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Immersiva is one of the most icon simulators in any metaverse, Bryn Oh‘s, (Immersiva’s creator), artistic soul flows, breathes, and evolves on a checker board grid that immerses you in lucid dreams and stories. Bryn’s free expression has had a profound effect on the residents of Second Life, and Immersiva is a grid favorite, it’s a place that always surprises.

So, it was such a surprise to hear, (from Bryn herself), that Immersiva was to shut down… with no good reason given. That news  hurt, shocked and sadden me. I felt as if one of the last great SL creators was about to disappear from the metaverse, as so many have before her.  Too many fantastic virtual artist have move out of SL, either to pursue real life artistic endeavors, or they immigrated to other open spaces.  My heart broke at the news of Immersiva’s shutdown, and Bryn herself lamented that the experience was like the image of Marty and his siblings faded in the foreground.

It got me reminiscing on all the times I’ve paid a visit to Immersiva and other Bryn Oh builds around the Second Life grid. I have always been fascinated by her work, and I feel connected to the spirit she evokes.  Both of my avatars have modeled with Immersiva in the background, and since Immersiva is a living and breathing simulator there is always something new to experience.

Bryn Oh’s Second Life builds seems like a faded memory now, I will charish these snapshots and archive them, I will not let Bryn’s Oh fade in vain! So Heartbreaking. =[

Huh? What was that Bryn? You found some funding? For another year and six months? Really?? …
YAY! o/ … Yes! That’s excellent news! Immersiva is not going away yet, and in fact Bryn is asking for support to extend Immersiva’s breath and life. This is a great gift, Byrn! I’m so excited to see what you build, and the experiences you create. Check Out Byrn’s Crowd Funding site!

Byrn Oh is a true artist, she tells stories and brings them to life, she connects to your emotions and makes you think. Immersiva must stay open for as long as Bryn has something to say. Check out The Rabbicorn Story and Anna’s Many Murders.

Oringal Post Feb.  15, 2010
Immersiva, created by Bryn Oh and donated to Second Life residents by Dusan Writer, is one of the most artistic and existential simulators in world. Byrn Oh’s work strikes deep cords in one’s soul, it opens the cracks into ones dreams and distant memories, while telling the stories of our collective childhood.

Traveling through the simulation and zooming into the detailed builds one gets the sense of slipping in between time and space, stepping through portals of blinding light and falling into voids. Immersiva is the place in our minds that time and space forgot, a place that is both run down and working, a place that allows the visitor to dream up their own reality and sense of what it all means.

The builds and landscape are beautifully crafted and Bryn Oh’s use of particle noise is perfectly executed. I’ve taken several trips to the sim and I will make many more, Ms. Oh likes to keep busy so she’s always adding and taking away from the experience, which keep the simulation exciting and new. Below you will find a slide show of my experience with Immersiva and machinima videos created by Ms. Oh herself.

Check out my Immersiva Flickr set.