Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Saint Paul's Cathedral, London




Another popular destination for travelers, cathedrals are often recognizable the world over. Keeping this in mind, one of the most well known cathedrals is that of St. Paul, in London, England. The Second Life replica of St. Paul's seems to be very accurate, with the entrance leading into the main area filled with pews, and the side alcoves along the length of the cathedral.
Obviously, the frescoes will not be exact pictures, to allow ease of loading on the web site. However, the versions on the web site are very detailed, and I was very impressed by that. One of the other nice features of the replica is right inside the main entrance. As soon as you enter the cathedral, there is an external web link that gives the exact coordinates for other cathedrals represented through out Second Life. (one image is from Second Life, the other is from the London Travelogue.)

What, no Louvre?


I have always wanted to see museums all over the world, especially the Louvre. I have often wondered what it would take for me to able to do that. Enter Second Life, a virtual world with many representations throughout of actual real world places and landmarks.
After taking some time to acclimate myself somewhat with the program, and getting it to actually run for me, I decided to search places that I have always wanted to go. Number one on my list, the Louvre. Unfortunately, there are no replicas of the French museum that I can find, but I did find an area built by a French artist named Moya. Throughout Moya's area, there are numerous works of art, both of Moya's and other artists, but mainly works that are located in, or known in, France. One such work is represented here, I think it may be recognized by some.