Ah… the pangs of Development and Production
Saturday, July 19th, 2008I'm fairly certain this needs no extra explanation – at least not from me
Archive for July, 2008
I'm fairly certain this needs no extra explanation – at least not from me
Video integration
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008I've seen examples of video clips used in-world to explain things going on, or provide "how-to" type tutorials. I could see this working if the clip was of an avatar, or if it included a narrator that was proportional to the viewer/avatar's size. I suggest these options because I want ...
A nice long walk-through…
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008In the simplest examples a walk though is of a building, you can walk around the space, or a digital representation of it, and "experience" it. More complex "walk" through might allow a participant to actually fly through a molecule, or through a tsunami (again like the NOAA example). The ...
Math? It’s OK, in theory.
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008These seems like an odd item on some levels, but I included and considered how I might construct an experience where someone would solve a math problem because I mean, more or less, I might want to use other types of programming that might mimic the ideals and process of ...
Writing and Sketching, perhaps not here.
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008There are more and more tools that will allow a user to "draw" in-world in SL. Items like "doodle-draw" (http://simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=SL_Doodle_Draw) are a great example. There are plenty of other immersive environments that are providing these tools as well. Most of them are designed for interaction with other avatars, and that ...
Artificial Thoughts… or are they?
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008Artificial Intelligence (to some extend) is another option I considered. There are a few items I've seen where they create "chat-bots" (like "ALICE" [http://alicebot.blogspot.com/2008/05/pandorabots-has-xml-rpc-interface-that.html, http://simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=Linden_AIML#LindenAIML_script] for different purposes, such as ESL. I could see something where a user could be asked questions, but this is also not really the type ...
To HUD, or not to HUD… this is one question
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008Stands for Heads up Display. I'm not sure I want to use one as I build my exercises/experiences in SL. At first I thought I would, but now I feel like using it might actually break the "immersion" I initially envisioned. Noting that there are many things a HUD is ...
My Proposal and Plan
Friday, July 4th, 2008Linked here is a pdf of my proposal. Essentially, in a nutshell I'd like to test some of the theories I (and many others) have about what an immersive environment, such as Secondlife, is good for. I intend to take some of the concepts and topic I currently teach (either ...
Brand Spankin’ New
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008This is the first of many posts to this blog. This blog will be dedicated to my thesis – it's research, development, and production . I am focusing on translating some of my currenty teaching materials from a “traditional†format (that being either face to face or even an online ...