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 LA Beyond Cars

A multimedia experience showcasing global perspectives on rail and public space. At the month-long event, Avatrian’s work is prominently featured along with other selected concepts and designs from around the world on the future of LA sans cars. The venue is held at the Jewel Box in downtown LA. The footage was [...]



 California’s High Speed Rail

In response to RailLA.org’s call for ideas, Avatrian has produced a machinima to showcase concept and design ideas for the High Speed Rail. The goal is to integrate the neighborhoods surrounding the LA Union Station on the arrival of the HSR. We combined concepts that already exist with new design ideas and proposed [...]



 Avatrian Opensim Upgraded

Avatrian Grid has been upgraded to the new code database based on the Opensimulator 0.6.9 which is the latest release. So far everything is running smoothly. Inventory access glitches have been minimized and all seems pretty stable. Here are some major list of changes from the core developers:
* Teleport offers implemented
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 Wacky, Sexy and Fun: The RMB City “Naked Idol” Contest

I recently got invited to be a judge during the RMB City “Naked Idol” Contest. It basically mimics the well-known “Idol” competition format, where contestants showcase their talents to a group of three “celebrity” judges. However, in this particular contest, talent is defined more to be how the participants “assembled” or created their look for [...]



 Female Friendly Design for MoonWorld Tees

Awhile back, Avatrian created a few concept designs for MoonWorld Tees. Hopefully it would be printed for Moonworld souvenirs. But most of them were a bit masculine in design. Here is another version of the tees using vector art and light colors to promote CET’s MoonWorld, but making it a bit friendlier for her who [...]



 “Naked Idol” Contest in RMB City

RMB City is hosting a contest entitled “Naked Idol”, a nude avatar contest. This contest will take place at the RMB City People’s Park on June 13, 2010 @8:00PM SLT. Take note that the term “nude avatar” as used in the contest, does not only pertain to the obvious superficial meaning–the contest will not only [...]



 SLCC 2010 in Boston

We finally know the date and location for this year’s Second Life Community Convention…August 13-15 it is. The city for the venue is in Boston, MA.



 Now in WordPress 2.9.2

Thanks to the diligent work of Clifford, “Our Blogs” have now been upgraded to the latest 5.0 version.  And, the accompanying database has also been migrated to MySQL 5.0.  This upgrade is transparent to our readers and subscribers.  But, it allows us added functionality when creating content and managing existing blogs.  One of my favorites [...]



 Ranked-Choice Vote Counting Process

Alameda County commissioned Avatrian to create a machinima on Ranked-Choice Vote Counting Process.This will be Alameda County’s first time to hold this kind of election in which Berkeley, Oakland and San Leandro approved to use it. As the election is coming nearer it is really important to maximize the information given to the voters on [...]



 Top 10 sims viewed in Peek360

As of May 25, these are the 10 sims that are most highly viewed using the Peek360 app.

1. Straylight with 18051 views
2. Morrison with 2299 views
3. Cybavaria with 2106 views
4. Baden-Wuerttemberg 2 with 1675 views
5. Shiodome Island with 1602 views
6. RMB City 3 with 1503 views
7. Sutherland with 1348 views
8. seduced with 988 [...]