SENIOR MEDIA THESIS

In Dr. Sherry Mayo's article, "The Prelude to the Millennium: The Backstory of Digital Aesthetics" on the early influences and...

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In 1748, Giambattista Nolli, made one of the most accurate ichnographic (ground plan) maps of Rome, the Pianta Grande di Roma commonly know...

It is interesting that in 1998 when I made this comercial for RG/A (I was their Broadband Creative Director then), GM had already presented ...

Granted that the theatrical experience cannot be replicated in a movie, let alone a small video disconnected from the actual performance. Bu...

This is just a random example: a whooping 11 miles per gallon! I think it is a well deserved if unwelcome disaster the one that "great ...

These are some sample scenes of film, special effects, miniature work and computer animation work I have done in the past few years.

If games and virtual environments were not critically influential in "educating" people by drilling into their brain and responsiv...

Abu Ghraib, Fallujah, Haditha and Mahmudiyah , and on and on. It was Goya, who living in the convulsive time of the Spanish Independence War...

On this election day, I wanted to take a few moments to talk about things that are, to me, very important. I want to talk about freedom. To...

When 9/11 happened the vultures that ruled our country went into a rampage of destruction and deception under the cover of fear. That fatefu...

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I have been wanting to write this post for weeks now, but I simply had such a bad feeling that I kept putting it off, like a brain operation...

According to vice-president candidate Palin, the war in Irak is god's will and plan. We should be grateful for it: "Pray for our mi...

Harry S Truman , August 8, 1950 33rd president of US (1884 - 1972) After hearing and seeing in the transmission of the Republican Conventio...

“ In the name of the best within you, do not sacrifice this world to those who are its worst. In the name of the values that keep you alive,...

As I watch and listen in disgust to the body language and the hypocritical language of McCain, trying to present himself as a hero because h...

More SL media exposure

Anyone trying out Small Worlds yet? It's just gone into public beta. http://www.smallworlds.com I'm Sebastien Knoller in there as w...

Any one out there what this.... SL is on MTV. I am working to get a copy of this for distro to people. http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=1586...

We did not really go into this discussion in our class, except by bringing up the fact that Google's use of a white screen contributes s...

I'm not sure if anyone is still checking this blog with the end of class, but I thought I'd share a couple articles from a recent is...

Well, the new head guy is in at Linden Labs. I wish the guy luck ... but I worry about two things: 1) his new avatar name is "M" L...

As is often the case lately, this weekend I found myself explaining Second Life to someone unfamiliar with the concept of VWEs. Their immed...

Why do we have schools? To educate! Of course. That must be it, but if you peel back a couple of the layers and discover that Columbus reall...

Just thought I'd post this little tid bit about China's SL clone that just came into beta. In some ways it looks more detailed than...

Stanford University is announcing a 2 week intensive training institute on immersive virtual reality. From September 8 to September 19 they ...

Among the chatter about these issues, an article by Séverine Fiévet published last month in the French magazine LE MONDE talks about the vi...

A recent report showed that second life is continuing to experience economic growth. Although fewer new users are signing up for Second Life...

I recently came across an article describing some of the ways in which SL is helping people with disabilities and abused children. In one e...

Costumes of Slaves or Serfs, from the Sixth to the Twelfth Centuries. Did they have a life then?

 

Well after 3 hours of trying to work in SL I am calling quits for the night. 5-10 crashes this evening make me want to bail on this software...