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Digital Industry in Oz worth $17.9bn

Nov 4th, 2008 | By Guy | Category: TPF News

The sexily-named ‘AIMIA Digital Services Index’ (!) was published today 5th November.  A positive and vital summary of our industry in Australia, it proves what most of us embedded in Digital already knew - that this is a big deal, and that it’s a mainstream big deal.
The summary shows that in 2008, 14.3% of enterprise expenditure […]



Windlight Video Showcased on SL.com

Apr 9th, 2008 | By Guy | Category: Machinima

A video that demonstrates the beauty of Windlight and many of Project Factory, Gary Hayes’s builds is being showcased in the machinima section, on Second Life’s main site. The Linden Lab site often receives more traffic than XBox or PS3 sites and has generated over 21 000 views in ten days of this relaxing and […]



TPF Does Cannes

Apr 4th, 2008 | By Guy | Category: Events

Various Project Factory folk are on panels or networking in sunny Spring Cannes at this year’s Milia festival. We will be providing regular updates on the deals, the glitz and the glamour as it happens.

Thursday 10 April - Social Media 2.0
15.45-16.45 Virtual Worlds Meet TV: Creating Social Communities Around TV Programmes
(Conference Room Méditerranée, Level 3)
Which […]



Thursday’s, One of the Five Must-See-Sites

Dec 5th, 2007 | By Guy | Category: TPF Arts

Thursday’s Fictions built in collaboration with Physical TV has received much critical acclaim since its launch in mid 2007 here is a sample first 20 of voluntary comments delivered inworld. If you have Secondlife installed on your machine click this SLURL to go there now
One of the “Five Must-See Sites” in Second Life. Bettina Tizzy, […]



ABC Island wins rich media award at SMPTE

Sep 30th, 2007 | By Guy | Category: ABC, Feature Article, Second Life

The Project Factory is proud to announce that one of its major Second Life projects - The ABC’s Island - took out the award for Rich Media at the Content + Technology Awards / SMPTE in Sydney, Australia.
Congratulations to all at the ABC and from our own team for making this such as […]



Melbourne Laneways Come to Life

Sep 29th, 2007 | By Guy | Category: Feature Article, Second Life

The Project Factory is pleased to announce the launch of its interpretation of the architecture of Melbourne’s Laneways in the popular virtual world, Second Life.
Commissioned by Multimedia Victoria and Acumentum, the project uses real-life images of graffiti, architecture and objects found in Melbourne’s iconic city streets, and recreates these to produce a completely interactive world […]



Project Factory brand video posted on YouTube

May 31st, 2007 | By Guy | Category: Feature Article, Machinima, Second Life

The Project Factory’s summary video showing a variety of top global brands in Second Life has been posted on YouTube today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEGHJuCbGdo

The brands featured include Reuters, BMW, Sony BMG and Ericcson, BigPond, Reebok, Vodafone, IBM, ABC TV, Showtime, Pontiac, American Apparel, Virgin, Dell, NBC, Apple, Sears, Circuit City and AOL.
These are the companies that […]



ABC and BigPond projects launched

Mar 31st, 2007 | By Guy | Category: ABC, BigPond, Launch, Second Life

We are pleased to announce the launch of two major Second Life projects in Australia. The island for the ABC will be the centre for events, competitions and ABC-related TV programs.
Over at Telstra BigPond there are 11 islands. As with any 3D world, the best way to experience it is to get into […]