I will be participating as an avatar in a live broadcast in Second Life today, August 7, at 5 PM PDT as part of the new Infinite Mind series that combines radio with 3D online virtual world interaction.

The Infinite Mind to broadcastfrom 3-D virtual cyberspace

John Hockenberry hosts live broadcast featuring Kurt Vonnegut, Suzanne Vega, Howard Rheingold

Cambridge, MA - The Infinite Mind, public radio’s most honored and most listened-to health and science show, is opening a virtual world headquarters and broadcast facility in the 3-D virtual world Second Life.

‘This represents an unprecedented leap forward for broadcasting into virtual reality and 3-D on-line communities,’ said Bill Lichtenstein, president of the Peabody Award-winning media company Lichtenstein Creative Media, which produces The Infinite Mind. ‘This first step ‚Äòthrough the looking glass’ into the virtual world, will allow The Infinite Mind, through its on-line facilities located on an expansive virtual complex, the opportunity to reach a vast new global audience.’ Visitors will be able to listen to audio and video, attend live mixed reality events, and participate in interactive community education and outreach.

Click here for a PDF version of the Press Release.