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The One-Look Virus and Immersive Environments for Teaching and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

been through the cycle a few times, hype and burn. broadcaster VRML world projects in 96 called the Mirror (BT, BBC and others). Six worlds, avatars, lots of chat and even then screens receiving video for. web geeks and cardboard cutout avatars. Gary Hayes points to one of his older posts about this issue with a visual.

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Metaverse Museum? Guest Post on Second Life and Museums by Sibley Verbeck

Museum 2.0

In January, I interviewed Sibley about the potential use of virtual worlds and Second Life by museums, but in the four months since then, the virtual world platform--and the hype around it--has exploded. But that’s already sounding like the grandiose hype you read about Second Life or virtual worlds. Museum 2.0.