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3D Virtual Worlds are NOT Dead, Dying or Disappearing

Kapp Notes

There are many reasons by I believe that virtual worlds are not dead, dying or disappearing. Classes in 3D Worlds and About 3D Worlds. Last night I had the pleasure of traveling to Randy Hinrich’s Virtual World Certificate Class for 2012 in their Winter Thinkfest. What a great event.

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2012 Federal Consortium for Virtual Worlds Conference Announcement and Dates

Kapp Notes

The 2012 Federal Consortium for Virtual Worlds Conference will be held May 16 (workshops) and May 17-18 (main conference program) at the National Defense University in Washington DC. Registration will be available in January through pay.gov.

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#DevLearn 2012: Kapp Presentation Resources

Kapp Notes

Walk a mile in digital shoes: The impact of embodied perspective-taking on the reduction of negative stereotyping in immersive virtual environments. See more research at the Stanford Virtual Human Interaction Lab. Virtual self-modeling: the effects of vicarious reinforcement and identification on exercise behaviors.

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Part 3 of Interview with Virtual Worlds 3D Pioneer Randy Hinrichs

Kapp Notes

Here is a link to his fascinating book about 3D virtual worlds that you should really check out. Kapp: What do you see as the obstacles to widespread adoption of virtual worlds for learning? They have been around for almost a decade in terms of 3D graphical virtual worlds but still, the overall adoption rate seems low.

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TechKnowledge 2012 Presentation Resources

Kapp Notes

Here are my slides from the TechKnowledge 2012 presentation “What Research Tells us about 3D Avatars, Storytelling and Serious games for Learning and Changing Behavior” plus videos and other links that go into more detail based on the topics I discussed. Kapp's ASTD TechKnowledge 2012 Presentation. & Kim, Y.

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Sixth Learning in 3D Class Summer 2012

Kapp Notes

The professor’s office in the 3D world of AvayaLive Engage. We also had a chance to tour the Designing Digitally virtual campus tour. So we had a great evening finishing with a discussion of the teaching and instructional design considerations of virtual 3D worlds. Not a bad office for me:).

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Second Summer 2012 Learning in 3D Class

Kapp Notes

Last night we visited several exciting venues in the virtual 3D world of VirtualU. It is the virtual world of Digitell, Inc. It was a great venue to see 3D virtual immersive environments in action. We started the tour in the Digitell World Convention Lobby Environment.

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