I logged into Second Life at stupid-o-clock tonight for the first time. Now usually I wouldn't have gone near the place, not enough Alliance to bring the pain to or rooms to loot, but tonight was the EMC Second Life Jobs Fair.
It got busy. Having zero idea of how to operate my avatar correctly I decided to get out of the way so I teleported out and went for a look around the other islands. After wandering around for a bit I flew in the window of a building which when fully rendered turned out to be a sex shop. I had to explain to a Dominatrix avatar that I'd taken a wrong turn and no I wasn't looking to acquire any of the particular items or services she was selling for a digital representation which was about as smooth as Barbie's ex-boyfriend Ken when it dropped trouser.
She took it surprisingly well for someone in that line of work.
I was very impressed with the EMC setup. Where I had expected the typical EMC ultra-conservatism [A typical box like building] what they had designed was an ostentatious & comfortingly arrogant venue for the event. A glass geodesic sphere. FMV running on screens attached to the central column, high def freestanding poster images which when clicked on downloaded different materials from emc.com, and the EMC primary colour scheme all over the furnishings. One part Elliot Carver from Tomorrow Never Dies, another part Fortress of Solitude from Superman.
The moment I saw it I wanted someone to agree to build it for real whenever EMC gets around to building it's mega-campus. I don't care how impractical it is, it's bloody brilliant.
The event was crowded and appeared to go well. The BBC showed up to see what was going on and the Second Life news guys were in for a looksy earlier.
Interesting event and a job well done. Glad I attended.
