Here is a USA Today article on artificial intelligence in Second Life. Based on a project I'm currently involved in, this has proven to be a bit challenging (and limiting), but as the article points out, Second Life offers some great advantages for advancing AI: Inexpensive platform for testing Focusing on the code/algorithms/etc. without figuring out the robotics Lots of user input Ability to accomplish virtual (put realistic) ...

With much talk and hype about Second Life and the benefits that it can have for creating interactive learning environment, why might begin to wonder where the examples of using Second Life are. For an excellent use case of Second Life, I would refer readers to Dr. Karl Kapp's recent blogs over the summer about a class that he conducted entirely in Second Life (and also integrated some Web 2.0 technologies). Throughout the summer, he offered excellent tips and trials of conducting the class. For those who think that Dr. Kapp may be over-hyping a game (of for those who see games as a ...

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Here is an article about how CNN recently opened a i-Report (user generated news reporting) location in Second Life. Many are familiar with the i-Report concept in the real world, and the SL i-Report will function in much the same way in Second Life. Residents will be able to share events that are happening around the world. It will be interesting to see how this presence works (i.e. Will residents care about events that have happened in the past? Will there be news worthy events or will it turn into a subtle form of marketing for increasing traffic flow at a certain location?

As I was writing my dissertation, I came across an interesting article by Rabbit, Banerji, and Szymanski (citation below). They noted that: People who discover that they are adept at learning new video-games will tend to play them more often; but not all potentially adept learners may discover, or necessarily enjoy, their latent ability (p.252). Obviously, not everyone enjoys playing video games. Has anyone come across individuals like this when they were trying to implement an educational game? Also, there has been a lot of talk about Second Life being the next version of the Internet.

William Sims Bainbridge wrote an article recently for Science on the new potential that virtual worlds hold for scientific research. Specifically, he looks at the research potential that Second Life and World of Warcraft have in the fields of social, behavioral, and economic sciences . He notes that the two virtual worlds hold different opportunities for research: Second Life is especially well designed to mount formal experiments in social psychology or cognitive science, because the researcher can construct a facility comparable to a real-world laboratory and recruit ...

I was playing catch-up on some of my workload given the 4th of July extended week I took and my upcoming trip to the Outer Banks. Unlike my colleague Dr. Kapp who virtually visited the beach in Second Life , I will actually be visiting the beach :-) Anyway, as I was reviewing one document, I was reflecting on ASTD's Human Performance Improvement Model, and I realized how little "we" (the collective learning industry) has failed to tie solutions back to business results. I know it is being done in some cases, but I have not seen the emphasis that is needed on business results. As the ...

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I attended the Federal Consortium on Virtual Worlds at the National Defense University on Friday. This was the "first annual" event put on by IRMC, and overall, it was a success. It sparked a lot of great conversations in real world. It was also broadcast in Second Life...I was looking for some of the folks I know in Second Life, but didn't see anyone I recognized. Here's a rundown of the talks: Dr. Childs (Director of IRMC) started off the consortium borrowing the ... second was a Virtual Worlds Panel with representatives from Forterra, Active Worlds, and National Guard. The second ...

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