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Reflections on Mixed Reality Events in Second Life

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Jeska Linden , Community Manager for Linden Labs, has the mike in her hand, while her avatar is behind the podium in Second Life. A Museum group is also forming to discuss and explore what museum's can do in SL. ") I walked around the space and chatted with the avatar who was the human involved in the project.

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NPTechTag Roundup: Election Debriefs and Wikis in Your Kitchen!

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It is written, edited and produced by students and other volunteers in the valley. Games for Social Change gaming and libraries was recently published and the author is the Shifted Librarian and My Avatar Wears Tight Jeans and 4 Other Things I learned from Internet Librarian 2006 is worth the read from Michael Stephens.

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

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Six worlds, avatars, lots of chat and even then screens receiving video for. web geeks and cardboard cutout avatars. we will have witnesses and student-lawyers speak in text under disciplines of civility and rules of evidence, subject to objection by opponents and ruling by the judge, who will be me. way to the future?