[Sigia-l] Second Life: The other side

[Andrew Boyd]

On 6/23/07, Ziya Oz <listera at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Andrew Boyd:
>
> > Virtual meetings without 100s of 1000s of $$ in telepresence gear.
> > Cheaper access to markets. Help desk analogues that work.
>
> Are these doable *only* in SL?

No. SL has high ubiquitosity thanks to media "wow" pieces. There are
several mature virtual meeting systems. SL has the not-quite-unique
advantage that it is free and offers more than just virtual meeting
facilities as well as high coolness/buzz factor. And yes, buzz sells.
I am interested in the IA of SL - the information structure
potentially being represented as a building (which has always been
done in a scarily bad way - I am interested in finding out if there
are corporate buildings that do it better). ABC Australia does SL well
- Donna Maurer talked us through the guided tour a couple of nights
ago. They use doors as did-you-know gateways, training the users
through use of the system - I think a good thing.

> IOW, is SL radio play on TV?

Dunno. Can anyone else answer this one?

Cheers, Andrew
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Andrew Boyd
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