Second Life @ IST

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Second Life _at_ IST
B. Pursel
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Welcome to Second Life

• Virtual World
• Avatar Driven
• Is it a game?

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What Goes on in SL?

• Socializing
• Building
• Games
• Business
• Advertising
• Education and training
• The list goes on...

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Examples

• Dell
• Custom Build
• Walk-through
• Tutorials
• Advertising

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Dell Schematics
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Examples

• IBM
• Big money
• EBM
• Interface research
• Meetings
• Traing
• Recruitment

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IBM Schematics
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Examples

• NOAA
• Glaciers
• Hurricanes
• Tsunamis

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NOAA Glacier
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NOAA Glacier
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Examples

• Harvard
• Online Class
• Guest Speakers

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Harvard Theater
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Examples

• Politicians
• QA
• Campaigns

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Clinton
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Edwards
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Obama
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Why do we care?

• Employment
• The hype machine
• Entrepreneur
• IST has invested

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Istania

• Say what?

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Early Plans

• Tutorial space
• Library of online resources and content sharing
• sidev.ist.psu.edu/secondlife
• Island layout
• Gerrys courses
• Welcome Center
• Training workshops
• Student-driven content creation and scripting
• Alumni Community

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Realities of using SL

• Learning curve
• Hardware requirements
• Mature content

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• Questions?