PICKSL provides virtual reality social networking entertainment venues and events for the enjoyment of patrons and for featuring innovative designers, artists and performers from around the world. Through the innovative use of the Second Life Virtual Worlds Platform, PICKSL brings awareness of talented regional performers from around the world to the attention of the entire world.

Virtual Events

Meeting interesting new people online is exhilarating. Experiencing the work of talented new artists is inspiring. Virtual worlds allow visitors to interact with each other as three-dimensional "avatars", tailored to look the way they always wanted to look, with the added attractions of avoiding travel (and surgery!) and of being safe. In many cases, these virtual reality representations draw real world visitors to real world locations and to real world performers, once visitors have had a chance to "check things out".

Themed Locations

If you like to meet new people, and wonder what it's like to "travel" through the medium of virtual reality, visit these popular locations operated by or affiliated with PICKSL:

DUBLIN IN SL - themed entertainment  sim recreating the look and feel of Dublin, Ireland
DIEGOLAND - themed entertainment sim recreating the look and feel of San Diego, California
GRONINGEN CENTRUM - themed entertainment sim recreating the look and feel of Groningen, Netherlands

Each of these "sims" features daily entertainment, music, shopping, arts and culture, and contemporary and historical landmarks.

Designer Network

PICKSL operates as part of a large and growing network of independent designers, artists, and service providers operating in virtual worlds projects. These operators range from sole proprietorships to medium to large size corporations. Their unifying link is a common commitment to "growing the metaverse",  meaning to pursue virtual worlds projects starting with Second Life that involve the full expression of human capacities in inspiring performances, innovative business enterprises and visionary social initiatives.

Development Environment

The Second Life Virtual Worlds Platform is the standard in virtual reality systems, allowing residents and developers a full set of tools to create a world and live in it, and own the intellectual property rights to all they create. In many cases these creations are shared for free and in many cases they are bought and sold in an intensely daily thriving economic currency, directly exchangeable to all real world currency formats.

Musicians

PICKSL is very much dedicated to bringing talented musicians from the real world into the virtual world, where the exposure of their talent can be multiplied ten-fold. The best mixed-reality musicians find they learn to play to "both" audiences during live gigs, and many find new sources of inspiration for original lyrics, melodies, songs and arrangements.

Producers

PICKSL works closely with real-world music, tourism, and conference industry producers, sponsoring regular "in-world" events timed to coincide with "real-world" campaigns and tours. Mixed-reality events (events featuring in-world parallel presentations matching real-world events) can easily double attendance and reach for a tenth of the cost. These parallel events are held in popular, "themed location sims" in Second Life such as DUBLIN IN SL, which has earned world-wide press and media attention for its popularity and photo-realistic look.