Scion Driving Into Second Life?
Hot on the heels of Adidas Reebok comes a rumor that Toyota automobile line Scion is about to launch a project in the virtual world of Second Life. This one apparently comes courtesy of Reuben Steiger’s Millions of Us, according to one SL resident. I haven’t seen Reuben this morning to ask him about it, but he’s on the last panel before lunch at the Second Life Community Convention today so expect more news by noontime. The move would make sense for Scion, which aims at a younger set and already has a “build your own” feature on its Web site. As far as I know, this would be the first real-world auto model to come into SL. No word yet on who created the virtual version of the car, or which models will be involved, but chances are it was Francis Chung, currently SL’s hottest carmaker, whose Dominus Shadow fetched a pretty penny at auction to benefit the American Cancer Society recently.
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The Prim Aesthetic Legitimized…
Anyone remember the above image? That was the one I used in a much earlier entry (reLink) in which I made this comment:
What I really like about the Scion here is that it’s so…. primitive…. as in 3D videogame or Second Life primitive.
At that …
I’ll be interested in seeing which vehicle since I’ve long thought Scion the perfect car brand for this sort of thing. Be cool if it’s the one I mentioned last year.
Hey, Shaun Altman is the first on our block to get this car and we drove all around the Hidden Lake roads and Nanki Ki last night and it actually rides like a dream over the sim seams.
Yes, translates like a dream…but they need to work on the furry tail adaptation issues
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[…] with currently almost 550.000 inhabitants (half of them being active during the past two months), SecondLife has seen an exponential increase in usage since creditcard-checks were abolished - a measure heavily critized by many long-term-users. as for content, more and more companies take the step to go virtual: recent announcements and rumours included Adidas Reebok and Toyota. jack in! […]
Millions of Us Brings Scion into the Metaverse!…
This weekend at the Second Life Community Convention, we announced that we were bringing Scion into Second Life. This makes Scion the first automaker to enter Second Life and we’re super excited about what we’re going to be doing with…
Millions of Us Brings Scion into Second Life…
This weekend at the Second Life Community Convention, we announced that we were bringing Scion into Second Life. This makes Scion the first automaker to enter Second Life and we’re super excited about what we’re going to be doing with them…
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