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While visiting his homeland this summer, Draxtor enjoyed the European premiere of the very FIRST feature documentary exclusively focusing on Second Life, “Life 2.0”.   A sold out show and Q&A afterwards included an intimate conversation with film director Jason Spingarn-Koff. Salut to his success and may the theatrical release and broadcast on Oprah’s new channel […]

The K2C Project recently brought together architecture students from Cairo and Los Angeles, who developed an urban space between the pyramids and the new Grand Egyptian Museum, using the virtual world of Second Life as a collaborative design tool. Architect David Denton, who worked on Disney Hall with Frank Gehry among many other California landmarks, […]

A band comprised of Second Life talkshow Goddess Pooky Amsterdam has collaborated with  Draxtor Despres and German House/Electronica producer Samuel’s Dream, to produce this comical video. This response to The Guild’s “Date My Avatar” takes on heavy-duty themes like lonliness and redemption as well as commenting on general issues of virtual celebrity.

Draxtor faced a terrible dilemma recently: which machine to purchase for his machinima work! A lifetime fan of Macintosh he bit the bullet and is now using Windows XP running in Bootcamp. It did help that a well-known computer dude on his visit to Second Life offered Draxtor friendship and some good advice!

At a recent panel discussion in Second Life, hosted by the US Department of State, experts from industry and the non-profit world pondered some fairly topical questions: to tele-commute OR not to tele-commute? Are 3D worlds a good place to do serious work? Are Avatars with yellow faces a provocation for management? Draxtor Despres was […]

Leading architects from the US, New Zealand and Egypt discussed what President Obama promised in his Cairo speech: an online network, facilitating collaboration across geographic and cultural boundaries. Hey, isn’t that what SL has been for many of us for these past few years already? Draxtor Despres looked into the matter.

In his latest series about the BAVC, Draxtor Despres talks to Gita Pullapilly. The movie “The Way We Get By”  presents an intimate portrait of a group of senior citizens in Bangor Maine, who dedicate their lives to greet homecoming troops. Draxtor welcomes producer Gita Pullapilly to the virtual BAVC studio. Every year, SF based […]

In his latest series about the BAVC, Draxtor Despres talks to documentary journalist Graham Meriwether.  Meriwether’s upcoming film “American Meat” looks at both industrial and organic methods of farming. The project will include a substantial web 2.0 component with the “Harvest Cloud” marketplace and “LeaveItBetter” community video sharing site. Every year, SF based Bay Area […]

President Barack Obama’s recent visit to Ghana was his first public appearance in official capacity and it was also the most tweeted, Facebooked and SMSed event since he was sworn in as President. For the first time, virtual worlds and the Metaverse were also integrated: Second Life and Metaplace hosted connected viewing parties and a […]

Australian artist Lynette Wallworth was a mentor at the Producer Institute this year at BAVC in San Francisco. Her installations utilize technology to amplify and celebrate the human spirit. During the course of these intense 10 days, she engaged with filmmakers and technologists in fruitful collaboration and she entered Second Life for the first time.  […]