Real Opportunities in Virtual Worlds Pauline Woolley aka Saffia Widdershins

Pauline and Saffia Pauline is a fifty-one year-old virtual world consultant of a certain size Saffia is a media executive who exists only in virtual worlds Saffia gets the looks and the glamour Saffia gets the Google hits too Pauline does the work!

Pauline is a fifty-one year-old virtual world consultant of a certain size

Saffia is a media executive who exists only in virtual worlds

Saffia gets the looks and the glamour

Saffia gets the Google hits too

Pauline does the work!

What are virtual worlds? 3-D Environments Persistent Massively Multi User Resident Built and Textured Resident Scripted and Animated Resident Owned

3-D Environments

Persistent

Massively Multi User

Resident Built and Textured

Resident Scripted and Animated

Resident Owned

Why should we be interested? Opportunities for: Fund-raising Awareness-raising Development projects Communication Training

Opportunities for:

Fund-raising

Awareness-raising

Development projects

Communication

Training

Why should we be interested? Web-based system that allows: Group Chat and Instant Messaging 1-2-1 Streaming audio and video content Video Conference potential 3d modelling in easy format All for no charge to individuals Not-for-profits can create a presence for about £80 per month

Web-based system that allows:

Group Chat and Instant Messaging 1-2-1

Streaming audio and video content

Video Conference potential

3d modelling in easy format

All for no charge to individuals

Not-for-profits can create a presence for about £80 per month

Fundraising Internal fund-raising in Second Life: Relay for Life: Prim Perfect launch Fund-raising in Second Life linked with real life: St.Jude’s Hospital

Internal fund-raising in Second Life: Relay for Life: Prim Perfect launch

Fund-raising in Second Life linked with real life: St.Jude’s Hospital

Awareness-raising Possibilities exist to create information points and interactive exhibitions in world – and more – such as Camp Darfur Events can become a focus for awareness-raising – a recent example has been International AIDS Day

Possibilities exist to create information points and interactive exhibitions in world – and more – such as Camp Darfur

Events can become a focus for awareness-raising – a recent example has been International AIDS Day

Communication Virtual Worlds can bring people together Without the need for expensive software Without the need for complicated packages to learn Giving them physical entities to interact with

Virtual Worlds can bring people together

Without the need for expensive software

Without the need for complicated packages to learn

Giving them physical entities to interact with

Training Excellent in-world training opportunities Many universities exploring the possibilities of SL Wide range of web tools available within Second Life

Excellent in-world training opportunities

Many universities exploring the possibilities of SL

Wide range of web tools available within Second Life

Second Life v. Open Source Second Life already established and populated Technology established and tested Communities and support already in place

Second Life already established and populated

Technology established and tested

Communities and support already in place

Second Life v. Open Source Offers a greater opportunity for individual development At the moment, largely untried and untested A number of key issues still to be determined But it is the future ...

Offers a greater opportunity for individual development

At the moment, largely untried and untested

A number of key issues still to be determined

But it is the future ...

Some Useful Addresses Second Life: secondlife.com/ Mal Burns, Metaverse commentator: Mal has an invaluable twitterfeed of information about virtual worlds: twitter.com/malburns Calaméo : http ://en.calameo.com / - the web book format. Hosts many Second Life amenities.

Second Life: secondlife.com/

Mal Burns, Metaverse commentator: Mal has an invaluable twitterfeed of information about virtual worlds: twitter.com/malburns

Calaméo : http ://en.calameo.com / - the web book format. Hosts many Second Life amenities.

Contact Details Pauline Woolley Virtual Worlds Consultant Oxmust 28 Wolsey Road, Oxford, OX2 7SZ Tel: +44(0)1865 512286 Email [email_address] Web: www.oxmust.co.uk Facebook: Pauline Woolley LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/paulinewoolley Saffia Widdershins CEO Prim Perfect Publications Email: [email_address] Web-sites: www.primperfect.net & slcn.tv/programs/meta-makeover Blogs: primperfectblog.wordpress.com/ & metamakeover.wordpress.com/ Twitter: twitter.com/PrimPerfect Plurk: www.plurk.com/primperfect Calaméo : http:// en.calameo.com/accounts/4234

Pauline Woolley Virtual Worlds Consultant Oxmust 28 Wolsey Road, Oxford, OX2 7SZ Tel: +44(0)1865 512286 Email [email_address] Web: www.oxmust.co.uk Facebook: Pauline Woolley LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/paulinewoolley

Saffia Widdershins CEO Prim Perfect Publications Email: [email_address] Web-sites: www.primperfect.net & slcn.tv/programs/meta-makeover Blogs: primperfectblog.wordpress.com/ & metamakeover.wordpress.com/ Twitter: twitter.com/PrimPerfect Plurk: www.plurk.com/primperfect Calaméo : http:// en.calameo.com/accounts/4234