MTV to Open Virtual Laguna Beach in There
World of SL is a new project by SL resident Tao Takashi (who’s also a contributor to 3pointD’s Flickr group) that aggregates all the SL blogs Tao can find (and there are a lot of them). Slightly amusing is the fact that the big story on World of SL today is not about SL at all but about There.com, where it looks like MTV is opening a Virtual Laguna Beach to accompany its popular TV show of the same name. Apparently, the DVD of the show’s second season contains a teaser for the TV show’s virtual world, and SL resident Twiddler Thereian picked up on it and posted the news on his own blog. (The last name Thereian in SL often denotes someone who came to Linden Lab’s virtual world from over There.)
Little word yet on just what the virtual Laguna Beach will contain, but 3pointD hears it will be separate from the main world of There, will re-create locations and fashion styles from the show, and will also feature social networking-style games that reward members for various interactions with each other and their environment. Given Laguna Beach’s devoted fan base, this could be great for both MTV and There.
A closed alpha of Virtual Laguna Beach has apparently just ended, and Michael Wilson, founder and CEO of Makena Technologies, the company behind There, posted an official announcement related to the project on the There forums, which was republished by The Voice of There an in-world newspaper.
It’ll be interesting to see how people use Virtual Laguna Beach. Will their love of the same TV show be enough to keep them coming back? Or will the place morph into a more generalized community? In any case, be sure to hit the beach when it becomes available. We’ll try to bring you more updates as they develop.
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[…] MTV Networks has been hard at work creating Virtual Laguna Beach, a virtual world for fans of the hit television show, Laguna Beach. Virtual Laguna Beach isn’t just a game; it is a new way to experience TV. The project is currently in alpha testing but the news has happily been spreading itself around the blogosphere. First mention of it was posted to the There.com forums. Then it surfaced on Joystiq, 3PointD and The Laguna Beach Hook Up. I have been working with a group of companies to build this world and while there are still many surprises we want to keep until launch, I can give you a sneak peak at what Virtual Laguna Beach is all about. […]
I CANT FIND THE WEBSITE AND I NEED HELP HOW TO SIGH UP
um, it’s in the post!
‘vash
www.vlb.there.com
click sign up to register and download
‘'’yay
Help! I got to the website, but i can’t log in, it goes to that index not found thing. Has this happened to anyone else? if so, what did you do? Please help, I have been dying to play this game, Thanks ya’ll
Will you be able to use your mac in the virtual laguna beach world?
There’s more news on this at this post, you guys.
how do i play this stupid game
love laguna!
hi
HEY I REALLY WANT TO PLAY THIS GAME ITS SO COOL!!!!
i love this program and game , is great , the 2nd temporate is very very funny.;)
why cant i play it but ive already downloaded it it sux
but i think the game izzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz sooooooooooooooooooooooooo
kool man honestly from the bottom of my heart man whooooooooooo hoooooooooo
i made aaccount and all but it kept saying my password or name was worng, i click forgot passowrd, but never got emailed a new password, i have tried like 5 times, please help, i really want to play it.
i need help to sighn up please help
Nicole, you can go to virtualhills.mtv.com to sign up to the virtual hills.
Then just click “Sign up now for free!” and you are on your way.
Hope that helps.
were the hell is th little gamee
i whant to be a Virtual The Hills and Laguna Beach
where does it say sign up
Wats good ya’ll!!!!!!!!!!
how do u sign up? and where does it say?
i like really wanna play this game ya……*
Tis game is going 2 be cool.
I WANT TO DOWNLOAD THAT GAME WHAT EVER THE TITLE IS BUT HOW DOO U DOWNLOAD IT I DUNTT KNOW WHAT OR HOWW SRRY HELP ME okay thanks you
wewew - go to virtualhills.mtv.com - click on sign up now
Hey fans of Virtual Laguna Beach! There is this really cool online team site dedicated to the players of the game. By signing up, you get the chance to win prizes for your avatar, talk to other fans online in forums, make your opinion count through polls and get exclusive access to VLB pics, videos and so much more!
The good thing is that joining is FREE! You don’t have to download anything!
Sign up here! Have FUN!
http://virtualmtv.fromthefan.com/?C2120-604281
it sucks
Hey this going to be great
i luv it.
Dont join this, join There.com its much better!
its the best its cool and sweet!!!
hey can you play this game with a mac?
I alredy dwnloaded virtual hills but it seems that the program has erros and I can’t connect to anything, what can I do to at least enjoy the virtual hills program?