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Archive for March 17th, 2008

Wow! What A Buzz of SL Tools

CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) : Mar 17, 2008 10:21pm

Thanks to all who turned out today to see the demonstration of tools Bucky Barkley provided over at the Museum of Music. for those who missed, we have a plain text and a rich-text version of the chat log. Bucky Barkley more » »

Great Turnout for Todays Metanomics Series with Nick Yee

CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) : Mar 17, 2008 09:53pm

It seems having an academic researcher on Metanomics brought in more viewers to NMC's viewing location; we had over 25 avatars show up to watch host Robert Bloomfield interview Nick Yee. Yee explained how his research at Stanford led to his position at the Palo Alto Research Center and discussed his interest in social interactions among avatars, how they are measured in lab, The Proteus Effect, and more. Look for Yee's papers such as "The Proteus Effect: The Effect ... more » »

We Almost Forgot to Mention Papers from 2007 NMC Conference Proceedings

CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) : Mar 17, 2008 05:52pm

Oh what a sloppy blogger I have been! We've had this awesome resource that was released in November, the 2007 NMC Conference Proceedings which has more than a few papers of interest to those interested in Second Life and virtual worlds in general. The papers in the proceedings were authored by presenters at the 2007 NMC Summer Conference in Indianapolis. Participants at the conference voted on sessions that ought to be invited to author papers, and the final product represents ... more » »