IET Mountbatten Lecture 2007 - Roo Reynolds

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+ Roo Reynolds 3 years ago
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Walking the Digital Dog: Work, Learn and Play in Virtual Worlds

Roo Reynolds - Metaverse Evangelist, IBM

The IET, Savoy Place, London. Thursday 9th November 2007
+ Roo Reynolds 3 years ago
Roo Reynolds, Metaverse Evangelist, IBM

(http://rooreynolds.com/)
+ Roo Reynolds 3 years ago
“Metaverse”?

Well, Neal Stephenson wrote ‘Snow Crash’ in 1992. In it, he predicts virtual worlds (think William Gibson’s “cyberspace”).

“As Hiro approaches the Street, he sees two young couples … He is not seeing real people, of course. This is all a part of the moving illustration drawn by his computer according to specifications coming down the fiber-optic cable. The people are pieces of software called avatars. They are the audiovisual bodies that people use to communicate with each other in the Metaverse. Hiro’s avatar is now on the Street, too, and if the couples coming off the monorail look over in his direction, they can see him, just as he’s seeing them. They could strike up a conversation … each with their own laptop. But they probably won’t talk to each other, any more than they would in Reality.”
+ Roo Reynolds 3 years ago
Today I want to talk about using virtual worlds to…
+ Roo Reynolds 3 years ago
http://www.flickr.com/photos/extranoise/158135547/

…work…

(and build working relationships)
+ Roo Reynolds 3 years ago
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…learn…

(and rehearse, and practice for real world situations in a low-risk environment)
+ Roo Reynolds 3 years ago
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…and play.
+ Roo Reynolds 3 years ago
Before I do, let’s just think about YouTube for a few moments.

Look at what’s happening here on YouTube, it’s full of people sharing stuff they’ve made, as well as real world media companies using it as a means of reaching people. The BBC are very good at sharing short clips of content on YouTube. It makes sense, since that’s where people are already hanging out and consuming media in massive numbers.
+ Roo Reynolds 3 years ago
http://flickr.com/photos/shawdm/820926627/

In fact, the whole web has become largely about User Generated Content. People want to share content. They are the creators too.

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