A presentation given to DTIC on December 15, 2010 highlighting the findings of their virtual worlds vision paper, looking at some of their potential use cases, and offering suggestions to potential technology platforms.

1. Virtual Worlds Overview DTIC Presentation Eric Hackathorn 12/15/2010

2. What are virtual worlds? … and creating scalable branded experiences. Taking flagship organizational assets…

7. Your mission is to prevent an old spill brought on by Hurricane Rina in 2017. You must work anonymously - this time period cannot know of interference from the future. You will act as a member of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and need to arrive at the oil rig as soon as possible after the hurricane hits to limit the damage.

8. ReGenesis Demonstration

10. A Look at DTIC’s Customers

11. Helen Q. Sherman, 2008 DTIC Registered Users DTIC Stakeholders

13. How Can all this Benefit DTIC?

14. DTIC Use Cases Advancements to search capabilities (DTIC Online) Data visualization Procurement design contests (DefenseSolutions.gov) “ Ask a Librarian” Integrated customer interface Document management process Science fairs Collaborative design & development Recruiting & onboarding Learning & development Remote facility management Meetings & conferences

16. DTIC’s Document Network

17. Advancements in Recruitment

18. Advancements in Research

19. Imagine a vast virtual work area….

20. Populated with millions of data objects…

21. Analyzed by thousands of people…

23. “ We are presenting a problem without specifying a solution.” – Christopher Thomas

24. http://fvwc.army.mil/

25. Advancements in Science

26. “ The integration of human visual problem-solving and strategy development capabilities with traditional computational algorithms through interactive multiplayer games is a powerful new approach to solving computationally-limited scientific problems.”

27. How can DTIC get Involved?

28. What is vGov?

29. vGov Highlights

31. GovGrid/OpenSim Highlights

32. DTIC Recommendations

33. DTIC Roadmap

34. Actions Action Advantages Disadvantages No Action Allows focus on other priorities Loses technological edge and customers go elsewhere for service Implement an unfunded policy framework Provides leadership and direction for projects by creating minimum standards Unfunded mandates and lack of organizational capacity Leverage a public virtual world A minimal cost approach that creates a face for DTIC in a new public setting Potential lack of security controls and lack of access from the desktop Host an internal private virtual world Cost could be largely wrapped up in current IT overhead requirements Additional staff training and security documentation Leverage vGov A trusted source solution leveraging strong authentication and security Intended for internal use only and likely expensive

35. Organizational Hierarchy

36. Operations Group Responsibility Development Team The Development Team would be staffed and managed through a yet-to-be identified contractor and would be responsible for executing the technical elements of DTIC’s VW activities. Content Management Team The Content Management team would be staffed by communications, education, and scientific staff and would be responsible for the day-to-day management of the interactions and content on DTIC’s VW sites. Advisory Board The Advisory Board will determine the amount of annual funding needed for VW projects and sign off on any new development projects. Project Management Team The Project Management Team would provide the day-to-day management and coordination between the other teams and within the organization.

37. DTIC Timeline

40. http://noaagames.org/

41. Questions? Eric Hackathorn [email_address]