Community Archives - Digital Urban https://www.digitalurban.org/blog/category/community/ Data, Cities, IoT, Writing, Music and Making Things Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:56:00 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.digitalurban.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Dulogosm-1.png Community Archives - Digital Urban https://www.digitalurban.org/blog/category/community/ 32 32 30 Days in ActiveWorlds: The Story https://www.digitalurban.org/blog/2008/08/18/avatar-teleports-30-days-in/ https://www.digitalurban.org/blog/2008/08/18/avatar-teleports-30-days-in/#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:56:00 +0000 http://digitalurban.net/?p=1594 30 Days in ActiveWorlds was a project aimed at documenting the development of a virtual environment from the beginning to end, the point where a plot of virgin land would...

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]]> 30 Days in ActiveWorlds was a project aimed at documenting the development of a virtual environment from the beginning to end, the point where a plot of virgin land would develop into a community with a urban layout.

In a sense the project was similar to an early days ‘Big Brother’ in that the community was watched and logged 24 hours a day with webcams beamed around the world showing the latest activity.

In the days long before Second Life it provided an early look at life, love and architecture in a virtual world. Read the full story in the paper 30 Days in ActiveWorlds – Community, Design and Terrorism in a Virtual World (pdf link)

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