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An Introduction to Online Virtual Worlds Jeffrey Jacobson, Ph.D. Director, PublicVR http://publicvr.org. Ensemble Pavilion in the Digital Preserve Second Life Peter’s Social Media Class at School of Information Science University of Pittsburgh, USA. Second Life. 3D Environment web accessible. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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An Introduction to Online Virtual Worlds
Jeffrey Jacobson, Ph.D.Director, PublicVRhttp://publicvr.org
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Ensemble Pavilion in theDigital Preserve
Second Life
Peter’s Social Media Classat School of Information Science
University of Pittsburgh, USA
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Second Life
• 3D Environment web accessible.
• See this island.
• See the reader board.
• Shared by hundreds of thousands.
• Uses a very interesting network architecture, where multiple servers maintain the illusion of a contiguous space.
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Second Life 2
• See my Avatar
• The ancient art of puppeteering.
• Mirror neurons in the brain.
• Notions of social space carry over, perfectly.
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The Elastic Sense of the Self
This Old House Star Wars’ Queen Amidala
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Emotional Impactis Uniquely Informative
Bailenson 2008
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• We are animals capable of reason
• Affective Computing
• Cognitive Science does not do a good job of representing emotional processes in the brain.
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MUDDs
• The first online role playing.
• Most of it fantasy or Science Fiction based, because We require context to function.
• All text, text + still shots, etc.
• Still going strong, today. (free, easy, fun)
• Precursor to Myst & Everquest.
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MMORPGs
WOWAshen Empires
Star Warsetc. etc.
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MMORPGS
• Heavily Contextualized • Very profitable.• Lots of extra socializing, especially through
voice chat.• Guilds, friendships, marriages. My niece and
nephew. • World of Warcraft has over 50% of the
market. Sweatshops in China!
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World of Warcraft
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General Purpose OnlineVR
• Second Life is the only one left! (“There” just died.)
• Respectable in the press and scientific literature.
• Making money.
• Software platform is aging dangerously, an unavoidable problem.
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River City
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VR is Perfect for Training (1950’s +)
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Virtual Reality (Original Definition)
CLARTE 2007
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ImmersiveVR
Touch!Sound!
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Multisensory Perception is Uniquely Informative
Data & Emotion Waters 1980
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Left Brain, Right Brain, Hind-Brain
Bakdash 2006
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Augmented Reality
Kaufmann 2006
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Mobile Phone as Window
source is linked
Layar Inc.
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Fun New Interfaces
• 3D Televisions coming soon (shutterglass)
• Gestural interfaces
• Cheap projectors
• LIfe-Sized Gateway to Second Life!
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Media Convergence
• Social Media becoming more visual.
• Visual displays becoming larger and 3D
• All media becoming more interactive.
• Massive social changes resulting.
• Great opportunity and dislocation
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VR 2010
Waltham, MAMarch 20th – 26th
http://conferences.computer.org/vr/2010/