This document provides an introduction to virtual worlds like Second Life. It discusses what virtual worlds are, how they have evolved from social networks and online games, and how Second Life works. Users can explore, build things, communicate, participate in businesses and education, and engage in politics, media, art, sports and other activities in Second Life by controlling an avatar and interacting with other users.
Dave Taylor, MSc, MBCS, Programme Lead, Virtual Worlds, Medical Media and Design Lab, Imperial College, London. Presentation at Handheld Learning 2008 - Virtual Worlds and Social Networks session
Why Second Life Scott Merrick For VU CSOScott Merrick
This is the revised version, retooled for Slideshare (the original has some multiple image slides that covered text, sheesh), toward revising it here for a Slidecast. I have most of the audio from the presentation and I recorded about 4 minutes upfront to make a more or less complete slidecast:)
Connectr8 - Exploding The Barriers To Social Computing (UKLUG 2009)Stuart McIntyre
My presentation to the UK Lotus User Group (UKLUG) in Edinburgh, 8 October 2009.
Aimed at relative newcomers to Enterprise 2.0 and Social Software, I spoke about the reasons why social computing is important, some of the challenges to gaining investment in the tools and driving adoption, and how to break through these barriers.
I try to make my presentations very visual, so these slides may not make a huge amount of sense on their own, so if you need any additional information, please get in touch!
e-Health and the Social Web ("Web 2.0")/the 3-D Web: Looking to the future wi...Maged N. Kamel Boulos
The Social Web and the 3-D Web/virtual worlds and globes in Medicine and Health
e-Health and the Social Web/the 3-D Web: Looking to the future with sociable technologies and social software
Covers 3-D social networks and virtual worlds/the 3-D Web (including Second Life) and how they relate to Web 2.0 (M.N.K. Boulos - April 2007 - 32 slides)
Find out more at http://healthcybermap.org/sl.htm
3D Virtual Worlds: Second Life: International Schools EducationDavid W. Deeds
Changchun American International School (CAIS) was the first (we know of!) International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) World School to establish a cybercampus in Second Life (SL)! We hope to lead the way to an IBO Island in SL soon! We invite other international schools to join us in SL!
Virtual Worlds Explorations and Implications is a keynote address for the Association for Information Technology Professionals (AITP). These slides discuss business and IT concerns, virtual worlds statistics and provide visual examples from Second Life.
Content and photos by Cynthia Calongne. Licensed under a Creative Commons Share Alike with Attribution License.
This presentation was created to support a workshop I gave at *Learning in the New Decade*, a Pro-D event sponsored by School District 71, Comox Valley, British Columbia on February 8, 2010.
See more resources related to this presentation at: http://couros.wikispaces.com/sd71 .
Presentation at the Serious Games Institute October 27, 2009 by Ron Edwards on the nature of work, drivers of collaboration and need for better tools, and how virtual worlds are an optimum fit for enterprise collaboration. Ron is the CEO of Ambient Performance in London.
Introduction to Second Life for university-level life sciences research & teaching faculty. Images are from http://flickr.com/photos/rosefirerising/ . Podcast will soon be available at http://www.dent.umich.edu/informatics/bootcamp/ and/or http://www.lib.umich.edu/hsl/podcasts/ .
Games raspberry pi2 learning_simulations_iot_analyticsCynthia Calongne
Presentation by C. Calongne at the 21st TCC Worldwide Online Conference April 19, 2016. Session title: Bridging Games & Raspberry Pi2 Learning Simulations with Data Analytics & the Internet of Things. Images taken by C. Calongne, figures created by A. Stricker, and research from The Air University's AU Metaverse. The slides feature images from the Federal Consortium of Virtual Worlds(FCVW) 2015 to illustrate the sophistication of OpenSim, open source virtual worlds and how the Hypergrid developed by Dr. Crista Lopes connects virtual world grids.
Dave Taylor, MSc, MBCS, Programme Lead, Virtual Worlds, Medical Media and Design Lab, Imperial College, London. Presentation at Handheld Learning 2008 - Virtual Worlds and Social Networks session
Why Second Life Scott Merrick For VU CSOScott Merrick
This is the revised version, retooled for Slideshare (the original has some multiple image slides that covered text, sheesh), toward revising it here for a Slidecast. I have most of the audio from the presentation and I recorded about 4 minutes upfront to make a more or less complete slidecast:)
Connectr8 - Exploding The Barriers To Social Computing (UKLUG 2009)Stuart McIntyre
My presentation to the UK Lotus User Group (UKLUG) in Edinburgh, 8 October 2009.
Aimed at relative newcomers to Enterprise 2.0 and Social Software, I spoke about the reasons why social computing is important, some of the challenges to gaining investment in the tools and driving adoption, and how to break through these barriers.
I try to make my presentations very visual, so these slides may not make a huge amount of sense on their own, so if you need any additional information, please get in touch!
e-Health and the Social Web ("Web 2.0")/the 3-D Web: Looking to the future wi...Maged N. Kamel Boulos
The Social Web and the 3-D Web/virtual worlds and globes in Medicine and Health
e-Health and the Social Web/the 3-D Web: Looking to the future with sociable technologies and social software
Covers 3-D social networks and virtual worlds/the 3-D Web (including Second Life) and how they relate to Web 2.0 (M.N.K. Boulos - April 2007 - 32 slides)
Find out more at http://healthcybermap.org/sl.htm
3D Virtual Worlds: Second Life: International Schools EducationDavid W. Deeds
Changchun American International School (CAIS) was the first (we know of!) International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) World School to establish a cybercampus in Second Life (SL)! We hope to lead the way to an IBO Island in SL soon! We invite other international schools to join us in SL!
Virtual Worlds Explorations and Implications is a keynote address for the Association for Information Technology Professionals (AITP). These slides discuss business and IT concerns, virtual worlds statistics and provide visual examples from Second Life.
Content and photos by Cynthia Calongne. Licensed under a Creative Commons Share Alike with Attribution License.
This presentation was created to support a workshop I gave at *Learning in the New Decade*, a Pro-D event sponsored by School District 71, Comox Valley, British Columbia on February 8, 2010.
See more resources related to this presentation at: http://couros.wikispaces.com/sd71 .
Presentation at the Serious Games Institute October 27, 2009 by Ron Edwards on the nature of work, drivers of collaboration and need for better tools, and how virtual worlds are an optimum fit for enterprise collaboration. Ron is the CEO of Ambient Performance in London.
Introduction to Second Life for university-level life sciences research & teaching faculty. Images are from http://flickr.com/photos/rosefirerising/ . Podcast will soon be available at http://www.dent.umich.edu/informatics/bootcamp/ and/or http://www.lib.umich.edu/hsl/podcasts/ .
Games raspberry pi2 learning_simulations_iot_analyticsCynthia Calongne
Presentation by C. Calongne at the 21st TCC Worldwide Online Conference April 19, 2016. Session title: Bridging Games & Raspberry Pi2 Learning Simulations with Data Analytics & the Internet of Things. Images taken by C. Calongne, figures created by A. Stricker, and research from The Air University's AU Metaverse. The slides feature images from the Federal Consortium of Virtual Worlds(FCVW) 2015 to illustrate the sophistication of OpenSim, open source virtual worlds and how the Hypergrid developed by Dr. Crista Lopes connects virtual world grids.
A result from the VISCED project, the presentation gives a brief overview of 8 critical success factors, and a methodology for defining key success factors in the context of virtual schools. It backs up the work of the document at http://www.virtualschoolsandcolleges.info.
Francesco D'Orazio - Everything you know about virtual worlds is WRONG - Meta...Francesco D'Orazio
Patterns and challenges in the evolution of immersive entertainment.
Plus, all the wrongest things you could possibly say at a virtual worlds conference.
Beijing Learning Summit: Using 3D Virtual Worlds in International Schools: Da...David W. Deeds
3D virtual worlds, or games-based learning, will be mainstream in all K-12 schools, international or not, as early as 2013. Learn how your school should and can get started with OpenSimulator (OpenSim), Second Life, Quest Atlantis and Unity/Jibe. David W. Deeds has been using 3D virtual worlds to teach computer science, business management and other subjects in universities and international schools since 2006.
Virtual Environments for Education--Second LifeScott Merrick
Vanderbilt Web Spiders meeting on 112108 got 30 minutes of diatribe from Scott Merrick about why they should be interested and involved in Second Life (and virtual environment development)
A definition of virtual world asset classes, the virtual worlds ecosystem and the attendant accounting, valuation, taxation and legal issues that arise in virtual world economics.
Audio: http://feeds.feedburner.com/BroaderPerspectivePodcast
Today's seo update | Seo in digital marketingVibin CV ✔️
Understand the importance of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) In Digital Marketing field. What is SEO? What are the procedures to rank a website in search result? How SEO related in Digital Marketing?
Virtual Worlds and Entrepreneurship _TeiglandRobin Teigland
A look at virtual worlds and entrepreneurship presented for organization such as ESBRI (Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research Institute), ALMI Företagspartner, and HHS Alumni Network in Stockholm, Sweden in late 2009.
The powerpoint presentation from our Virtual Worlds and Second Life workshop held on Tuesday the 23rd September 2008 as part of our Learning 2.0 programme
Starting a business as engineers: algorithms aren't everythingAlja Isakovic
What are startups and other lessons learned from starting tech companies. The slides are for a lecture aimed at computer science students, delivered in March 2019.
Zakaj moraš med razvojem produkta razmišljati kot obsedeni bivši?Alja Isakovic
Pri razvoju produktov smo pogosto pretirano optimistični in neradi razmišljamo o tem, kakšne so možne zlorabe. Rešitev za to je, da diskusijo o zasebnosti in varnosti vključimo v proces razvoja, ne le v marketinške materiale. Zavedati se je potrebno tudi možnosti internih zlorabe dostopa do občutljivih podatkov. Zato je za podjetja v informacijski družbi nujno, da se o zasebnosti in varnosti redno pogovarjajo in izobražujejo v vseh oddelkih, ki so vključeni v razvoj in delo z osebnimi ter ostalimi občutljivimi podatki.
Predavanje je bilo del dogodka Cryptoparty Slovenija, ki se je odvijal marca 2017. Video posnetek predavanja: http://videolectures.net/cryptoparty2017_isakovic_razvoj_produkta/
IoT Design Manifesto: smernice za bolj odgovoren razvoj IoT izdelkov in storitevAlja Isakovic
IoT Design Manifesto podaja smernice za razvoj IoT produktov, ki so narejeni po meri uporabnikov in varujejo našo varnost in zasebnost. V predstavitvi so vključeni tudi primeri iz prakse, ki prikazujejo posledice nepremišljenega razvoja ter koraki za podjetja, ki želijo k razvoju IoT izdelkov pristopiti z večjo mero odgovornosti.
Predavanje je bilo del dogodka IoT Meetup, aprila 2017. Video posnetek: https://vimeo.com/214926003
Quantified Self: The what, the why and the brave new futureAlja Isakovic
Slides from a lecture on the quantified self trend, prepared for communications students in May 2016. The lecture is based on a series of blog posts I wrote on the topic: https://medium.com/exploring-the-quantified-self
If we want to see more women in tech, we all have to play our part, every day. It isn't just a matter of getting more women to study computer science. Here are a few tips for different tech roles on how we can make tech a better environment for women (and other minorities). Written in Python.
The slides were part of a talk given at the Ladies in New Business event in Ljubljana.
Git your Jekyll on - WebCamp Ljubljana 2015Alja Isakovic
An intro talk about Jekyll, a Ruby-based static website generator and my story of moving my old blog from Blogger to a GitHub Pages hosted Jekyll. The talk includes a few practical Jekyll examples and highlights the benefits of using a static website generator for simple multi-page websites that don't change often or personal blogs.
The slides were prepared for my talk at WebCamp Ljubljana 2015
The web and programming: an introduction - Simple, short and friendly Alja Isakovic
An introduction to web and web programming for the Rails Girls Ljubljana workshop.
More about the presentation: http://ialja.blogspot.com/2012/12/explaining-web-and-web-programming-with.html
Uvod v internet in programiranje: Enostavno, kratko in prijaznoAlja Isakovic
Uvodno predavanje z osnovnimi koncepti spleta in spletnega programiranja za delavnico Rails Girls Ljubljana.
Več o predavanju: http://ialja.blogspot.com/2012/12/explaining-web-and-web-programming-with.html
Zakaj v startup svetu nikoli ni vrste pred ženskim straniščem?Alja Isakovic
Why is the tech startup world still heavily dominated by men? And what can we do to get more women involved? Slides for a talk presented @ Startup Day at Kino Šiška (http://coworking.si/napovedujemo-startup-dan-v-kinu-siska/)
Why aren't women using Android and what could be done to make Android apps more appealing to women?
Presented at MobileCamp Android edition in Ljubljana, March 4, 2011.
More about the presentation on my blog: http://ialja.blogspot.com/2011/03/android-for-girls-new-frontier.html
Slides for the lecture in the seminar in Anthropology of Complex Systems at the Dept. of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology. See Facebook event for more details: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=68184342846
Observability Concepts EVERY Developer Should Know -- DeveloperWeek Europe.pdfPaige Cruz
Monitoring and observability aren’t traditionally found in software curriculums and many of us cobble this knowledge together from whatever vendor or ecosystem we were first introduced to and whatever is a part of your current company’s observability stack.
While the dev and ops silo continues to crumble….many organizations still relegate monitoring & observability as the purview of ops, infra and SRE teams. This is a mistake - achieving a highly observable system requires collaboration up and down the stack.
I, a former op, would like to extend an invitation to all application developers to join the observability party will share these foundational concepts to build on:
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
In his public lecture, Christian Timmerer provides insights into the fascinating history of video streaming, starting from its humble beginnings before YouTube to the groundbreaking technologies that now dominate platforms like Netflix and ORF ON. Timmerer also presents provocative contributions of his own that have significantly influenced the industry. He concludes by looking at future challenges and invites the audience to join in a discussion.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
SAP Sapphire 2024 - ASUG301 building better apps with SAP Fiori.pdfPeter Spielvogel
Building better applications for business users with SAP Fiori.
• What is SAP Fiori and why it matters to you
• How a better user experience drives measurable business benefits
• How to get started with SAP Fiori today
• How SAP Fiori elements accelerates application development
• How SAP Build Code includes SAP Fiori tools and other generative artificial intelligence capabilities
• How SAP Fiori paves the way for using AI in SAP apps
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
Alt. GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using ...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
Why You Should Replace Windows 11 with Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 for enhanced perfor...SOFTTECHHUB
The choice of an operating system plays a pivotal role in shaping our computing experience. For decades, Microsoft's Windows has dominated the market, offering a familiar and widely adopted platform for personal and professional use. However, as technological advancements continue to push the boundaries of innovation, alternative operating systems have emerged, challenging the status quo and offering users a fresh perspective on computing.
One such alternative that has garnered significant attention and acclaim is Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, a sleek, powerful, and user-friendly Linux distribution that promises to redefine the way we interact with our devices. With its focus on performance, security, and customization, Nitrux Linux presents a compelling case for those seeking to break free from the constraints of proprietary software and embrace the freedom and flexibility of open-source computing.
Removing Uninteresting Bytes in Software FuzzingAftab Hussain
Imagine a world where software fuzzing, the process of mutating bytes in test seeds to uncover hidden and erroneous program behaviors, becomes faster and more effective. A lot depends on the initial seeds, which can significantly dictate the trajectory of a fuzzing campaign, particularly in terms of how long it takes to uncover interesting behaviour in your code. We introduce DIAR, a technique designed to speedup fuzzing campaigns by pinpointing and eliminating those uninteresting bytes in the seeds. Picture this: instead of wasting valuable resources on meaningless mutations in large, bloated seeds, DIAR removes the unnecessary bytes, streamlining the entire process.
In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
GridMate - End to end testing is a critical piece to ensure quality and avoid...ThomasParaiso2
End to end testing is a critical piece to ensure quality and avoid regressions. In this session, we share our journey building an E2E testing pipeline for GridMate components (LWC and Aura) using Cypress, JSForce, FakerJS…
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
3. A virtual world is a computer-based
simulated environment intended for its
users to inhabit and interact via avatars.
Wikipedia
http://ialja.blogspot.com
4. Virtual worlds:
evolving from
‣ social networks
‣ online games
‣ simulations
... towards a 3D Web?
http://ialja.blogspot.com
5. World of Warcraft
is a very popular
massively multiplayer
online role-playing game
(MMOG)
that takes place in a
fantasy virtual world...
http://ialja.blogspot.com
6. ... but there are also
more realistic virtual worlds,
which don’t focus on gaming.
These virtual worlds can be used as
effective real-life
communication, business,
education and social tools.
http://ialja.blogspot.com
7. why and how!
... let’s see
http://ialja.blogspot.com
9. Second Life is one of the most talked about
non-gaming virtual worlds right now...
how it works!
... let’s see
http://ialja.blogspot.com
10. Users download the Second Life
client to enter the virtual world
http://ialja.blogspot.com
11. Client/Server architecture
open source client connects
The
to Second Life servers...
... that do most of the maths for the client.
http://ialja.blogspot.com
12. Makers of Second Life
Second Life servers are hosted by one
company:
‣ SL development
‣ SL “central bank”
‣ SL “law” makers and enforcers
‣ financed by users purchasing
virtual land on LL servers
http://ialja.blogspot.com
13. ... but it’s the residents that
make the world come alive!
http://ialja.blogspot.com
14. User Stats
> 5 million unique residents
> 1,5 million logged in the last 60 days
≈ 40 000 users in-world at any time
> 90 000 premium residents
Demographics
all users must be over 18*
average age 33
43 % female users
active users: 44 % EU, 26 % USA
http://ialja.blogspot.com13 to 17 can use a more secure version of SL: Teen Second Life
* teens from the age
16. Communication tools
private
in
(Instant Messages -IM)
- or -
public
in verbally
(places or group IM)
(text or/and voice chat)
- and -
non-verbally
(visual appearance, proxemics,
gestures and animations)
http://ialja.blogspot.com
17. Tools for travel
You can walk
and fly...
... or teleport
anywhere in an instant!
http://ialja.blogspot.com
18. Tools for creating and
shaping the world
//pic
‣ 3D prim building
‣ Linden Scripting Language
‣ texture, sound and animation import
http://ialja.blogspot.com
19. Berkman Sandbox
Abbots Aerodrome
Virtual Morocco
Second Life
is a user-created world!
Second House of Sweden Teaching
International Spaceflight Museum
http://ialja.blogspot.com
Little Roma
20. “You create it, you own it.”
... users retain full IP rights
over content they create in Second Life
http://ialja.blogspot.com
21. ... but what can we do with our Second Life?
http://ialja.blogspot.com
23. Linden Dollars
Second Life currency
real money trading (RMT)
US$ L$
≈
(1 US$ 270 L$)
L$ can be used on the
web or in-world
http://ialja.blogspot.com
24. Business opportunities
(for individuals and companies)
‣ selling virtual goods
(C2C, B2C, B2B),
‣ building communities,
‣ costumer support,
‣ training & research,
‣ public relations,
‣ marketing,
‣ events, ...
‣ gambling
http://ialja.blogspot.com
25. Economy stats
(June 2007)
> 400 residents had a monthly
income over 2 000 US$
> 300 000 residents spent
money in-world
Lindex Virtual Currency Exchange
almost 7 million US$ exchanged
http://ialja.blogspot.com
26. Real companies
in Second Life
Nissan Altima Island
http://ialja.blogspot.com
28. Harvard Law School
Many educational institutions already
have their virtual campuses
NMC Campus
Ohio University
http://ialja.blogspot.com
29. There are courses being taught
within Second Life on a
variety of subjects:
‣ programming,
‣ natural sciences,
‣ economics,
‣ law,
‣ foreign languages,
‣ literature,
‣ art, ...
Learning about cell structure within a 3D cell model
http://ialja.blogspot.com
30. Second Life residents can attend a number of
educational events:
(often free)
‣ conferences,
‣ lectures,
‣ discussions,
‣ interviews,
‣ book readings, ....
http://ialja.blogspot.com
46. Second Life is just
the tip of the iceberg
... and many more!
http://ialja.blogspot.com
47. By the end of 2011, 80 % of active Internet
users (and Fortune 500 enterprises) will have a
“second life”, but not necessarily in Second Life.
April 2007, Gartner Inc.
80 %
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49. The best way to learn
about virtual worlds
try one!
is to
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50. see you in-world!
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