New World Notes: BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF US

Monday, January 15, 2007

BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF US

Unveiled by his son Nick in a December ribbon cutting ceremony (video above), Carl Sagan now has an official site in Second Life, appropriately shaped like an observatory, with a viewing screen to watch clips of his timeless PBS show "Cosmos", and assorted memorabilia, both enlightening and whimsical-- like a dispenser which disgorges copies of Sagan's trademark turtleneck.

Direct portal to the Sagan memorial here. (Notwithstanding the title's word play, the Sagan site is a creation of The Illusion Factory, a Hollywood effects house which outsources its metaverse development to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam-- as documented here.)

Posted on Monday, January 15, 2007 at 12:51 AM in Research and academia, SL Machinima | Permalink

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We own the url www.billionsofus.com but not www.billionsandbillionsofus.com. ;-)

Posted by: reuben steiger | Monday, January 15, 2007 at 08:24 AM

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