=IcaruS= Explorations
- Something Made Us Smile April 26, 2012 It’s been a busy time for us at =IcaruS=, but tucked away amidst the arrival of spring, the kickoff of Relay for Life of Second Life, Avalon Town community happenings, and projects underway in both lives for all the crew, we found a delightful little revi...
- New Exhibit in =IcaruS= Art Gallery December 12, 2011 Our new photography exhibit opening today features the work of LeonTubrok Beaumont, owner of =IcaruS=, highlighting Winter Scenes in RL and SL. High resolution digital files are available on request. Blackpool Illuminations These images highlight ...
- New Metaverse Land Sale November 4, 2011 Stake a claim on your own virtual land in =IcaruS= RealmS!
- For Guy Fawkes Day in SL: A Virtual Bonfire November 1, 2011 At =IcaruS= House one of our favourite traditions is Bonfire Night on the 5th of November, also called Guy Fawkes Day. Today we offer our virtual contribution to tradition. A bit of British history review: A failed 17th century “Gunpowder Plot” by a gr...
- Fun in SL: =IcaruS= Lucky 13 Hunt 2011 October 29, 2011 As the season turns from the sunny warmth of summer to the golden chill of autumn at =IcaruS=, we announce the start of our Lucky 13 Hunt, which runs from now through the 31st of October. Since we moved to our new home in Magna Carta, Avalon Town, we'v...
- Add a Bit of Gruesome Fun to Your Virtual Halloween! October 20, 2011 With the chilly, ghoulish and creepy fun of Halloween Night approaching, we’re sharing a little bit of news to scare you all (not really!). Our =IcaruS= Graveyard Set has been updated with three new gravestones.
- =IcaruS= on SL Destination Guide October 17, 2011 We are truly chuffed to share this news: =IcaruS= is on Second Life’s Destination Guide!
- =IcaruS= RealmS Goes Public October 11, 2011 A Home Base in =IcaruS= RealmS Metaverse pioneers, adventurers, and intrepid explorers - if you want to try out an OpenSim grid, you are welcome to join our adventure and establish a home base to jump to and fro, without the hassle of creating your own g...
- Burn2: The Man Returns October 3, 2011 About this time every year in Second Life, we celebrate the SL version of the RL Burning Man festival, with virtual counterparts for the Temple, Lamplighters, music stages, even the names of some of the places, like Deep Hole. While the landspace is muc...
- =IcaruS= Sailing Through Second Life August 12, 2011 Whilst OpenSim is wonderful for many things, it has yet to be able to match the experience of sailing in Second Life. We have recently added free sailboat rides to the activities offered at our virtual headquarters in Avalon Town. We invite you to drop b...
- Affirming Disability Rights July 22, 2011 {EAV_BLOG_VER:57019c333d7dd104} Twenty-one years ago, the Americans with Disabilities Act became law in the United States. While it is a work in progress, the ADA changed the lives of millions of Americans. The United States of America isn't the only cou...
- An Open Invitation July 10, 2011 e extend this invitation to you, to explore the castle and grounds of House of =IcaruS=, our Metaverse headquarters, newly relocated to the Magna Carta sim of Avalon Town in Second Life.
- OpenSim Upgrading to Version 0.7.1.1 July 6, 2011 One of the projects we have been working on is updating our OpenSimulator grids in the Metaverse, =IcaruS= Realms, and testing their capabilities. We've written about our experiences with standalone grids, creating terrains, building, scripting, shadows,...
- Relay for Life of Second Life - A Really Short Synopsis July 6, 2011 Virtual interactions can have powerful, positive results. The Relay for Life in Second Life is amazing proof.
- SL8B: Winding Down June 29, 2011 We received well over 200 vistors so far at our build at SL8B with about half as many taking our commemorative SL8B pocket watch gift. A wave of thanks to all who visited us! Many pictures of other builds we found interesting at SL8B can be found on our...
- The IcaruS Clocktower and Carillon at SL8B June 20, 2011 This Clocktower and Carillon was built specifically for Second Life’s 8th Birthday, to represent the magic of collaboration transcending space and time.
- Second Life's 8th Birthday: Time Zones June 16, 2011 Our celebration of magic transcending space and time at SL8B includes an interactive triton multi-time zone map display that controls our triple time zone clock
- Second Life's 8th Birthday: Days and Nights June 13, 2011 Our SL8B exhibit celebrating the magic of collaboration transcending space and time is coming together!
- =IcaruS= to Exhibit at SL8B May 28, 2011 Icarus participating in SL8B and a slideshow of impressions from SL7B.
- Upgrading to OpenSim 7.1: Diva R-15402-b May 20, 2011 In a previous post, we shared our experience with a fresh installation of the Diva distribution (r-15402-b) of OpenSim, and how the various viewers saw Mesh objects and Media on a Prim. Encouraged by the smoothness of the fresh installation, we did a test...
- Viewers for Mesh Import in OpenSim May 11, 2011 UPDATE 8-Sep-2011: Sadly Kirstens Viewer is no longer being developed (further information on their website). Viewer Tests with OpenSim 0.7.1 and Diva r15402-b The latest release of OpenSim 0.7.1 and Diva Distro r15402-b is currently keeping us busy. ...
- Out With Outerlands - Pt. 4 of 4: Ode to Other Options April 20, 2011 OK – this post series started as a full-on rant. The apparent incompetence and instability of Outerland - and, indeed, SL - have gone too far. It’s time for change. Clinging to what once worked (kinda) and whining about who did or didn’t do what is...
- Out With Outerlands - Pt. 3 of 4: Distant Early Warnings April 15, 2011 Once Upon a Time there was a castle. In fact, there were two castles - the Kasteel Verloren was a Second Life Destination in Otherland to top all Destinations. Natalia Zelmanov wrote about touring it in its heyday, in her Mermaid Diaries. from b-plac...
- Out With Outerlands – Pt. 2 of 4: "Oops, Don't Know What Happened" April 12, 2011 The Earth Moves About a month ago, after I’d rezzed in at van Bleeck, I noticed something different about my place. Things just looked wrong. I found the Medieval pub model that was nestled against the side of my hill before was now half-buried into it. ...
- Out With Outerlands - Pt. 1 of 4: One Mistake Too Many April 10, 2011 Outerland estate management has made one mistake too many. Once Upon A Time I had a custom-built farmhouse on a green mountain. Flowered pastures held a burbly creek that fed into a lake and thru my forest of giant old trees there was a waterfall. Okay ...
- =IcaruS= New Release: Medieval Pub April 8, 2011 In keeping with our pursuit of all things Medieval in one of our current Metaverse projects, we've released our latest creation - built in the Tudor architectural style, it's a pub, a cozy gathering place for friends to meet and share news of the day with...
- Valentine Value at the New =IcaruS= Showroom February 3, 2011 Find the perfect gift for you and your sweetheart!
- Blue Mars Gets Small January 16, 2011 Avatar Reality, the company behind the Blue Mars virtual world which up til recently was considered a competitor to Linden Labs’ Second Life, announced they will cease further development of the PC client for Blue Mars in favor of focusing on Apple's iOS ...
- SUNY Students Visit =IcaruS= HQ December 8, 2010 Yesterday, a group of students led by their professor, SL name Nana Chingseng from SUNY New Paltz, visited with us at =IcaruS= Headquarters. We hope they enjoyed it as much as we did! We started on the St. =IcaruS= Cemetery dock next door; once all the ...
- Interlude December 3, 2010 Another machinima filmed on our Parnassus build. ...
- =IcaruS= at Play November 30, 2010 While we are very serious about the work we do in Second Life, creating and improving on our virtual products like the =I= NetConnect devices, our watches and clocks, and our build activities, we play just as hard. We've attended meaningful events l...
- =IcaruS= in the Metaverse - November Adventures November 18, 2010 New World Notes posted the Open Forum topic: What Have You Been Doing in the Metaverse Lately? To answer, we illustrate our adventures here first… • Spending way too much time on the Marketplace fixing things we didn’t break *snip rant* • Enjoying va...
- Burn, Baby, Burn October 22, 2010 Burn2, Burning Life and the Burning Man Festival all capture the imagination. Like Brigadoon, they are ephemeral. Photos follow...
- =IcaruS= Testing Beta Mesh October 17, 2010 Recording our discoveries of mesh possibilities and limitations... ...
- A Hunt! Lucky 13! October 15, 2010 Your friends at IcaruS House invite you to join us in SL for a hunt, a fun little diversion to ease us all into a right spooky spirit. We've hidden 13 gifts in specially marked boxes and the hunt spans two neighboring parcels: IcaruS House and St. Icaru...
- En Garde in SL September 18, 2010 More info http://playprocyon.com/sl/engarde/ ...
- Helen Keller Day in SL 2010 June 18, 2010 iSkye Silverweb told us of Helen Keller Day in Second Life, where she was spending the day as a volunteer greeter team leader. Curious about virtual world uses for people with disabilities, we agreed this would be a great thing to attend, and learn fo...
- Victoriana Lost March 25, 2010 The sad loss of the Nation of Victoriana in Second Life has been well reported by Janey Bracken and Hibiscus Hastings with some bittersweet videos documenting the sims last hours by Kiko Hunniton With deepest respect for the work of Mayor LittleBlackDuck ...
- New IcaruS Premises January 30, 2010 We invite you to stop by our latest address on swanky Regent Street in the Mayfair, London SL district to enjoy eye-catching displays, subscribe to our group for gifts and updates and pick up a free demo of our fully functional, luxury, multi-time z...
- Parnassus Welcome Garden January 22, 2010 filmed brief machinima tour of the Welcome Garden area for 2009 Parnassus build in Second Life ...
- SpoOoky Cemetery at Parnassus October 1, 2009 UPDATE: Commission completed at Parnassus, the =IcaruS= shoppe is now located in Mayfair, London SpoOoky! An eerie mist chills visitors to a quaint Parisian cemetery on Parnassus. Mysteries are hidden in dark corners from which strange ...
- Cliff Diving Adventure at Parnassus September 30, 2009 UPDATE: Commission completed at Parnassus, the =IcaruS= shoppe is now located in Mayfair, London SPLASH! our breath-taking cliffs encourage multiple dives (and fun photo adventure opportunities) for your avatar with no special equipment required - ...
- Fencing at Parnassus September 24, 2009 Based on work of Reinier Knizia, the famous German game designer, this fun fencing game requires strategy and tactics.
- Airship at Parnassus September 16, 2009 on Parnassus Island, we now have a treehouse with a dance stage and picnic area and an airship to explore
- 2009 Second Life® Relay For Life July 21, 2009 Flickr photo set from 2009 Second Life Relay for Life for the American Cancer Society
