Virtual Memorials
The growing popularity of virtual worlds such as Secondlife has led to the construction of permanent virtual memorials and exhibits. Examples include:
- Celestial Requiem NYC (SecondLife) is a virtual recreation of a submitted physical memorial proposal:
On September 11, 2007, a virtual reality World Trade Center Memorial will be presented to the people of the world. The location is in Second Life, on the island we have named after the original design: Celestial Requiem NYC. We have built this memorial because, to be blunt, the world needed it done years ago, and the two years longer to await the completion of the "Reflected Absence" memorial in New York city (by Michael Arad and Peter Walker) was in our opinion two years too long.
- World Trade Center Memorial (SecondLife) is focused on the victims of 9/11, reminiscent of the Memorial Wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Read more about this topic: Memorials And Services For The September 11 Attacks
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