James Bond stuntman releases martial arts animations in Second Life
by Eloise Pasteur 
Jan 20th 2008 at 11:00AM
Filed under: News items, Second Life
To be honest I'm not sure which is the bigger story here: The headline is true, Marcus Shakesheff, a stuntman on Die Another Day among other films, has had a range of his martial arts moves recorded by motion capture, converted into animations in Second Life and they will be available to buy and, it appears, as part of a game within Second Life. I am trying to find out the details of the animations, but have had no joy so far.
But, I have to wonder if the fact that this headline's in this week's Newport, Cwmbran and Risca Weekly Argus is, in fact, the bigger story. It appears that Second Life has become sufficiently mainstream that even local papers, traditionally very parochial, carry stories about it. At least they do if the story is about a local person.
Thanks to Cam for the tip, and the scans of the original article.
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Aubrey said on 6:28PM 1-21-2008
Yes this is all true, Marcus has recorded a load of his marshal arts moves that are now available from the new bell curve island next to the legendary sine wave island in second life. Marcus has also been working closely with The Sine Wave Company on other private projects that are due for release in mid to late 2008.
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Eloise Pasteur said on 6:48PM 1-21-2008
Thanks for the confirmation Aubrey. Do you have a SLURL for the vendor? If not, I'll go and look one up for myself, but it would be good to know.
Aubrey said on 4:27AM 1-22-2008
1-21-2008 @ 6:48PM
Eloise Pasteur said...
Thanks for the confirmation Aubrey. Do you have a SLURL for the vendor? If not, I'll go and look one up for myself, but it would be good to know.
The SLURL for bell curve island follows..
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Bell%20Curve%20Island/156/119/27
For the James bond marshal arts moves look for the hero vending machines... More are due for release over the coming months.
Enjoy....
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