Machinimania Challenge Report
You will remember that last year we set Greater IBMers a challenge to create a 2min video promoting Greater IBM, using Second Life. On Friday, we held an awards ceremony to reward the winners followed by an afterparty featuring a disco and Theme Park.
We started the event with the video intro which one of the teams had kindly prepared for us.
People started arriving in "I Auditorium" on the IBM innovation islands over an hour before the event started. The dress code was smart, so many people had gone out and bought virtual tuxedos and ball gowns. As we started, we welcomed the finalists up the red carpet with a round of applause and then watched their videos on the big screens we'd setup.
Next, I pulled out a golden envelope with the results in and announced the winners.
The winners were (click to watch their videos):
1st Lets Connect
2nd The New World
3rd Introduction to Greater IBM and Second Life
A kind attendee posted this video of the event from their perspective here! Thank you!
Here's some of the snapshots I took of the event and afterparty:
The crowd in IBM 7. Note that people a long way away are not drawn.
The afterparty disco... Boris on decks...
As part of the GreaterLand Theme Park, Timeless Prototype kindly placed his replica of the London Eye for us.
Bumper Cars at dawn!
162 people attended the premier - a record for a single location IBM event.
Thanks for all the kind comments from everyone, including the nice people over at Eightbar.
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