Wagner James Au / New World Notes
Author, strategist, virtual world reporter
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Category: Education in SL
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Grateful for this book review by veteran virtual world educator Valerie Hill, who pinpoints some themes I've been most hoping that readers catch: Surprisingly, Au holds the view that interoperability (which has been talked about for years as being essential to the real metaverse) may not be necessary! He argues that it is the communities within virtual…
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UPDATE, May 20: Bumped up post for the weekend launch. Teleport to the welcome sim here. SLurls to the Eduverse sims up now are: Science Circle: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Science%20Circle/72/129/30 Virtech: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Virtech/127/126/31 Community Virtual Library: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cookie/201/212/21 Mayo Clinic: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Mayo%20Clinic/121/170/34 Whole Brain Health: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Inspiration%20Island/82/100/23 University of New Mexico (at Rockcliffe): http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Rockcliffe%20Village/48/42/23 In the first flush of general interest in…
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The legendary Caltech University launched a virtual world campus in Second Life last year during the pandemic, and is now offering Virtech to academics worldwide who are interested in a free venue/hosting space for their research projects and educational events. “As the academic year ended, and as the pandemic restrictions end, we are transitioning to…
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While many of us have talked about how the addition of offline mesh transformed Second Life into a consumer-focused world, educator Joe "Iggy" Essid offered this comment on how it hurt virtual world teaching projects like his: I recall when Mesh arrived. Most of us in the .edu sector had already left, but I thought…
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Caltech is among the very best universities in the world, famous for being the home of Richard Feynman and other science legends. (And perhaps even more famously, for being the setting for Big Bang.) Now it's helping drive a rebirth in educational uses for virtual worlds with Virtech: Virtech is an interactive, social, and private space…
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Here's a fun short survey for SL users for a study on virtual cultures during the COVID-19 pandemic. (One of the questions above.) The study is led by my pal Tom Boellstorff of UC Irvine, who's easily among the most preeminent academics with a focus on virtual worlds. (He's the author of Coming of Age…
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Gargoyle presents his chair design to students and instructors Industrial designer Robb Godshaw was recently set to co-teach a class in rapid prototyping at San Francisco State University, when a somewhat inconvenient global pandemic broke out. As originally planned, students would first learn how to use CAD software, and then learn how to use to…
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Loading… The developers of Breakroom, the new 3D social hub for remote teams from virtual world company Sinespace (a sponsoring media partner to New World Notes), are starting to hold live demos to companies and organizations interested in using the platform for classes, meetings, events and other online group activities. Brearkroom’s lead developer is Adam…
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