Virtual Worlds

Learn More About Virtual Worlds in Art and Academia

• "A Second Life for Your Museum: 3-D Multi-User Virtual Environments and Museums" by Richard Urban, Paul Marty, and Mike Twidale.  Paper delivered at Museums and the Web 2007.

• "Your Second Life is Ready" by Analee Newitz. Published at Popsci.com in September, 2006

• Second Life Art News blog

• ArsVirtuaOpen Art Museum blogSLART - a critical review and journal of the virtual arts

Cross Over to Another World

•  Second Life
• SLTutorials.net
• Getting Started in Second Life - A powerpoint tutorial from the University of Michigan Health Sciences Library (no download requried)

Virtual Worlds in Action

Note:  The links below are SLurls, or Second Life URLs.  If you have already created an avatar and are logged in, these links will take you directly to that location in Second Life.

• Artsplace

• Second Louvre Museum
• Bolinas Museum of Art

• Bayside Beach Galleria Museum of Contemporary Art