Medicine in Second Life, the virtual worldWebinar Transcript
Medicine in Second Life,
the virtual world
Bertalan Meskó, MD
University of Debrecen, Hungary
Medical and Health Science Center
Webicina.com Scienceroll.com
Managing director and founder Author
secondlife.com
>20 million users
>30,000,000 hours
Registration
Regisztráció
Not real name
Download, install
What can we do?
Fly
Teleport
Use vehicles
Animations
Sell-buy
Build
Communication
Chat
IM
Voice
Video
E-mail
Advantages Disadvantages
3D! Non-controllable
Fast communication Driven by money...
Appearance Slow, requires serious
hardware
Video, audio, images,
animations Hard to use
Presence! Not exactly real
How doctors and students use it?
Ann Myers Medical Center
ammc.wordpress.com
Medical simulations and case presentations
Cardiac murmurs
Imperial College of London
Scifoo Camp
Scifoo Lives On
Scifoo Lives On
Scifoo Lives On
Genome Island
Ontario Health Center
Ontario Health Center
Ontario Health Center
How can patients use it?
Healthinfo Island
Virtual Ability
Virtual Support Center
SL Stroke
Following health events?
slhealthy.wetpaint.com
nature.com/secondnature
scifooliveson.wikispaces.com
Scienceroll.com
No need to register
No need to install
Real names
Easy presentations
Totally free
Thank you for your
attention!
berci.mesko@gmail.com
Scienceroll.com
Webicina.com
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