Slide 1:AVATARS


Slide 2:Avatar Rights? Property rights Right to free speech Right to privacy Rule of ‘law’ and due process


Slide 3: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 Information Web 2.0 Participation Web 3.D Immersion Information Email MySpace YouTube Delicious Chat/SMS Second Life World of Warcraft Virtual Earth Voice/Video/Avatar Internet Users: Web 1.0 ? Web 2.0 ? Web 3.D


Slide 6:Presence…


Slide 7:Mr MEN Avatars?


Slide 8:Video


Slide 9:Exit Reality – 3D Web


Slide 10:Exit Reality – 3D Web


Slide 11:Exit Reality – 3D Web


Slide 12:300 Virtual Worlds for entertainment, communication, socialising, education, healing, and play. Video Clip


Slide 15:Source: YouTube or BlipTV Building a House Video Clips


Slide 16:Million Total Residents 15 Logged in last 2 months 1.6 30-60,000 at any one time Million US$ spent 24hrs 1.75 European users 54% USA users 31% Second Life – 15 million users Cyworld – 20 million users Habo Hotel – 78 million users:7m/month World of Warcraft – 10 million users Entropia Universe – 750,000 users ?China ? 150 million users ? $US1billion p.a. ? 10,000 jobs


Slide 17: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.


Slide 18:Leadership Picking a team Setting goals and targets Conflict resolution Multi-tasking Systems thinking Determination Team player


Slide 19:Mixed Reality Virtual Reality Physical Reality Augmented Virtual Reality Augmented Physical Reality Mouse Wii Second Life GPS HUD Wearable computers Reality Continuum?


Slide 20:Virtual Reality Physical Reality Augmented Virtual Reality Augmented Physical Reality 3D Scanner 3D Printer


Slide 21:Avatars New York Times Picture CC by Pathfinder Linden


Slide 22:Island Campus Tasmanian Polytechnic


Slide 28:by Hiro Sheridan


Slide 29:Avatars in Virtual Worlds Identity – Ethnicity - Refugees Presence – Personal & Social Immersion – A stage and a mirror – Emotional realism Engagement – Citizenship – Epistemic Learning Creativity – Collaborative innovation Transformation - Growth


Educational uses :Educational uses Source: Jo Kay


Slide 31:Video Clip International Conferences


Slide 36:Skoolaborate Congress Sydney, August 2008


Slide 37:www.alteredlearning.com Literacy Skills Numeracy Skills The Disaffected Learner


Slide 38:Set privacy levels Create social and professional spaces Think before you post Sharing and caring Identity and voice Creativity Global citizenship


Slide 39:WiseUpToIT.com.au CyberSmartKids.com.au Bullying via SMS Photoshop Movie clips IM MySpace / Facebook Virtual worlds Online games Digital Fingerprint Digital Well-Being