Comments on: 3-D Virtual Worlds… Life after Second Life http://libraryrevolution.com/2007/06/04/3-d-virtual-worlds-life-after-second-life/ The Library Status Quo Must Go! Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:58:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Laurie http://libraryrevolution.com/2007/06/04/3-d-virtual-worlds-life-after-second-life/#comment-209 Laurie Tue, 05 Jun 2007 04:12:49 +0000 http://libraryrevolution.com/2007/06/04/3-d-virtual-worlds-life-after-second-life/#comment-209 Thanks for sharing this, it was very interesting. About a month ago I decided I was going to figure out what second life was all about at a deeper level (more time) than I'd spent there before. So I went in, bought some Linden dollars, and started shopping...frankly, I had to have an Avatar that I liked and slightly resembles what I actually look like. About 10 hours of shopping later (my husband thought I'd lost my mind going online to shop for clothes for my avatar) and exploring, I got kinda bored. It didn't help that second life seems to have some glitches and kicked me out numerous times. So, for me, it wasn't all that exciting -- however, after messing around with it I was thinking it would be great if librarians could have avatars that look like themselves and we could all instantly meet in our own virtual worlds for training or conferences. So, it was cool to see how companies are using the 3-D world for training. I'm wondering if I did a conference presentation in a 3-D virtual environment, would it count as scholarship toward my tenure? ;) Thanks for sharing this, it was very interesting. About a month ago I decided I was going to figure out what second life was all about at a deeper level (more time) than I’d spent there before. So I went in, bought some Linden dollars, and started shopping…frankly, I had to have an Avatar that I liked and slightly resembles what I actually look like. About 10 hours of shopping later (my husband thought I’d lost my mind going online to shop for clothes for my avatar) and exploring, I got kinda bored. It didn’t help that second life seems to have some glitches and kicked me out numerous times.

So, for me, it wasn’t all that exciting — however, after messing around with it I was thinking it would be great if librarians could have avatars that look like themselves and we could all instantly meet in our own virtual worlds for training or conferences. So, it was cool to see how companies are using the 3-D world for training. I’m wondering if I did a conference presentation in a 3-D virtual environment, would it count as scholarship toward my tenure? ;)

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