City of Littleton
01 October 2008
Scott Brown

Agenda
 Introduction, agenda review and additions
 Debrief of getting set up in Second Life
 Research/case studies of virtual world usage
 Recruitment
 Games and engagement
 Collaboration
 Wonderland demo (9am)
 Break
 Social media at Sun & demo
 Recommendations and next steps, wrap-up

Debrief on getting set
up in Second Life

Name the CLO - Sun

Other virtual worlds
 There.com
 http://www.there.com
 Google Lively
 http://lively.google.com
 Forterra
 http://www.forterrainc.com
 Business-focused, collaboration capabilities, private
instances
 Cost associated with it
 Wonderland
 https://lg3d-wonderland.dev.java.net/
 Similar to Forterra, but open-source and free

Wonderland
 Virtual world project from Sun
 “Second Life for the enterprise”
 Addressing eco-responsibility
 Designed specifically for collaboration
- Can host your own world or intranet (SL just
announced this availability as well)
- Enterprise-grade
- Immersive audio built in as a core feature
- Live application integration (Firefox, OpenOffice)
- Entirely open source

SL example tour

Break

Social networking tools at Sun: a
rough evolution
 Blogs
 Wikis
 Facebook
 Twitter
 Second Life
 Sun Learning Exchange
 SunSpace

Recommendations
 At a minimum, continue tracking this
space
 Consider different levels of offerings:
 Informational
 Workshops: Introduction to virtual worlds
and/or Second Life specifically
 Second Life mentoring group for Littleton
businesses
 In-world assistance
 In-world presence

Resources: Recruiting examples
 Accenture Careers island in SL
 TMP Island in SL
 Missouri IT, Eduisland in SL
 Kelly Services HQ in SL
 Recruiting in Second Life blog
 http://recruit2ndlife.blogspot.com/

Resources: Virtual worlds
 Second Life News Network
 http://www.slnn.com
 Metaverse Messenger (M2)
 http://www.metaversemessenger.com
 Second Life mentors
 Search for Help Island(s)
 Wander around and find a mentor

Resources: Wonderland
 MPK20: Sun's Virtual Workplace
 http://research.sun.com/projects/mpk20/
 Project Wonderland
 http://lg3d-wonderland.dev.java.net/
 Project Darkstar (Sun’s gaming platform)
 http://projectdarkstar.com/

Resources: Builders, etc.
 Gronstedt Group (based in CO)
 http://www.gronstedtgroup.com
 World2Worlds
 http://www.world2worlds.com
 Clever Zebra
 http://cleverzebra.com

Resources: Sun social
networking tools
 Blogs.sun.com
 http://blogs.sun.com
 Wikis.sun.com
 http://wikis.sun.com
 Facebook
 Search Facebook for Sun Microsystems
groups
 Sun Learning Exchange
 http://slx.sun.com

Resources: Sun social
networking tools - Facebook
 Sun Microsystems OpenStorage
Community
○ http://www.new.facebook.com/groups.php?ref=sb#/group.php?gid=12774638036
 OpenSolaris
○ http://www.new.facebook.com/groups.php?ref=sb#/group.php?gid=2351276067
 Sun Microsystems Facebook Fridays
○ http://www.new.facebook.com/groups.php?ref=sb#/group.php?gid=6267111589
 Sun in Second Life
○ http://www.new.facebook.com/groups.php?ref=sb#/group.php?gid=9462899830
 Inclusion@Sun
○ http://www.new.facebook.com/groups.php?ref=sb#/group.php?gid=8619896126

Resources: Sun social
networking tools - Twitter
 Digital Libraries & Research
○ http://twitter.com/libraryresearch
 SunNews
○ https://twitter.com/SunNews
 SunBlogs
○ https://twitter.com/SunBlogs