NMC Virtual Worlds Archive for August, 2008

50 Virtual Worlds in 7 Minutes

Aug 6, 2008 02:12pm
We all know there are places beyond Second Life... but did you imagine there were fifty active virtual world spaces? Gary Hayes, Director of the Laboratory for Advanced Media Production in Sydney, has just released his 2008 Metaverse Tour Video: The Social Virtual World’s A Stage : I am doing a commercial report and curriculum development on the evolving range of social virtual worlds and have recently ventured into fifty of them to review and sample the culture, creative, business and educational ... more...

Second Life Communication via iPhone

Aug 6, 2008 12:37pm
It's not exactly as the headlines bill "Second Life on your iPhone", but the AjaxLife client for Second Life- which allows chat, IM to and from your iDevice does now work, see the announcement: AjaxLife is now available for the iPhone and iPod touch! It’s currently about where AjaxLife itself was just over a year or so ago - you can chat to people, IM those on your friend list (online or offline this time ’round), and receive IMs from arbitrary ... more...

Open Content for Educators on Learning

Aug 5, 2008 08:16am
Already one of the most popular locations on the NMC Campus, Learning offers some of the finest open-source educational content in Second Life. While the NMC has several resource centers on campus devoted to free items to outfit the avatar and teaching tools, Learning is a full sim of learning spaces, orientation kits, major buildings, classroom, and much more. Learning is the a culmination of over a years worth of development by NMC Virtual Worlds and was built in ... more...