It's been a while since I've blogged anything on the virtual world Second Life, the online land where I make my academic research home. Now it's not just the gamesblog community, or even the early adopters like the BBC who are going to be hearing about it. Anyone who tunes in 3 Minute Wonder after the news on Channel 4 over the next four nights will discover that the online community is a pretty nifty place.
Dangerous Films' Rob Marchant and Nic Stacey have created a series of four three-minute documentaries about Second Life which
explores this cutting edge of the internet revolution. With much of the Second Life footage filmed 'live' within the world it is the very first 'virtual observational documentary'.
The series discovers what draws people to live a second life away from the prying eyes of the mainstream, and examines how virtual worlds have become a haven for zealots, outsiders, entrepreneurs and artists.
The series meets people who inhabit Second Life, from the designer of virtual clothes who met her husband in the virtual world, to the artist who plans to upload himself to live on after death, and the Buddhist who has created a virtual retreat for people suffering from depression.
