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Second Life is a 3D virtual world launched in 2003 that is built and owned by its residents. It differs from games in that there are no set goals or rules. Over 11 million users have accounts and around 25,000-50,000 residents are online at once. Educational institutions and businesses use it for collaboration, exploration, and interaction in a virtual space. Technical requirements include a high-speed internet connection and capable computer hardware. Many virtual worlds now exist for different age groups and purposes.
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- 1. Second Life AJ Kelton Director CHSS Technology Services Unit College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Montclair State University
- 2. What do you already know about Second Life? Why talk about Second Life?
- 3. What is Second Life? Officially Launched in 2003 (beta in 1999) “ Second Life is a 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents.” A flexible space for learning and exploration An opportunity for people to interact in a way that conveys a sense of presence lacking in other media. Generalized rather than contextual, applicable to almost any discipline, business, industry, etc...
- 4. What is Second Life? Second life is NOT a game - there are no rules or a fixed goal-oriented purpose. 15-20K sign ups daily - over 11 million total 25 - 50K residents on at one time (2000 census puts Chester, PA at 36,854) over $1 million spent daily (real US dollars) Well over 200 educational institutions Over 250 “sims” dedicated to education
- 5. Technical Requirements Highest speed connection (no dial up) Best Graphics Card (specific) Windows 2000 / Mac OS X 10.3.9 800MHz Pentium III / 1 GHz G4 512 MB RAM
- 6. A Universe of Virtual Worlds Platforms Adult - 22 Teen /Tween - 18 “ Kids” - 15 55 virtual platforms - 80.8 million users
- 7. Show me the money “ We don't see any slowing in the market adoption of virtual worlds technologies and expect investment in the space to continue. In fact the market is growing significantly, with the rate of adoption of virtual worlds increasing as the technology matures and has more to offer both consumers and enterprise customers.” Christopher Sherman, Executive Director of Virtual Worlds Management
- 21. The CHSS Pilot Project
- 23. Walk into a story
- 30. Challenges
- 31. Business
- 32. Collaboration
- 33. Genome Island
- 34. NOAA
- 35. Spaceport Alpha and Delta
- 38. DANTE’S INFERNO
- 39. The Lost Gardens of Apollo
- 40. San Francesco Assisi
- 41. InfoIsland
- 42. Princeton
- 43. The Sistine Chapel Vassar
- 45. Vassar Island
- 50. Kelly Services Preparation for tomorrow - learn now Recruiting - new market for candidates (700,000 jobs each year) Brand Awareness Social Network - build relationships Integration - help existing customers enter the virtual environment channel Dave Fenech (SL: Holligan Dollinger) Sr. Director of eBusiness
- 51. So What? What does this mean, or how does it apply to you?
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