The document discusses the evolution and implications of virtual worlds, particularly focusing on Second Life and its relation to the concept of the metaverse. It covers various aspects such as legal foundations, economic exchanges, community interactions, and educational potential within virtual environments. Additionally, it highlights the importance of interoperability and innovation in enhancing user experiences in these online spaces.

1. Online Worlds And Second Life Towards The Metaverse University of Milan, Crema Campus Berkman Island, Harvard Law School, Second Life 16 january 2007 David Orban www.davidorban.com

2. What are we going to talk about? Definitions Creativity and programmability Economy and legal foundations Community and entertainment Education and learning Corporate presents Criticism of Second Life Other virtual worlds Discussion lindenlab.com

3. Definition of virtual world An environment simulated on a computer, often with a three-dimensional interface, inhabited by the users that can interact with it Second Life is a virtual world, connected with the real economy, where their creations of over 2 million residents become their own property en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_world, secondlife.com/whatis

4. Premise of the Metaverse Neal Stephenson, “Snow Crash”, 1992 Introduces the 'Metaverse', 'avatar' and other concepts of common online use today www.librarything.com/work/1000167

5. Stimulus from Creative Commons Lawrence Lessig Creative Commons Innovation in copyright Diverse media Code lessig.org

6. Creativity and programmability From the desert to the world of interaction A rich scripting language Free experimentation Solids modeling Calculation of the interactions

7. Legal and economic foundations Terms of service (TOS) Property rights Land lease Integrated economy Encouraging experimentation

8. Growth of Second Life secondlife.com/whatis/economy-graphs.php

9. Economic exchange volumes

10. Paying users (those who can lease land)

11. Community and entertainment Search and ranking Paid placement Where the Italians meet: i Parioli, Second Life. Virtual Italian Parks

12. Design effects Object programming Development of spaces and buildings Gestures and facial expressions Development of specific design skills

13. Education and learning Specific dedicated areas Free land for experimental courses Psychology Cognitive science Information science cogs.indiana.edu

14. Corporate presence IBM Reuters smh.com.au tweakers.net Sun Microsystems Sears

15. Virtual Italian Parks Consulting and development of spaces Programming 'I Parioli' Università Parioli e2blab.it/startup/vip.asp

16. Guided tours: Synthravels Travel agency Multiple virtual worlds Rating system synthravels.com

17. Political Governor speech Lobby groups Civil rights

18. Other online worlds Open Croquet Multiverse.net Metaverse Roadmap Areae When will there be a real interoperability?

19. Immersion with 3D interaction New navigational techniques Innovative peripherals Fragmentation and reunification of the interaction paradigms www.3dconnexion.com earth.google.com

20. Unmatchable visibility Media coverage Real risk of overexposure Focusing on marketing opportunities only Expectations bubble businessweek.com

21. False legal analogies The legal basis of the contract are unbalanced Not a negotiated constitution No guarantees Property Currency exchange Avatar identity blogs.law.harvard.edu/cyberseizure/feed/

22. The challenges of SL According to Hamlet Au, Second Life journalist Improvements to the interface Bitter involvement of the residents Transformation in proper citizenship with precise rights. nwn.blogs.com

23. New spirituality? Online churches Adaptation of the dogma Evolution of the practices Church of Doug

24. What are the new directions? “The girl with an error message in her eyes” What doesn't happen in the real world? interactions Human2human Bot2human Bot2bot warrenellis.com

25. The future fractal dimension Interoperability Interaction Contrast of creation/destruction Guarantee of a frontier and exploration

26. Possible application “An Inconvenient Truth” Al Gore Ecological modeling Interactive discussion of environmental policies Inworld learning theclimateproject.org, climatecrisis.net

27. Contatti David Orban 'Davidorban Agnon' [email_address] www.davidorban.com/blog www.davidorban.com/wiki On the wiki you can download the presentation and collaborate to deepen the themes expressed Video on: http://video.google.com

28. Sources, credits, and thanks Giovanni Degli Antoni Neal Stephenson Larry Lessig Mitch Kapor Università degli Studi di Milano Harvard Law School Virtual Italian Parks Synthravels Linden Labs Logitech New World Notes Wikipedia Google Church Of Doug Images: 'placbo', 'stevewall', 'crazykinux' Warren Ellis