Hi Mike,
There are two Second Life related things on the program for Museums
in the Web in San Francisco (April 11-14, 2007). See
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2007/ for the preliminary program ... just
now being released.
1. A Workshop - Wednesday April 11, 2007, 1:30 pm-5:00 pm
Creating Interactive Content and Community in Second Life
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2007/abstracts/prg_325000901.html
Rob Rothfarb,Paul Doherty, Exploratorium, USA and Aimee Weber, Aimee
Weber Studio
and 2. a paper :
A Second Life for Your Museum: The use of 3D collaborative virtual
environments by museums, the afternoon of Thursday April 12, 2007
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2007/abstracts/prg_325000947.html
Paul Marty, Florida State University, USA, Michael Twidale, and
Richard Urban, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
The workshop will explore a number of examples of museums on Second
Life, including two Exploratorium efforts ( Astronomy Webcasts: Total
Solar Eclipse, Transit of Mercury and 'Splo: A prototype interactive
museum) and the International Spaceflight Museum. The paper is a
survey of museum, museum-related and museum-like Second LIfe
activities.
best,
jennifer
At 12:43 PM +0000 12/4/06, Ellis Mike wrote:
>Hi All
>
>Do any of you have virtual presences in Second Life (or any of the
>other virtual worlds)? Have you thought about it, decided against
>it, thought about it and done it, or not thought about it....?
>
>Would be interesting to hear from you, either on- or off-list
>
>Thanks
>
>Mike
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