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I started the Hypergrid Adventurers Club because I think the development of Hypergrid-enabled interconnectivity between Opensim grids is a beautiful and fascinating evolution. And in my experience, if you want to help cultivate growth and innovative [...]
Posted by Pathfinder Lester • 13 days ago • View comments
The Department of Computer and Information Science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway is hosting a seminar this week on “Virtual Worlds & Educational Technologies.” The seminar will be held on Wednesd [...]
Posted by Pathfinder Lester • 32 days ago • View comments
Yesterday, the Hypergrid Adventurers Club visited OSGrid to explore Devokan Tao, the central hub of a collection of regions called Devokan Trust. The entire area is inspired by Myst and Uru. About 10 of us made the journey across four … Continue reading [...]
Posted by Pathfinder Lester • 42 days ago • View comments
A fascinating paper was just published on the topic of using virtual worlds to train people in stress reduction techniques. “The Feasibility and Impact of Delivering a Mind-Body Intervention in a Virtual World“ The paper describes a pilot project usin [...]
Posted by Pathfinder Lester • 52 days ago • View comments
If you’re interested in the use of virtual worlds in education and immersive learning, it’s always a challenge finding good research papers on the subject. Which is why I was so excited today when I discovered Olle Sköld’s paper “The … Continu [...]
Posted by Pathfinder Lester • 55 days ago • View comments
Like many people, I work full-time from home. Most of my workday is spent immersed in a technological web of online communication and 3d simulation. Which means I’m mostly sitting in front of my computer. When assembling a home office, … C [...]
Posted by Pathfinder Lester • 56 days ago • View comments
Marianne Riis works at the Multi-User Virtual Environments Research (MUVER) Lab at Aalborg University Copenhagen in Denmark. She’s teaching a class focused on interpersonal Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) this spring, and recent topics have includ [...]
Posted by Pathfinder Lester • 56 days ago • View comments
Follow the Sun 2012 is a free online conference that runs from March 27-30. Here’s a summary from their website: “Digital Futures Institute, Beyond Distance Research Alliance, Athabasca University, and our commercial partners are proud to provid [...]
Posted by Pathfinder Lester • 59 days ago • View comments
The Institute for Digital Intermedia Arts (IDIA) at Ball State University is a research and design studio exploring virtual reality, simulation, games and interactive interfaces. IDIA been commissioned to design and build a virtual presence and artworks f [...]
Posted by Pathfinder Lester • 71 days ago • View comments
The Virtual Enterprise Conference at Glyndŵr University brings together a diverse range of web entrepreneurs, students and academics to discuss the opportunities for e-entrepreneurship offered by virtual worlds and the social web. It’s hosted eac [...]
Posted by Pathfinder Lester • 87 days ago • View comments