Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Here is a little email intercept I received from an unnamed source (ok, it's from Snickers' Doodles in her post Linden Lab to announce Viewer 2 beta tomorrow which she received in-world from Pink Linden. link] Tom Hale, our Chief Product Officer will announce the availability of the next generation of Second Life viewers—Viewer 2 Beta.

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Kapp Notes

JULY 16, 2008

In my listing of Alternatives to Second Life , many packages were missed. MPK20:Sun's Virtual Workplace "Wonderland" The MPK20 virtual world is also known as Wonderland. For more information, you can read Sun unveils corporate 'Second Life'. InXpo InXpo has a virtual ASP show platform.

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Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Here is a companion post to two previous posts on the topic: Alternatives to Second Life Alternatives to Second Life Continued If you know of more, please feel free to add in the comments section. For educational users, Activeworlds launched The Active Worlds Educational Universe (AWEDU).

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Kapp Notes

MAY 20, 2008

Second Life and movies have had a history. In my post Second Life at the Movies , I discuss the possibility of a full-feature length movie being created in Second Life. Molotov Alva turns the virtual camera on his virtual self. Well it has finally happened as a documentary. don't answer that.)

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Kapp Notes

MARCH 4, 2010

Here is a press release about one big virtual world event where Tony and I will be speaking about Learning in 3D. The Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference (VWBPE) will feature more than 150 presentations and a keynote address by Mark Kingdon, the CEO of Linden Lab® creators of Second Life® (SL).

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Kapp Notes

APRIL 4, 2008

He let everyone know on his blog posting The i-web Singularity Redux that at Virtual Worlds III this week the announcement was made that Second Life has worked out a deal with IBM to move Second Life behind the IBM corporate firewall.

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Kapp Notes

JANUARY 28, 2009

One of the great things about what I do is getting to meet and work with really thoughtful and creative people and the other day, I got a chance to brainstorm with a group of great people on the topic of Virtual World Implementations. Tags: Second Life 3D worlds. It makes it more fun and more engaging.

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Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

The other day, I was speaking with virtual world learning expert Anders Gronstedt about teaching in a 3D virtual immersive environment. He has also published articles in Training , the Harvard Business Review and is often a frequent speaker at conferences and expositions. Virtual worlds is an empowering medium.

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Kapp Notes

DECEMBER 31, 2009

According to the BBC: Virtual goods such as weapons or digital bottles of champagne traded in the US could be worth up to $5bn in the next five years, experts predict. Additonally, "Virtual goods is the whole story in the world of social games. What could be the implication for enterprise-focused virtual immersive environments?

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Clark Quinn

JULY 31, 2009

In last night’s #lrnchat , the topic was virtual worlds (VWs). The first question to be addressed was whether virtual worlds had been over or underhyped. Everyone pretty much derided the presentation of powerpoints in Second Life, however (and rightly so!). It was a lively session, as always.

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Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 28, 2008

Another question about virtual worlds and learning. abstraction; synthesis; evaluation; experimentation; reflection) in a virtual world? Virtual worlds are ideal for placing a learner into a problem solving situation. Students standing outside of green building on MSIT island.

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Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 24, 2006

Basically Second Life is the Matrix , as in, “Wake Up Neo, the Matrix has you.” You can learn a little more by checking out my previous entry on the subject, Get a "Second Life." Second Life is a virtual world in which people can act, react and function as if they were in the actual physical world.

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Tony Karrer

MARCH 23, 2007

But Virtual Worlds should not be used to automate existing learning approaches and models: A virtual classroom with virtual students and a virtual PowerPoint deck is not the end-game for learning in VWs. Nonetheless, we encourage you to dip your toe in the virtual water.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 13, 2007

Monday, August 13, 2007 Second Life Backlash and Controversy The Second Life naysayers seems to be gaining ground lately. And Im not implying that Im a Second Life naysayer. A thoughtful post on one educators experience in Second Life (and a nice historical perspective). IT Security Risks 2.

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Kapp Notes

DECEMBER 17, 2006

Circuit City just announced that they are opening a store in Second Life in an article titled Circuit City Enters Second Life. The process was facilitated by IBM as discussed earlier in my post IBM Opens a Business Unit in Second Life. Here is as close as I could get to myself with the avatar.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 24, 2007

Friday, August 24, 2007 Building Community in Second Life: Renaissance Island As you know, Ive been trying to walk-the-talk and experiment a bit with Second Life, role my virtual sleeves up and see what all the fuss is about. Manish.there certainly is a lot of interest in Second Life and a lot of skepticism.

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Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Join us for the new season of Train for Success with a panel of virtual worlds thought leaders: • Karl Kapp, Professor at Bloomsburg University, consultant & author of “The Gamification of. Maria Korolov, editor of Hypergrid Business, president of Trombly International. The landscape of virtual worlds is changing.

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Firewalls Second Life Virtual World Streaming 129

Mark Oehlert

OCTOBER 22, 2008

How about "Second Life gets its suit on!"? "Hey, Its take your virtual world to work day!"? What we have are multiple channels ( Virtual World News , Massively ), including official ones from River Runs Red and Linden Lab , bringing us the news that Immersive Workspaces 2.0 has launched.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Photo by William White on unsplash Still other virtual clans are emerging from the cultures surrounding online leisure activities such as massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs), strategy games and transnational special interest groups that meet en masse, online.

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Kapp Notes

JUNE 10, 2010

First, it looks as though Linden Labs, the developers behind Second Life, may be downsizing their corporate efforts ( Second Life Enterprise Edition ). The story seems to have broken in a number of places, Virtual Worlds News reports that Linden Lab Lays Off 30 Perfect Of Staff. Interesting development.

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Kapp Notes

JANUARY 3, 2012

Virtual Worlds are Not Dead (although some are). Another virtual world has bitten the dust in 2011, Teleplace. I was curious one day when the blog for Teleplace was not up dated for months and gave a shout to Maria Korolov over at Hyergrid Business who then wrote an article about Teleplace shutting down.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 7, 2008

The corporate sector is exploring a whole new world. Which world? The virtual world. What is a virtual world? A virtual world is a computer-generated environment that more-or-less replicates the real world. Arguably the best known virtual world today is Second Life.

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Mark Oehlert

JULY 3, 2007

Forterra Systems OLIVE (On-Line Interactive Virtual Environment) platform was compared to Second Life and won three of the four application categories (best for Education,Enterprise, Training / Simulation), with Second Life winning forBrands/Marketing in votes by the audience. books futures Web 2.0

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Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 14, 2010

The planning for the meeting started some time ago and the innovative learning in 3D folks practiced what we preached and had our planning meetings in 3D virtual spaces. The topic of the night was “Unleasing the business value of 3D immersive environments for enterprise learning and collaboration.&# An interesting approach.

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ASTD Social Networks Virtual World Case Study 124

E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 24, 2008

Next, Westley moved on to virtual worlds , which the Horizon Report identified in 2007 as likely to achieve widespread adoption in the higher education sector within 2 to 3 years. Skoolaborate is a growing collaborative of high schools that use Second Life to teach students around the world. Emerging technologies.

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Second Life Virtual World IBM Director 100

Kapp Notes

JULY 8, 2009

We then discussed different kids focused simulations, simulated games and virtual worlds like: Simulations at Edheads. Disney's Hot Shot Business Club Penguin America's Army River City Project We then discussed some Second Life statistics to see how big that world has become.

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eLearning 24-7

MARCH 6, 2023

Netscape took the browser world by storm. You could have a presenter at one location, presenting, asking and answering questions, and being seen by others in real-time (with low to no latency), anywhere else in the world. Anyway, XR is combing the physical world with the virtual world, with a real-time experience.

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Big Dog, Little Dog

DECEMBER 8, 2008

Instead, the study found that students use a limited range of technologies for both formal and informal learning and that there is a "very low level of use and familiarity with collaborative knowledge creation tools such as wikis, virtual worlds, personal web publishing, and other emergent social technologies." People are busy.

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The Learning Circuits

NOVEMBER 20, 2006

Every week or so I hear about a company looking to Second Life as a teaching environment. First, I have to say that Second Life is a great Web 2.0/massively I respect the ability of people to make money in Second Life. I respect the ability of people to "hang" in Second Life.

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Kapp Notes

MAY 26, 2009

Here are some interesting examples of using virtual worlds for learning, manufacturing and business: In the manufacturing arena, the level of complexity of today’s assembly lines cannot be accomplished with two-dimensional visualization. The use of a 3D world can lead to significant savings.

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Kapp Notes

MAY 22, 2009

Here are some suggestions if your are implementing a virtual learning world or Highly Immersive Vitual Environment (HIVE). High Technology Comfort Level —You don’t want to provide initial access to virtual worlds to a group that is not comfortable with technology. This is especially true with virtual world technologies.

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Learning Technologies Technology Virtual World Second Life 150

Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 8, 2010

As you may know, Linden, on October 4th, announced a plan to raise prices for educational and non-profit users of Second Life and not a little increase, a whopping doubling of the previous discount. You will receive confirmation of receipt of your request within 1 business day. Tags: 3D worlds industry.

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Mark Oehlert

JULY 3, 2007

e-Clippings (Learning As Art) Home Archives Subscribe About My Social Networks « "1st Virtual World Shootout.Forterras OLIVE Platform Smokes Second Life" (Ambient Connections) | Main | TED Videos - Watch em all!! T2 Subscribe to e-Clippings (a division of blogoehlert) gapingvoid Understanding Comics Quoth he.

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Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 4, 2008

Immersive Learning includes the concepts of games, online Simulations and Virtual Learning Worlds. There is still going to be a steep learning curve for virtual worlds. A survey study by SRI indicated that 58% of the respondents has a strong interest in how virtual world technologies can be deployed in the workplace.

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Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

Bart Pursel of Virtual Learning Worlds and an alumni of our program presented on Virtual Worlds. He defined a Virtual World as a computer-based environment intended for users to inhabit and interact via avatars in a 3D represented world. For example an island is analogous to a server.

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Kapp Notes

MARCH 5, 2008

There is a Second Life factory called the Double Happiness Jeans factory. In fact, the entire plant exists only in Second Life and has no physical assets or inventory. The only place the factory exists is in a virtual, three-dimensional world known as Second Life. In the future this.

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Mark Oehlert

FEBRUARY 27, 2008

Katie Salen) | Main | The Invention of Good Games:Understanding Learning Design in Commercial Video Games (Katrin Becker thesis) » February 27, 2008 Worlds for Study: Invitation - Virtual Worlds for Studying Real-World Business (and Law, and Politics, and Sociology, and.) (by books futures Web 2.0

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