House of Horizons grand opening, Danish band Carpark North rocks the crowd

Hosted on IBM 2, the House of Horizons project is a partnership between IBM, Computerworld Denmark and a Danish firm called Innovation Lab. Each of the companies involved has a sphere in a floating bubbleplex, with other shared meeting areas too. The architecture was designed by real-world architectural firm Arkitema and built by Aimee Weber and her team. Partnering with other companies in this way is fun, and organizing a shared space which we can all invite our clients into, as well as hosting events like today, has been a fun experience. It’s a bit like setting up a convention center or a a shared office complex but one in which silly things like gravity and fire regulations are not an issue. All of this is getting plenty of coverage from Computerworld Denmark too, particularly in their Danish-language Second Life blog.

The space was launched this morning with a concert from Danish band Carpark North, who recently announced the gig on a Danish music news site. Sorry to our cousins in the US, but having a big event which is convenient for those of us in European timezones, and makes Americans wake up early (or, more likely, stay up late) for one was a pleasant change. 🙂

Not so long ago a few of us were planning where in IBMland the House of Horizons should be based…

Then, before long, it was a building site. Under construction. (Get it? How mid-90s web is that?)…

 

But recently, floating above the cloud level, some bubbles appeared…

The sim was very full this morning. 70 people in IBM 2, with another 34 in surrounding sims, many of them waiting to get in…

The gig went really well. Lots of cheering, whistling, clapping and and people calling for more…

I confess I’d not heard of Carpark North before, but I really enjoyed their music. I also really liked the ambient stuff that was playing before the gig got started. (Anyone know what that was?).

Aimee’s construction of the floating soap-bubble idea is really well executed, and looks beautiful. Well done to IBM’s lead SL architect Jessica, who made sure everything ran smoothly, even changing the sim time to night as the concert started, which really made the lit stage stand out.

Come by and see it. There are teleports at ground level to get you up to the bubbleplex (I don’t know if that’s the preferred term by the way, but it’s a word I like). Once up there there’s plenty to explore. There are a couple of contests running at the moment, one to submit a Second Life news story or anecdote for inclusion in Computerworld, and another for the best gadget or artifact. Two L$10,000 prizes to be won on 15th March.

Drop into IBM 2 and visit the floating House of Horizons some time.

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