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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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Happenings in the Corporate Virtual World Space

Kapp Notes

Here are some emerging events happening in the corporate virtual immersive environment (VIE) space. Forterra System's OLIVE integrates virtual meetings into web based intranets, extranets or portals, and can assure a user's identity based on authentication systems like LDAP. Also, Activeworlds turned 15 this year!

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Fourth Summer 2011 Learning in 3D class

Kapp Notes

Andrew provided a great tour of all the wonderful features of the software, including the ability to play games within the virtual world, the ability to easily follow another avatar, the VOIP features and the ability to use the virtual world without having a thin client download.

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Training: A Primer For Hosting Live, Online (Virtual) Classes

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

.   The scenario above is the perfect combination of circumstances that makes virtual training rooms ideal: employees who are spread across the country (or the world), limited travel budgets, and inadequate meeting spaces/training rooms. These days, the technology you need to begin hosting virtual sessions is minimal.

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Five Tips on 3D eLearning and Training Courtesy of VenueGen

Kapp Notes

Here are 5 Tips On 3D eLearning and Training sent to me to share with my readers from the 3D virtual world vendor VenueGen. It's important to provide attendees with basic steps on how to login to your meeting and how to move around in the world they are using. I think they make sense, let me know what you think.

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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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Zoom is a beautiful thing; virtual labs are gorgeous. So reach out and touch someone.

Cloudshare

I’m approaching the point in the article where some might expect me to explain why Zoom doesn’t fulfill the same purpose as our platform, which is a cloud-based solution for conducting virtual labs. It’s late March 2020 and responsible citizens around the world are heeding the advice of scientists to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

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