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Open Source Museum Exhibits
On June 4, 2008, the Tech Museum of Innovation opened the Virtual Test Zone gallery - featuring the world's first open source museum exhibits. These seven exhibits, all contributed under a Creative Commons license and prototyped in Second Life, will become part of The Tech's upcoming Art, Film & Music exhibition.
Summit on Digital Democracy in Exhibit Design
To celebrate its new Virtual Test Zone gallery, the Tech hosted a Summit on Digital Democracy in Exhibit Design on June 4, 2008, the day of the opening. The event took place in front of live audiences both at The Tech in San Jose and at The Tech Virtual Museum in Second Life. Keynote speakers were Philip Rosedale, Linden Lab founder and Chairman, and Peter Friess, Ph.D., President of The Tech. Program for the event.
Video of Rosedale and Friess keynotes
Linden Lab founder and Chairman Philip Rosedale and The Tech Museum's President Peter Friess speak at The Tech Virtual's Summit, on the occasion of the opening of the world's first museum gallery designed through an open source process and prototyped in the virtual world of Second Life.
Video Tour of the Virtual Test Zone gallery
A video tour of the Virtual Test Zone gallery at The Tech Museum. All the exhibits in this gallery were designed by individuals unrelated to The Tech, prototyped in the Second Life virtual world, and then built for the real life Tech Museum in San Jose. The tour guide is Marie Crandell, one of the exhibit designers.
Profiles of the Exhibits and their Creators
See how the exhibits were transformed as they moved from Second Life to real life.
Pictures from an Exhibition
A gallery of photos from the Exhibition opening and the Summit
The Tech Virtual: designers' discussion [changed to volunteer orientation session]