I had the pleasure to perform at a virtual Darfur refugee camp in Second Life today to help raise awareness for children and refugees of a genocide still going on there.

This is perhaps one of the most effective uses of Second Life I have seen, a project of Un Toit pour le Darfur, enabling people to get a small idea of what life in a UN refugee camp might like.

The camp and school are extremely well done, include ambient sound effects and create a complete immersive experience with impact. If nothing else, it also delivers some much needed marketing value for the cause in a novel and engaging way.

Although I was only scheduled to perform for an hour, more people kept arriving so I played for another hour to help build some Second Life traffic and keep people in the camp to look around. They have asked me back and I hope to be performing there again in the new year.

Please visit Virtual Darfur in Second Life!