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Chichen Itza Debuts On Second Life
By Erick Laseca
Ancient! Contemporary! Futuristic! Second Life®? Famed archaeological site and finalist towards becoming a new seventh world wonder, Chichen-Itza, will be making its debut in the virtual world, Second Life® (SL) on June 10, 2007 at 1:00 pm PTD, featuring a seven hour music showcase. SL is a 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents with the participation of more than seven million people from around the world.
Virtual tourists will be able to enjoy an array of interactive and life-like attractions at the Chichen-Itza virtual site, where they can climb or fly over the great pyramid El Castillo, dive and search for hidden treasures in the sacred cenote (sink hole), and visit a (traditional Mayan home). The area will also include a Mayan temazcal (sweat lodge), where the SL community will be able to enter and lie on a floating mat with visible steam and glowing lava rocks. The mystical experience will allow the participant to see visions of stars, butterflies and images from the past.
In addition, an audio tour of the area with relevant historical information about
Chichen-Itza will be made available with its very own transportation from the back of a Mayan butterfly. A gallery of images and a streaming video of the equinox will also be on hand.
“We are proud to share with the world this Mexican landmark and heritage,” said Francisco Lopez Mena, CEO of the Tourism Board. “We are very excited to be promoting Chichen-Itza in this new medium, and encourage everyone to visit the site and cast their vote for Chichen-Itza as a new seven wonder,” he added.
Voting kiosks will be placed throughout the site and across the virtual world in high-traffic areas, where you will be transported automatically to the “new7wonders” website to vote for Chichen-Itza, upon clicking. As a token of appreciation, the Tourism Board will be giving voters beautiful Mayan inspired clothing and jewelry to wear in their SL travels.
To access the Chichen-Itza site, simply download the Second Life software and follow the instructions. Once the user has entered, they must type into
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