The event that I attended was a interview/presentation about CSI:New York using Second Life for an upcoming episode. It was located in an open air ampatheater which you got to by walking down big round stone stairs to the seating. In the background there was a castle on a hill which lead to a dropdown to the theater. In front of that there were two big white screens that had a little advertising in blue for the area this was set in. The seating was composed of four sections. Each section had 5 rows of a series of blue-gray benches to sit on. Each of these benches allowed three people to sit on it at a time. In the ampatheater, there was a raised platform in the back where a speaker could present their speak. Below that platform there was a table with chairs with that could be used for a panel discussion.
When the program first began, there were about 25 people there but by the end of it there were about 40 people there. There were all different kinds of people attending this event. For instance there was a girl who looked like a fairy with big wings and a man who had a big grey beard and was dressed all in black just to name a couple. There was little movement from the audience once the interview began other than the few people who trickled in to take thier seat.
This particular event had the two people stand in front of the table right in front of the audience; Alpha asked the questions and Omega answered them. Omega works at Company X that worked with CSI:NY on this project. Company X has also worked with MTV on one of their TV shows for SL.
The interview lasted just a little bit less than an hour and was streamed through the audio where you can normally listen to music. There was a little problem in the beginning because the audio was not streaming correctly. It sounded like chimpunks instead of people. After about 5 minutes the problem was fixed and the interview went on its way. Alpha did mention they were using a delay for the interview but did not say if that contributed to the problem.
Alpha had somw questiosn perpared but also allowed people to IM him questions of their own to asked Omega during the interview. Some of the questions the audience asked included the types of viewer windows CSI:NY were going to use and the effects of CSI:NY using this on the commerce of SL. Alpha and Omega talked a little bit about what CSI:NY was going to do with the story but did not go into much detail other than they were chasing the killer in the virtual world. Omega said that CSI:NY was going to use the SL episode twice but did not say if it was only going to be a rerun or a second part to the episode. Omega did mention that SL users would be able to interact with what CSI:NY was doing and help catch the killer but once again did not go into detail.
Alpha also mentioned in passing that The Office was also working on a project in SL that should air very soon but Omega could not comment on that because his company did not work on that project.
One of the biggest points was made early in the discussion. Omega talked about old medias having to move forward and try to incorporate itself with new media, exactly what CSI:NY is trying to do and more and more old medias will probably move more towards doing things like this.
The CSI:New York episode using SL is titled "Down the Rabbit Hole" and will air on Wednesday, October 24 at 10 p.m. et/pt, 9 ct on CBS.
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Assignment 1: Five Groups
Group 1: Race Fans
This group was located at a race track as one would expect. The Space was fairly wide open with buidlings in the background. It looked like a cityscape but had a track running through it with racing lights throughout the track. The viewers had to teleport to a viewing area that was located above the trak on a floating kind of platform. When I got there most of the people were gone because the race just ended. There was still some people hanging out on the platform still talking. After a few minutes there, there was an announcement letting people practice on the track. The people were really nice and inviting. They were more than willing to talk and answer questions if you had them.
Group 2: Music Fans
This is seemingly becoming more popular in SL. This perticular one took place in a music club. there were three walls up with the wall opposite of the musician knocked out so people could enter the building and dance floor. Ther was a little stage set up were the musician was playing. There was just one musician playing an accoustic guitar. On the dance floor there were around twenty people dancing according to the music. If songs were slower the dancing was slower, if the music was a little faster, they would dance faster, as one would expect in real life. Some people were by themselves others danced together.
Group 3: Boaters
This took place at a location that was mostly water. It looked like a fancy kind of port for rich people. In the background you could hear bells ring from time to time to kind of set the atmosphere. Most of the boats were big yachts. Most of these were white with a very colorful sail on it. Opposite of the boats on the docks were many little tents set up for people to look at. Some had stuff to buy like sailing animations and life perservers others were information and notecards. Nobody here really seemed to talk very much. The people that were there just walked by and went along on their way.
Group 4: Club Dancers
This was set up in an arial platform a little bit above ground level in a city. The place wasnt too big but big enough to have maybe 30 people there. At the time there was about 15 people. The place was fairly brightly colored. The floor was a see-through light blue with lights that would change colors in some part of it. On the walls there was various kinds of music that promoted the DJ and location. It looked like it was in some kind of Japanese city. The music was some kind of techno/electronica music. The DJ was in the back part of the room with the dance floor in front of him. He was on a little plaform with turntables in front of him. Opposite of him was a few round chairs from people to sit in but not many, only about 6. Between the two was the dance floor where people were dancing together and by themselves.
Group 5: Campers
In SL this is areally easy way to make money, it just take forever to make a lot of it. This area is located in a mall kind of area. In the middle of it the are benches were up to three people can sit at a time and there were six of those. These are in a circle with a plant in the middle. Above the plant was a big ball that would random choose someone to give 2 Linden to ever 2 minutes. Along with that there was also trivia that people could answer about all different kinds of topics. There didn't seem like there were many people talking in this area.
This group was located at a race track as one would expect. The Space was fairly wide open with buidlings in the background. It looked like a cityscape but had a track running through it with racing lights throughout the track. The viewers had to teleport to a viewing area that was located above the trak on a floating kind of platform. When I got there most of the people were gone because the race just ended. There was still some people hanging out on the platform still talking. After a few minutes there, there was an announcement letting people practice on the track. The people were really nice and inviting. They were more than willing to talk and answer questions if you had them.
Group 2: Music Fans
This is seemingly becoming more popular in SL. This perticular one took place in a music club. there were three walls up with the wall opposite of the musician knocked out so people could enter the building and dance floor. Ther was a little stage set up were the musician was playing. There was just one musician playing an accoustic guitar. On the dance floor there were around twenty people dancing according to the music. If songs were slower the dancing was slower, if the music was a little faster, they would dance faster, as one would expect in real life. Some people were by themselves others danced together.
Group 3: Boaters
This took place at a location that was mostly water. It looked like a fancy kind of port for rich people. In the background you could hear bells ring from time to time to kind of set the atmosphere. Most of the boats were big yachts. Most of these were white with a very colorful sail on it. Opposite of the boats on the docks were many little tents set up for people to look at. Some had stuff to buy like sailing animations and life perservers others were information and notecards. Nobody here really seemed to talk very much. The people that were there just walked by and went along on their way.
Group 4: Club Dancers
This was set up in an arial platform a little bit above ground level in a city. The place wasnt too big but big enough to have maybe 30 people there. At the time there was about 15 people. The place was fairly brightly colored. The floor was a see-through light blue with lights that would change colors in some part of it. On the walls there was various kinds of music that promoted the DJ and location. It looked like it was in some kind of Japanese city. The music was some kind of techno/electronica music. The DJ was in the back part of the room with the dance floor in front of him. He was on a little plaform with turntables in front of him. Opposite of him was a few round chairs from people to sit in but not many, only about 6. Between the two was the dance floor where people were dancing together and by themselves.
Group 5: Campers
In SL this is areally easy way to make money, it just take forever to make a lot of it. This area is located in a mall kind of area. In the middle of it the are benches were up to three people can sit at a time and there were six of those. These are in a circle with a plant in the middle. Above the plant was a big ball that would random choose someone to give 2 Linden to ever 2 minutes. Along with that there was also trivia that people could answer about all different kinds of topics. There didn't seem like there were many people talking in this area.
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