Archive for September, 2007

Track real life airplanes in Second Life

Monday, September 24th, 2007

Hamlet Au, editor of the New World Notes-blog about Second Life, has a very interesting post today (24th of September 2007) about real life airplanes being tracked and monitored in an Second Life application.

I strongly recommend all SL-gigs to take a closer look into this – something seemingly useless – but with the right development could be the natural extension for courier-services like UPS, DHL, US Postal or even the Royal Danish Mail service (who already a somewhat developed public tracking system for parcels delivery).

Or maybe this mash-up will us RL-sailors follow the much braver sailors in Volvo Ocean Race or Americas cup. With 3D-rendering of weather conditions, waves and temperature development I see a much more spectator-friendly version of the most rough sailing races in the world.

Thanks to Hamlet Au (Wagner James Au) for the story: “Planespotting: Google Earth/Second Life mash-up tracks LAX airplane in dynamic, immersive scale model“.

Additionally you should also check the SL-demo: “Airplane tracking in Second Life” on YouTube.

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Next AICR Charity auction on the 15th of October 2007

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

AICR charity auction 15th of October 2007 at 20:00BST

With the sworn course of trying to beat the UK £229 record of the August charity auction for cancer research Kristopher Tenk (aka Kristopher Munro, CC Technology) is throwing another 3 hour event at the 15th of October 2007 – this time at the newly build Loch Lomond Scotland (SLURL).

13 handsome guys and 13 princesses in spe are up for auction and the lucky buyers are in for a date with the best purpose imaginable – Date against cancer, date for life :-)

Follow the blog for further details. I’ll put them up as soon as I get them.

Please do take a minute to check the AICR Auction Rules before showing up with your fat wallet :-)

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Another charity event for cancer research

Wednesday, September 5th, 2007

Kristopher Tenk – who hosted the first AICR (Association for International Cancer Research) charity event in Second Life in August – is throwing another show in mid October.

The first AICR event was an auction, where bidders could win a date with a volounteer male or female. By that event the AICR gathered UK£ 229 (more than L$ 100.000). (read: Auction raised £229 for cancer research)

More detailed info of where and exactly when is on the way. Meanwhile Kristopher Tenk is looking for avatars who actually went on a “won” date after the first event in SL Scotland. How did it go? Did they get new friends etc. etc. In a group mail he writes:

“Did you go on a date for our first auction? if yes then AICR would like to hear from you and how the date went. Please IM Kristopher Tenk the information.

We are going to be redesigning our website at some point to include a second life section and will post your replies there :-) ”

Also Kris is keen to hear from avatars who’d gladly participate and be “auctioned” off at the upcoming event in October.

Contact Kristopher Tenk directly for more details

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