Virtual Titanic

This week, as we approach the 100th anniversary of the maiden voyage and sinking of the RMS Titanic following its collision with an iceberg in the North Atlantic, Designing Worlds visits a series of re-creations of this famous ocean liner in different Virtual Worlds. Elrik Merlin explores the oldest and best-known of several Titanics in Second Life and talks to an expert on the vessel and the events that befell it, as well as visiting a poignant memorial; while Saffia visits Kitely and an OSGrid virtual Belfast, home of the Harland & Wolff Shipyards where the vessel was built, and explores a fascinating underwater representation. Why does the Titanic hold such a deep fascination for so many people? What are some of the untold stories behind the disaster? What's it like to stand on the great central staircase, or on the bow of the vessel with your partner and wave your arms about? Find the answer to these and many other questions in this extended edition of Designing Worlds - the last in the current series.

Designing Worlds takes to the air - literally! - again in late April.

Join Designing Worlds for a special recording!
Submitted by Saffia Widdershins on 13 May 2013
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Join us at 2pm SLT today, Tuesday 14th May, for a special live recording of Designing Worlds at our studio in Garden of Dreams, as we are joined by Chantal Harvey, the weel-know machinamatographer and Tony Dyson, the designer who created R2D2, who will be joining us to talk about their fascinating new project - the Bobbiekins - which utilises Second Life as a part of a wider project to create interactive electronic materials for children.

Designing Worlds finds out about changes and exciting additions to Second Life from Linden Lab
Submitted by Saffia Widdershins on 13 May 2013
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Talking about Server Side Baking and MaterialsTalking about Server Side Baking and Materials
Join us at 2pm SLT today, Monday 13th May, for the new episode of Designing Worlds at our studio in Garden of Dreams, as we are joined by Oz, Brooke, Troy and Nyx Linden to discuss the issues of Server Side Baking and materials.

Designing Worlds at the Fantasy Faire Part II
Submitted by Saffia Widdershins on 6 May 2013
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Entertainment in Lumeneria, photograph by Wildstar BeaumontEntertainment in Lumeneria, photograph by Wildstar Beaumont

Join us at 2pm SLT today, Monday 6th May, for the new episode of Designing Worlds at our studio in Garden of Dreams, as we pay a second visit to the Fantasy Faire regions (now sadly closed).

Designing Worlds' new season starts - with a visit to Fantasy Faire
Submitted by Saffia Widdershins on 29 April 2013
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Fairelands Junction - photograph by Wildstar BeaumontFairelands Junction - photograph by Wildstar BeaumontJoin us at 2pm SLT today, Monday 29th April, for the start of an exciting new season for the opening episode of Designing Worlds at our studio in Garden of Dreams.

Celebrate the loveliness of Calas Galadhon with Designing Worlds
Submitted by Saffia Widdershins on 18 March 2013
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Calas Galadhon, photographed by Wildstar BeaumontCalas Galadhon, photographed by Wildstar Beaumont
Join us at 2pm SLT today, Monday 18th March, for our new episode of Designing Worlds at our studio in Garden of Dreams as we explore the beauties of the wonderful Park Estate of Calas Galadhon.

Designing Worlds visits Cloud Party
Submitted by Saffia Widdershins on 11 March 2013
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Inside Cloud Party - looking at the islandsInside Cloud Party - looking at the islands
Join us at 2pm SLT today, Monday 11th March, for our new episode of Designing Worlds at our studio in Garden of Dreams as we take a trip to a whole new environment - Cloud Party!

Designing Worlds explores the making of One Billion Rising in Second Life
Submitted by Saffia Widdershins on 4 March 2013
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The Stage at One Billion Rising, photographed by Honour McMillanThe Stage at One Billion Rising, photographed by Honour McMillan

Join us at 2pm SLT today, Monday 4th March, for our new episode of Designing Worlds at our studio in Garden of Dreams as we take several peeks behind the scenes at how the event One Billion Rising in Second Life was created - and how the music video "Break the Chain" was created in Second Life as well!

Designing Worlds is in deep space – and on the desert world of Araxes!
Submitted by Saffia Widdershins on 18 February 2013
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Araxes: photograph by Wildstar BeaumontAraxes: photograph by Wildstar Beaumont

Join us at 2pm SLT today, Monday 18th February, for our new episode of Designing Worlds at our studio in Garden of Dreams as we visit the desert wastes of Araxes - and the space station high above.

Designing Worlds immerses itself in the beauties of Arcachon
Submitted by Saffia Widdershins on 11 February 2013
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Arcachon HarbourArcachon Harbour

Join us at 2pm SLT today, Monday 11th February, for our new episode of Designing Worlds at our studio in Garden of Dreams as we visit Arcachon, the beautiful Francophone region based on the Languedoc region of France, which has recently come close to closure, despite offering great activities and developing a brilliant immersive language learning programme.

Designing Worlds explores the possibilities of Vintage Retro
Submitted by Saffia Widdershins on 4 February 2013
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Join us at 2pm SLT today, Monday 4th February, for our new episode of Designing Worlds at our studio in Garden of Dreams as we visit Old Time Prims, the home of Vintage Retro, a new region next door to 1920s Berlin, but covering a far wider time period, and featuring some interesting real life crossovers.

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Welcome to the Designing Worlds Forum!
Posted in Designing Worlds forum by Saffia Widdershins on 17 January 2010
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Hello everyone!

Welcome to the new website and the new forums! I hope we can see people in here discussing the shows - the issues - and what they'd like to see on forthcoming shows!

wiznord
Reply from Wiz Nordberg on 17 January 2010.

Saffia!!!! So brave you are, making the first forum post! I hope you like the new setup, and there are still more things coming, but I think we got things to the point where we felt things were "mostly working". Keep an eye out for bugs, and if you find them, our mission will be the squash em!

elrikmer
Reply from Elrik Merlin on 17 January 2010.

Our new season starts this week, and we have an exciting selection of topics lined up. We do hope you'll enjoy them. And don't forget, if you know somewhere that will be of interest to us or our listeners, on any grid, do let us know.

lacombe
Reply from Linus Lacombe on 17 January 2010.

Saffia! I am so glad to see that you have procured this forum! I watched a couple of the videos of DW here on the TreetTV site, and they work marvelously well. I really enjoyed the Christmas show in Rothesey. My doesn't Elrik have a lovely home there!

Aisling
Reply from Aisling Sinclair on 18 January 2010.

Hi everyone! What a great new forum for us to gather and talk about the show. Elrik's right, we do have some really interesting places to take viewers this season, and the first one is...well, that would be telling. But I wonder, might giraffes be involved?

Nimh20
Reply from Nimh20 Vandeverre on 16 November 2010.

My question is if InWorldz is OpenSim than why isn't it on the OpenSim grid list?? http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Grid_List. There are other OpenSim grids that are not on this page besides InWorldz like Openlife.