Players in the online world Second Life have built an astounding JM Barrie theme-park in-game. Wagner James Au writes,
From the Second Life residents who brought us 'Oz' comes 'Neverland', a 48 acre theme park devoted to the world and work of J.M. Barrie, on the 100th anniversary of his classic 'Peter Pan'. Featuring a painstakingly-realistic recreation of fin de siecle London (including a Jack the Ripper-haunted graveyard and a pub with a working dart board), Captain Hook's pirate armada (featuring self-firing cannons), and the Lost Boys' winding roller coaster. Last Friday's entry discussed the genesis of the project, and today's entry goes into the art, craft, and technology of the project– along with asking the very pointed question, 'Why would a couple dozen talented people freely devote hundreds of hours working on a project that indirectly benefits a for-profit company?'
(Thanks, James!)
