Following up on the recent lecture by Wired’s Editor in Chief, Chris Anderson, that we did with Hamlet, we’re opening the gates to Wired’s SL HQ located here. The build is the result of some great and inventive building by MOU’s own Minxeh Volos, with scripting/effects by Falldeaf Weeks. We were inspired by that feeling one gets when first looking at a computer’s motherboard — the surprise at how the structures that move information so closely resemble a miniature city. We thought it would be cool to create a build where humans/avatars could move around like bits and electrons. After all, in SL, we’re all just data anyway.
Join us for the opening party this Saturday, October 21st, from 4-7 pm SLT.
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Nice! *sings Kraftwerk’s “Computer World”* I’m-a-comin’ in to visit!
I find the electrons flying around kind of spooky. Great work, folks!
Rik, you’re too easily spooked. What will happen to you when Halloween is upon us? I worry
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