MOBAC Future Technologies Workshop - Introduction

Slide 1: Second Life® MOBAC Future Technologies Workshop May 2, 2008 Danielle Kane

Slide 2: Rise of Gaming • MMORPG Massively-Multiplayer Online http://www.activeworlds.com/ Role-Playing Game • MMO Massively Multiplayer Online game • MUVE http://secondlife.com/ Online, Multi-User Virtual Environments, sometimes called virtual worlds http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/index.xml http://www.opencroquet.org/index.php/Main_Page

Slide 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

Slide 4: Terminology AV, Avie, Avatar Grid Griefer Inworld Lag L$ A Linden Newbie RL/SL Resident Rez Sim

Slide 5: How Big is Second Life 223,616 acres

Slide 6: What is Second Life • Chat / IM / Voice • Lag • Import / Export • Distracting • Video / Snapshots • Griefing / Harassment • 3-D graphics • No Preconceived Objective • Rich Build Tools • Experiment • Streaming Audio • Economy • Creativity • Slang • Collaboration • Social Environment • Ownership • User Generated / Owned • Community Content • Social Networking • Expressive

Slide 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

Slide 8: Second Life Communication Verbal • Text or Voice • Private (IM) • Public (Local Chat) Non-verbal • Gestures, animations, visual appearance

Slide 9: Road Trip Teleport Walk or even Fly!

Slide 10: Building Your World • Build using 3D prims • Import textures, sounds and animations • Linden Scripting Language

Slide 11: Education in Second Life Sandra Rotenberg

Slide 12: Onslaught Googling “second life” schools… 645,000 results. Adding (college OR university) 1,660,000 results. Adding Information competence 115,000

Slide 13: If it’s in USA Today…

Slide 14: http://vhil.stanford.edu/project s/

Slide 15: Why? Fun. Possibilities – language, 3d models of weather, molecules, insects, etc., cultures, sociology, psychology, information competency.

Slide 16: Library instruction

Slide 17: Not a geek And not Stanford, either.