March 6, 2007
3D and D.W. Griffiths
Here’s a great quote on Second Life by Howard Rheingold:
“In this regard, we’re still in the early days of the medium, similar to cinema in the days when filmmakers nailed a camera tripod to a stage and filmed a play; SL needs D.W. Griffiths to come along and invent the equivalent of close-ups, montage, etc.” (http://tinyurl.com/2vyavt)
This is very useful for my project, “A History of New” - as we all know, Second Life is a 3D environment and I like to hear others say that we are still in the beginning phases of it; and especially when people liken the work that is being done in 3D environs now to past explorations of new inventions. That’s what A History of New (http://www.kam.uiuc.edu/projects/historyOfNew/) is all about.