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09.08.08OpenSim Developers: They Don’t BiteThe open source community says that standards arise first from code. Without the code driving things, there are no policies, standards, identity systems, content protection, or ability to tag and flag grids for their level of privacy or whether they're G or X-rated or any of that stuff - it all starts from bytes, baby, and what brilliant little bytes they are. OK, so some context, because the geeks had their own table at the recent Virtual World conference in LA. Two tables in fact - one a booth in the exhibit hall, and the second a panel discussion ...
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09.06.08IBM and Business Collaboration in Virtual WorldsIBM presented a demo at the VW08 conference of integration between Sametime Instant Messaging, user authentication, and virtual meeting spaces. The following video shows it in action, and it's a very compelling demo of how virtual worlds and collaborative applications like LotusNotes will integrate. Virtual worlds not as destinations for collaborations, but as mini applications built within collaboration processes. Brilliant work.
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09.03.08Online Games (Should) Feed into Corporate SoftwareRecently, a kid in North Carolina named Blake Peebles dropped out of high school to become a professional Guitar Hero player. Sound short-sighted? Well, if you ask a few corporate consultants, it might not be such a bad move if Mr. Peebles is looking for a future at IBM. Well, perhaps Guitar Hero is a stretch: but there is a growing chorus of consultants and corporate employees out there who are touting the collaborative innovation of MMORPGs such as World of Warcraft as a massive suggestion box for big business collaboration, according to the MHT Journal. David Laux, a global executive at ...
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08.12.08Obesity Training in a Virtual WorldThe University of Houston (UH) has come up with a controversial way to teach people about treating obesity: have participants sit in front of a computer. Photo: Malingerer, Flickr Image via AP Metablog As part of the school's Obesity Research Center, UH is seeking 500 participants willing to use the school's obesity training module in Second Life according to Science Daily. "This is an excellent opportunity to learn and practice these new behaviors in a virtual environment and in real life," said Rebecca Lee, associate professor and director of TORC, in the Science Daily article. "It's also a great place to meet other avatars ...
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08.12.08Virtual Worlds Provide Another Model of the Future HospitalStudents in Arkansas spent the last few months developing a virtual hospital that showcases the technologies that will hopefully be present in future healthcare settings, according to Smart Economy. The hospital, called Razorback Hospital, was built on the University of Arkansas island in Second Life, an online 3D virtual world, and was built by students along with two UA professors. It was created also in tandem with the school's Computer Science and Computer Engineering department who built the project Web site. The students first consulted real life hospitals to see what needs existed, and then created the virtual one. The main goal ...
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08.07.08Palomar West : Hospital of the Future, Prototyped in Second LifeAs the Palomar Medical Center West facility heads towards its completion date of July 2011 on schedule, the San Diego Business Journal reports that its technological backbone will be state of the art. The facility, which already plans to break uncharted ground for a healthcare facility, is testing new technologies through the Palomar Pomerado Health district. Some of the technologies the 'hospital of the future' hopes to use include wireless patient monitoring and telepresence robots. As well, patients will, through the use of a large LCD screen, have more control over the goings-on in their hospital room. A patient will be ...
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07.25.08Sharing and Support in Virtual WorldsOne area that is quietly expanding in Second Life, albeit with its share of controversy, is support groups. Anonymity is the primary driver behind the rise in support groups, a few of which are run by organizations like the American Cancer Society but most being peer-run. Invisibility enables users - 'hiding' behind avatars - to pour our their hearts and share their experiences in a way not possible - or maybe just avoided - in real life. Both the SF Gate and CNN published recent reports exploring this trend, and the two articles offer interesting conclusions about both. The writer of the SF ...
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07.16.08“Clickable” Web Pages from within Second LifeBy way of the Metaverse Journal, a new product available on SLExchange allows residents of Second Life to browse Web sites in world using chat commands to navigate. HTML on a prim is one of those features of Second Life that is frequently promised but that has arrived in fits and starts. Virtual worlds and environments like Qwak and Project Wonderland are partly premised on the ability to access external content. In the case of Qwak at least, this content can range from Word documents to Web sites, and navigating this content is as simple as point and click. For Second Life, ...
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07.14.08Angel Learning and San Jose’s SLIS to Team UpAngel Learning will collaborate with San Jose State's School of Library and Information Sciences (SLIS) in Second Life, according to the WSJ's MarketWatch. SLIS has had an island in SL for over a year now. SLIS students and educators use the space to meet, develop 3D models, make presentations, and exchange ideas. Jeremy Kemp, assistant director of the SLIS Second Life Campus, will lead the project. He already runs the SL education wiki and simteach. Angel, a developer of enterprise course management software, will test the waters in SL to develop a 'drop box' for students to share work with faculty. The ...
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07.07.08Mitch Kapor’s Moving PiecesMitch Kapor closed out the SL5B birthday celebrations today to a packed sim breathlessly awaiting Philip's new hair, or at least details of how to be a disruptive platform and win a prize. I somehow picture this group out in California that gets together over vegetarian sushi and compares vitamin regimens, all of them hoping to hang on just long enough to witness the Singularity. Mitch is one of those folks who moves his chess pieces around the board, or around the boards - sitting on them, forming them, and acting as both a formal and informal mentor to the kids ...
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