Dealey Plaza, JFK assassination site, recreated in Second Life

by William Dobson Nov 21st 2007 at 5:30PM

Filed under: Culture, Events, real-world, Events, in-game, Second Life

A press release on PRWeb informs us that Dealey Plaza, the scene of the crime for President John F. Kennedy's shooting, has been reconstructed as a virtual environment in Second Life. It was created by Jason Baird of Avatar Promotions in the hopes that people would visit and pose theories to each other as to the reasons for the former president's untimely death, and so that those who aren't able to go to the actual site in person will be able to experience it in some form.

But it isn't just the environment itself that has been recreated -- on the anniversary of the shooting, there will be a re-enactment of the assassination. This sounds a bit like one of those interactive history-museum displays. Due to the population limits within the simulation, this event will be invite-only for around 40 people.

If anything, it's a novel idea and worth checking out if you already play SL. You can get there by searching for Dealey Plaza Dallas within SL, or from a link on Avatar Promotions' JFK page.

Tags: assassination, avatar-promotions, dallas, dealey-plaza, jason-baird, jfk, john-f-kennedy, linden-lab, re-enactment, second-life-places, shooting, sl

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Cyn said on 7:12PM 11-21-2007

I wonder if there are any alternate-shooter groups which might want to rent it out for their own explorations, after the re-enactment?

KirbyMeister said on 10:44PM 11-21-2007

I can't believe what will happen if the usual griefer groups find out about this.

Or worse, the mainstream media...

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