Designed by architects David Marks, Julia Barfield, Malcolm Cook, Mark Sparrowhawk, Steven Chilton and Nic Bailey, the wheel carries 32 sealed and air-conditioned passenger capsules attached to its external circumference. Each capsule holds approximately 25 people, who are free to walk around inside the capsule, though seating is also provided. It rotates at 26 cm (10 in) per second (about 0.9 km/h (0.5mph) so that one revolution takes about 30 minutes. The wheel does not usually stop to take on...
A video showing how Crescendo Design has been using Second Life as a professional tool in their real life practice. This video was sponsored by 'The Arch' blog, www.archsl.wordpress.com and the 'RL Architects in Second Life' group. For more information, IM Keystone Bouchard in-world.