- @LenEdgerly I watched Moyer’s show with Rev Wright last night and came away impressed w/ his work #
- Third sighting of a naked, ruthed, weirdly named avatar popping into and out of existence in Chilbo. Bots? #
- Any SL peeps know where the walk through model of the human heart is in-world? #
- @Typewriter What time is your talk today at vBusiness Expo? #
- vBusiness Expo continuing with Keynote from IBM about Virtual Worlds SLurl http://tinyurl.com/5xmjx2 #
- http://tinyurl.com/6mvyd7 Panel on Human Centered Research for Avatars going on now at vBusiness Expo #
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Apr 08
Twitter Updates for 2008-04-26
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Apr 08
Panel on Education in Virtual Spaces
Sarah Robbins (SL: Intellagirl Tully) of Ball State University chairs a panel with Jeremy Kemp (SL: Jeremy Kabumpo) of San Jose State University and Jeremy Hunsinger (SL: buridan Simon) of Virginia Tech about the future of education in virtual spaces. As long term veterans in SL education, Jeremy Hunsinger points out that educational gaming and 3D spaces have long been a part of the academic computing tradition, and asks, “The future isn’t all face to face, is it?” Jeremy Kemp remarked that he expected to see more concrete data about effective teaching practices in SL than we have seen up to this point. “We need to be studying the efficacy of these models,” he said.
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Apr 08
Human-Centered Research for Avatars
Aleks Krotoski from the University of Surry and Mark Bell from Indiana University discuss best practices for performing survey research in virtual worlds like Second Life. One key affordance of doing research in virtual environments is the ability to capture reams of data, not just from the avatar, but also the environment itself. Aleks (SL: Mynci Gorki) suggests researchers try to focus on the data they really want, since you can capture more than you need. Mark Bell (SL: Typewriter Tackleberry) announced a new SL HUD-based survey tool his team has created to simplify data collection while preserving the immersion of the environment. Both suggest that researchers approach campus IRB groups early on in the process to help ensure plenty of time for answering their questions about the environment.
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Apr 08
IBM’s Sandra Kearney on 3D Internet & Virtual Business for…
On the third day of the vBusiness Expo in Second Life, IBM’s Sandra Kearney, Global Director for 3D Internet & Virtual Business, speaks about the evolution of internet technology and the potential of virtual worlds for work and collaboration. She sees an ecosystem of technology tools, platforms, and services that are springing up around this 3D Internet concept, from machinima and broadcasting tools, to fully immersive 3D platforms like Second Life. “We are closing the gap between static and real time information, interaction and experience in a cost effective manner,” she said. She also raised questions about developing good governance mechanisms for these environments.
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Apr 08
Virtual Worlds & Law Panel
Benjamin Duranske moderates a panel about virtual worlds and legal issues that arise from working in them, and Dave Elchoness (SL: Da Etchegaray), Executive Director of the Association for Virtual Worlds, brings up an important point – if a company hires a builder or scripter in Second Life, what are the legal implications in terms of minimum wage laws, pensions, and employee rights? These are questions that still need to be addressed, he says, and both companies and employees need to consider these issues.
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Apr 08
Accelerate Reports on Corporate Responses to Virtual Worlds
From the vBusiness Expo in Second Life – On-boarding new hires with virtual worlds, John Boring, Accelerate
John reports on study to gauge barriers and interest in virtual worlds from corporate sector, sneak peek from the report:
Top 5 Barriers to Adoption of Virtual World Tech
1. lack of clear ROI is strong #1
2. worry about insufficient resources to build or maintain
3. corporate culture
4. lack of executive support because age 35+ are the deciders and they still see these as video games
5. data securityTop 5 Apps they think virtual worlds will enhance/most willing to work with
1. sales training
2. collaboration
3. knowledge management
4. employee engagement
5. stimulating creativity
He thinks the culture change will be bottom up, as younger managers who are already experienced gamers come in to upper management levels and get to make decisions.
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Apr 08
Twitter Updates for 2008-04-24
- Will be speaking at vBusiness Expo in about 30 mins if anyone wants to come http://tinyurl.com/6ow9ho #
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Apr 08
Twitter Updates for 2008-04-23
- Back from St. Louis, great trip, met some terrific folks at USDLA, spring lush drive home, back 2 work. #
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Apr 08
Twitter Updates for 2008-04-19
- Disturbing news of the day: Pentagon paid $1.7 million to firms of polygamy bosses http://tinyurl.com/5qb6zu #
- Feeling guilty about Earth Day, going to spending it driving hundreds of miles to teach people about the benefits of virtual worlds. Absurd #
- Think twitter is eating tweets. Checking out http://www.twitterlocal.net and adding some Cincinnati peeps. Thx @ahynes1 #
- @scottmerrick Are you recording the performance for us? 🙂 #
- Wondering how to map virtual world events reach. Could start asking all attendees to mark on a map. #
- But would be easier if could capture IP address like we do on the web. #
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Apr 08
Learning & Mopping: Naomi Wolf – The End of America
Haven’t read the book, but listening to this video while mopping: