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Introduction to virtual worlds for Interactive media class

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Slide1: Second Lives Text 100 Promo


Slide2: Fetscherin. M. (June 2007) User Acceptance of Virtual Worlds 10 million 100 million 1 billion Number of Users 1995 2000 2005 2010 Web 1.0 Web 2.0 Web 3.D Websites Text Flash Blogs RSS Wikis Podcasts Virtual Worlds Avatars Serious Games Social Computing Internet Users: Web 1.0  Web 2.0  Web 3.D


Slide3: Eldora – Second Life Video clip


Slide5: Source: YouTube or BlipTV Building a House


Slide7: Million Total Residents 7.5 Logged in last 2 months 1.6 Logged in last month 1.0 Logged in last week 0.4 Million US$ spent 24hrs 1.75 LindX exchanged 24hrs 0.24 Transactions per month 12.2 Linden$ in world 2,600 Second Life – 7.5 million users Cyworld – 20 million users Habo Hotel – 7 million users World of Warcraft – 8 million users EverQuest – 2.2 million characters Entropia Universe – 600,000 users


Slide8: Stephen Gillett was applying for a senior management position. He was a strong contender among many. But he had one additional qualification which got him the job… He was one of the top guild masters in WoW. 8 million players


Slide9: Leadership Picking a team Setting goals and targets Conflict resolution Multi-tasking Systems thinking Determination Team player 8 million players


Slide10: Sweden’s Virtual Embassy Reuters in Second Life Australian Open in Second Life


Slide11: Mixed Reality Virtual Reality Physical Reality Augmented Virtual Reality Augmented Physical Reality Mouse Wii Second Life GPS HUD Wearable computers Reality Continuum?


Slide12: Virtual Reality Physical Reality Augmented Virtual Reality Augmented Physical Reality 3D Scanner 3D Printer


Slide13: Avatars New York Times Picture CC by Pathfinder Linden


Slide18: Designing Worlds HC in 1352AD Designing 3D worlds Building characters Writing script Story telling


Slide21: Video Clip Photo Story International Conferences


Slide25: Avatars New York Times