Second Life Welcome to the Metaverse. Ina O‘ Murchu www.inao.blogspot.com Feb 22 nd 2007

Welcome! Tonight’s talk is broken down in to the following Sections The Metaverse Second Life -Education in Second life. -Business in Second Life -Some Second Life stories.

Tonight’s talk is broken down in to the following Sections

The Metaverse

Second Life

-Education in Second life.

-Business in Second Life

-Some Second Life stories.

The Metaverse “ a user defined world of general use in which people can interact, play, do business and otherwise communicate ”

“ a user defined world of general use in which people can interact, play, do business and otherwise communicate ”

Social networks-a Social Web!

Social networks

Interactive Design

What is Second Life? An online virtual world provided by Linden Lab Founded by Philip Rosedale former Real networks CTO Beta version made available in 2003 Teen Second Life was developed in 2005 (13-17 year olds) Promotes the use of open standard technologies (Apache, Squid)

An online virtual world provided by Linden Lab

Founded by Philip Rosedale former Real networks CTO

Beta version made available in 2003

Teen Second Life was developed in 2005 (13-17 year olds)

Promotes the use of open standard technologies (Apache, Squid)

Movie

Avatars!

Second Life Demo

Education in Second Life E-learning Collaboration Training Knowledge

E-learning

Collaboration

Training

Knowledge

Educators in Second Life SLED Wiki

SLED

Wiki

Institutions in Second Life

Education of the future?

Business and Second Life Meet Avatar Anshe Chung Second Life's “Land Baroness” Doing virtual business!

Meet Avatar Anshe Chung

Second Life's “Land Baroness”

Doing virtual business!

Business in Second Life

The Second Life backlash A Second Bubble? The true numbers of members? Are there really two million plus members?

A Second Bubble?

The true numbers of members?

Are there really two million plus members?

Upsides of Second Life Members have surpassed 2.3 million since Jan1 07 Usage has grown rapidly Users can create their own content Its here to stay 1.5 million people have taken time to download the client

Members have surpassed 2.3 million since Jan1 07

Usage has grown rapidly

Users can create their own content

Its here to stay

1.5 million people have taken time to download the client

Second Life-A bandwagon? “ If you see a bandwagon, it's too late.” James Goldsmith (French Businessman, Publisher and Politician )

“ If you see a bandwagon, it's too late.”

James Goldsmith

(French Businessman, Publisher and Politician )

“ … in an information-rich world the wealth of information means a dearth of something else: a scarcity of whatever it is that information consumes. What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention” Herbert Simon Winner Nobel Prize in Economics 1978

Thank You!