Project

The media is very excited about virtual reality, telling everyone its finally coming and that soon we’ll all be having the most wonderful adventures in digital worlds.

Yet some of us have been enjoying virtual reality for years… in Second Life!

Today Second Life, the biggest online 100% user created virtual world, is celebrating its 12th birthday!

And it is being celebrated with over 200 exhibits on 15 full regions!

There are 5 very impressive stages with interviews, performances, shows, etc.
Over 700 performers and speakers!

There will be several interviews with Lindens and I’ll be co-hosting one of them, so make sure not to miss those.

There is a lot more information on what to see and where on the official SL12B website, make sure you check it out by clicking here.

This year’s theme for the SL12B Community Celebration is “What Dreams May Come.

In our SL12B display we are…

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The end of Desura? Desura Owner Files For Bankruptcy.

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desura, linden lab

Several news sources are saying that Bad Juju, the parent company of Indie Royale and Desura, has filed for bankruptcy.

Desura is a digital distribution platform that was once owned by Linden Lab, who sold it to Bad Juju last year.

Recently they had already been negatively in the news because they weren’t paying some of their developers and now it seems the problems may have been even bigger than that.

Although it is not yet official (so it seems), but according to the Gamasutra article (which you can read here) their employees have been told not to speak to anyone by the company lawyers and have been ‘locked out’.

Other employees also found an online bankruptcy file for the claim.

Probably a good thing Linden Lab got rid of it in time.

Relaxed Rules day in 1920s Berlin

Always wanted to explore 1920s Berlin but didn’t feel like dressing up or changing your avatar?
Tomorrow is your chance;

The 1920s Berlin Project

As part of our 6th anniversary celebrations we are organising a so called ‘Relaxed Rules Day’.

As you may know, Berlin has a dress code, we ask all our visitors to look realistic and authentic for the theme of our sim.
But now and then we decide to relax these rules to give new people a chance to explore our sim even if they don’t feel like dressing up or having a realistic avatar.

So, on Relaxed Rules Day we will NOT be asking people to dress in the 1920s style and we will be welcoming avatars such as furries, tinies, demons, fantasy animals, etc.
The only rules we will be enforcing are that we will not accept public nudity or Nazi related behaviour and dress.
Of course anyone bothering or harassing people will also be send home.

This may be a good day to show Berlin to your friends…

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Open door day in 1920s Berlin

The 1920s Berlin Project

As part of our 6th Anniversary celebrations we start 6 days of events with our annual Open Door day.

For 24 hours (ish) lots of tenants in our city open their doors to the public.

Visit today and for once you’ll be allowed to come explore the apartments and houses of our locals.

From luxurious villas to damp, moldy, stinky, dirty, tiny one room apartments in back streets, you can finally go inside them without a police officer coming to kick you out.

Just wander around our neighbourhood and keep an eye out for the big red ‘Open door house’ signs.

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The 1920s Berlin project celebrates its 6th anniversary!

The 1920s Berlin Project

On May the 30th 2009 I opened the door to a little very basic, noob build bar and let the public in for the first time.
The 1920s Berlin Project was born!
Only 3 months after joining Second Life, barely understanding how to glue prims together, I had started something that would soon grow into a vibrant active community of wonderful people.

And there is more to come…

But first we need to celebrate the 6th (!) anniversary of our little neighbourhood and we’re doing this by organizing 6 days of fun events and inviting everyone to come visit.

You can find 1920s Berlin by clicking this link: http://slurl.com/secondlife/1920s%20Berlin/236/232/751

We look forward to seeing lots of familiar but also new faces visiting us.

Prosit!

Jo Yardley
Schedule of events:

Friday, May 29

All day: Open Door Day

On this day everyone is welcome to visit our sim and take a…

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