Second Life Walkie Talkie Walks
July 26, 2007 8:13 am
On September 13th the ‘Second Life Walkie Talkie Walks‘ mixed reality project by Dutch artist Sander Veenhof will take place in Brooklyn, NY. SLwalkietalkie is a part of the Conflux Festival 2007.
This is not Sander Veenhof’s first project involving mixed reality and Second Life, as there were already the avatar trap and a way to meet your SL avatar.
I wonder, are they going to rebuild a Brooklyn in SL for this? Or which ‘blocks’ are we talking about?
A simultaneous walking tour for Second Life avatars and real people, connected to each other using a pair of walkie talkies. One operating from Second Life, the other running on an internet enabled mobile phone. Connect to a Second Life avatar and make a simultaneous walk in both real life and the virtual world, using a specially developed pair of walkie talkie devices.
Second Life residents can pick up an in-world walkie talkie at the 0031 area in Second Life. A list of currently activated walkie talkies being carried around can be found on the mobile version of the site.
The list of walkie talkies can be browsed on a mobile phone to select a walking companion. First agree on a duration and a direction for the walk. One block? Two blocks? Five blocks? Clockwise or not? Coffee break included? Choose one of the suggested photographic tasks, and start walking. Keep in touch by by typing on and ‘listening’ to your walkie talkie. Be curious.
Avatars are requested not to fly, but to keep a NY pace. People are requested not to fly either.
Photo assignments will vary from “Spot the ultimate virtual sight” to “Show what’s even better than reality”. After finishing your walk and having fulfilled your photo task, both of you submit your digital snapshots to the the project website by email or upload. Optionally, you might have agreed on a title for the walk? The received pictures will be united and shown side by side in a gallery of simultaneous walks.
Silence to “Second Life Walkie Talkie Walks”
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