Virtual worlds
What are the significance of virtual words?
A growing number of universities including Harvard, Stanford, USC, Columbia and many others are exploring the use of virtual worlds such as Second Life as a means for delivering educational programs.
I am a bit facinated by Second Life actually. It is also increasingly used for live streaming of gigs - BBC Radio 1 in the UK rented a "virtual island" in second life where they set up a night club with a massive screen in it where they broadcasted a real live event to all the avatars in the nightclub. There were also "celebrity avatars" and avatars of the radio dj's
in the virtual crowd. Read more here
Reuters has announced they're opening a news bureau in the simulation game Second Life this week, joining a race by corporate name brands to take part in the hottest virtual world on the Internet.
Read story here
This again raises the philosophical question of Man + Machine: Where are the boundaries now? How much of our time do we spend connected to a device? How long will it take before devices become attached to our
bodies to unable 100% connectedness. Will business deals happen more and more online?
What about arts? The other day I read about the worlds first internet only band. They have never met but jam together online. Here's the You Tube link to their videos. The band have never met and do not know eachother's names....
Another funny spin on the world of the future here (after loading, click to play).
Ingjerd
(Thanks to Paul McManus for input into the discussion!)
posted by Ingjerd @ 4:29 pm
3 Comments:
Virtual worlds are here to stay whether you like them or not. So in my opinion, if you don't like the idea...get over it!
Over 80 colleges and universities (myself included) are now bulding a presence in Second Life and this number grows by the day. Corporations are starting to devleop their "virual" buiness stragtegies, much like they developed e-commerce strategies 10 years ago.
As I see it, as indivduals, we have 3 choices related to this penomenon: 10 Lead, 2) Follow, or 3) Get out of the way! I;ve chosen option #1.
Anyone interstd in exploring virtual worlds should look inot Scond Life (www.secondlife.com) If you; dbe interstedin meeting in-wrold just let me know and we can set a meeting.
Potiac Press release oct 31, 2006
Pontiac's Road Map Leads to Second Life's Virtual Community
http://promomagazine.com/interactivemarketing/news/pontiac_virtual_community_103006/
Here are a couple of articles on the SL economy:
http://secondlife.reuters.com/stories/2006/10/15/greenspanning-sl-linden-keeps-the-economy-humming/
http://www.thestreet.com/_tscs/newsanalysis/second-life/10318938.html
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