With thanks to Peter Brantley: > David Rumsey is launching some stunning new maps in > Second Life - stretching the capabilities of virtual > worlds, and creating new conceptions of navigation > of geographic information ... http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/20357/ > "Cory Ondrejka, formerly the CTO of Linden Lab, the company > that maintains Second Life, and now a visiting professor at > the University of Southern California, in Annenberg, is > impressed by the island's construction, which he says plays > to the strengths of Second Life. "It's a really wonderful > example of taking a traditional media, such as maps, and making > it cutting edge," he says. In particular, he adds, the island > takes advantage of how big a space Second Life is, making > striking use of horizons and encouraging visitors to enable the > maximum draw distance allowed by viewers so that they can see as > far as possible. "It isn't just a virtual copy of an art museum, > nor is it a virtual copy of a website," Ondrejka says. "I > suspect that anyone doing a large-scale art installation [in > Second Life] in the future will have visited this place."
