Storytelling by a Geisha - a birthday treat
I received a generous invitation to attend a Story-Telling event on a Japanese themed island within SecondLife (image on right from event notification on secondhanamachi.ning.com). As such, I found myself within a visually beautiful environment being serenaded by Yoshiwara Geisha and Yoshiwara Musume - in Little Yoshiwara - Home to Yoshi, Milarepa
secondlife coordinates (76, 49, 43)
A brief technology insight is offered on a personal blog: geishakomayo.blogspot.com
It is not that I have spent significant time within SecondLife. Indeed, since my initial foray into this virtual world - my presence has principally been for virtually meetings. The group presentation is quite conducive for virtual environments, offering more than the visual and oral input that is achieved by joining an audio conference with the presentation foils on your local computer. Briefly, from my perspective, the benefits include the social interaction before and during the presentation (local conversation of private chat), which might offer new contacts with like-minded people, or simply identify individuals with specialist skills. Let me return now to the Geisha event -
