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The Virtual Mine Receives an Emmy Nomination
By StudentFilmmakers.com Staff
posted Jul 22, 2011, 09:57
Immersive Second Life experience, The Virtual Mine, receives an Emmy Nomination.
Immersive Second Life experience, The Virtual Mine, receives an Emmy Nomination.
(Wilmington, DE) Sand Castle Studios, LLC is pleased to announce that The Virtual
Mine has been nominated for an Emmy Award for New Approaches to News and Documentary
Programming.
The Virtual Mine is an immersive, interactive, and educational 3D experience
located in the virtual world of Second Life®. It was created to educate,
explore, and examine our nation’s struggle with mountain top removal coal
mines, coal fired power production, and alternative energies in support of the
documentary film, Deep Down, by filmmakers Jen Gilomen and Sally Rubin with
funding from the MacArthur Foundation, the Independent Television Service (ITVS),
and the Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC).
The Virtual Mine allows visitors to take a closer look at the challenges of
balancing the environment, power demands, and economic interests by inviting
them to take part in a story as it unfolds through a series of three games.
While it was created with educators and students in mind, the games can be played
in groups or by individuals alike.
Deep Down and the Virtual Mine first debuted on the Emmy-award winning PBS
series Independent Lens.
“We are so honored to be singled out in our industry and recognized for
the Virtual Mine with this Emmy nomination,” said Kimberly Winnington,
Chief Executive Officer of Sand Castle Studios, LLC. “This nomination
is a proud achievement, and a testament to all of the incredible hard work put
in by our very talented team including myself, William Reed Seal-Foss (Content
Creation) and Karl Stiefvater (Software Engineer). It also solidifies how powerful
virtual worlds are as way to connect with others, examine problems, and participate
in activities in order to learn more about them in a way that might not otherwise
be possible.”
Resources:
http://www.changingworldsbuildingdreams.com
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