MOBAC Future Technologies Workshop - Introduction
- 1. Second Life ® MOBAC Future Technologies Workshop May 2, 2008 Danielle Kane
- 2. Rise of Gaming MMORPG Massively-Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game MMO Massively Multiplayer Online game MUVE Online, Multi-User Virtual Environments, sometimes called virtual worlds http://www.opencroquet.org/index.php/Main_Page http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/index.xml http://secondlife.com/ http://www.activeworlds.com/
- 3. Is it Just a Game? YES Sense of play Has the look and feel of a game NO No objective, no way to “win” Content created by residents Vendor Space on Imagination Island – Opened 3/19/07
- 4. Terminology AV, Avie, Avatar Grid Griefer Inworld Lag L$ A Linden Newbie RL/SL Resident Rez Sim
- 5. How Big is Second Life 223,616 acres
- 6. What is Second Life Chat / IM / Voice Import / Export Video / Snapshots 3-D graphics Rich Build Tools Streaming Audio Creativity Collaboration Ownership Community Expressive Lag Distracting Griefing / Harassment No Preconceived Objective Experiment Economy Slang Social Environment User Generated / Owned Content Social Networking
- 7. Getting Access Download client http://secondlife.com/support/downloads.php Create an account Last name chosen from list First name your choice Learn how to move, communicate, dress and build on orientation island
- 8. Second Life Communication Non-verbal Gestures, animations, visual appearance Verbal Text or Voice Private (IM) Public (Local Chat)
- 9. Road Trip Teleport Walk or even Fly!
- 10. Building Your World Build using 3D prims Import textures, sounds and animations Linden Scripting Language
- 11. Education in Second Life Sandra Rotenberg
- 12. Onslaught Googling “second life” schools… 645,000 results. Adding (college OR university) 1,660,000 results. Adding Information competence 115,000
- 13. If it’s in USA Today…
- 15. Why? Fun. Possibilities – language, 3d models of weather, molecules, insects, etc., cultures, sociology, psychology, information competency.
- 17. Not a geek And not Stanford, either.
Editor's Notes
- #2: Slide one or slide two?