Rhonan Morrisey

Hi All

Ive been following the progress of Blue Mars for a while now, using the tools etc. etc. When the economy gets going, I believe that MOST users initially will come from Second Life. It is therefore my thinking that it would be good to establish a hub for merchants looking to break into a new virtual world, so the community can provide advice and help to the influx of people.

How does this relate to a build (block / city level)

What I am thinking initially is to create a skyscraper type building as a centrepiece to a Dubai esque landscape. In this building, we will house:

Ground Level Atrium (Floors 1-3)

A dynamic foyer area, with information displays for the most commonly needed information.
A reception area for inquiries and direction.
A Cafe area (housed on floor 2) for informal meetings and relaxation.
A large Scale (3 story height) waterfall as a centrepiece.
A gallery with before and after pictures of peoples progression into the new world.

MId Levels (Floors 4-8)

An office area (floor 4) for internal staff (advisers, volunteers, etc)
Two dynamic dual floor studio spaces.(floors 5-6 and 7-8). These will be used for large scale conferencing, exhibitions, classes etc. The second floor of each studio will act as a gallery level to be able to house large scale models and other items on the lower floor.

High Levels (Floors 9-12)

A dual floor classroom / lecture theatre for presentations, tutorials etc.
Managment and meeting space (internal)
Rooftop studio (for promotional events, parties etc)


In the grounds nearby I would like to have:

Garden / Park area.
Car Park (for future B/M vehicles)
Marina Area
Beach / Boardwalk

On a larger scale, I believe that the city could house many other facilities, recreational and practical (perhaps other communities from other virtual worlds), homes and stores, interlinked with roads with access to a large mass of water, for sailing etc, with outlying islands.


What Id like to do:
I am a concept designer. In SL I build my concepts, however in B/M the level of detail and complexity with the need to use graphics packages is beyond my level of skill for now. I want to put together a team (perhaps 10 - 15 members for now, increasing as we go) that are on an even playing field. The aim is to work together to create and support community of new users that are making the adjustment from SL to Blue Mars. Id like to try and get some sort of B/M involvement perhaps by advertisement etc to help support this project.

I hope this makes some amount of sense to everyone. If anyone has any thoughts, feel free to post below, or contact me on Skype at dj.sanders or email me at rhonan.morrisey@googlemail.com
I'm also cross-posting this into the dev forums.

many thanks

Rhonan Morrisey

AshaSekayi Ra

That's sounds like an interesting and helpful idea. I'd surely like to help with it. Although, I just installed BM last week so I'm very new to it myself. Either way, it seems to be a VW with a great amount of potential.

My only concern about the skyscraper idea is chat range overflow issues. But at this point, I'm not sure if that will be an issue in BM like it is in SL.

Rhonan Morrisey

haha its all customisable by the looks of things.

Siggy

I thought from the title you'd be building toilets in SL...

*sigh* maybe next time.

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