NMC Campus Calendar : May 31, 2010 05:32am
Hello Everyone, The University of Delaware is holding our 15th annual Summer Faculty Institute June 1-4. We are having a great line up of morning keynote speakers for each day and we are going to simulcast them to the the UD islands so you can join us. I will be in-world to take SL questions. Please join us [...] more... more » »
NMC Virtual Worlds : May 28, 2010 08:04am
This story comes to us from Jack Green Musselman and Jason Rosenblum of St. Edward’s University. Their recent project, Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, is located on the NMC Campus in on Teaching 3. Peering into the Cave: a look inside the Second Life simulation by St. Edward’s University By: Jack Green Musselman and Jason Rosenblum What is the Cave & Why is it useful? The Cave is often used in philosophy classes (and others, too), to creatively describe the process of ... more » »
Metanomics : May 28, 2010 06:29am
NMC Campus Observer Note... You can watch this Metanomics show live at Outreach (87, 125, 34) on NMC Campus Join us on Tuesday, June 8th at 11am SLT for a Metanomics special as we host a mixed-reality conference on New Market Dynamics out of Copenhagen, Denmark. Host Robert Bloomfield will lead a Second-Life panel including Robin Teigland, Edward Castronova and Tom Boellstorff as they discuss the purchase of virtual islands, leasing of towns, recruiting avatar employees and more. The episode will ... more » »
Metanomics : May 27, 2010 12:28pm
NMC Campus Observer Note... You can watch this Metanomics show live at Outreach (87, 125, 34) on NMC Campus Hello Metanomics fans! We’re on a brief hiatus now and resting the Metanomics batteries, but we’ll be back for a more relaxed summer season starting June 9th, 2010, with our regular fall season starting up on September 15! June 8 – Metanomics Mixed Reality Broadcast on New Market Dynamics, with guests Robin Teigland, Edward Castronova, Tom Boellstorff June 9 – Metanomics with Robert Bloomfield. ... more » »
NMC Virtual Worlds : May 20, 2010 10:28am
NMC Virtual Worlds will be at the 2010 NMC Summer Conference in Anaheim to present our session Second Life Horizons – Catching Up with Another Year of Virtual Worlds on Thu Jun-10, 10:30 AM PDT- 11:45 AM PDT. If you plan on attending, please feel free to say “Hi!” through our Pathable page. Originally published at NMC Virtual Worlds more » »
Metanomics : May 13, 2010 12:44pm
NMC Campus Observer Note... You can watch this Metanomics show live at Outreach (87, 125, 34) on NMC Campus Hello Metanomics fans! We’re on a brief hiatus now and resting the Metanomics batteries, but we’ll be back for a more relaxed summer season starting June 7th, 2010, with our regular fall season starting up on September 15! June 7 – Metanomics with Robert Bloomfield June 16 – Metanomics with Doug Thompson/Dusan Writer hosting June 23 – Metanomics with Doug Thompson/Dusan Writer hosting July ... more » »
NMC Campus Calendar : May 10, 2010 07:10am
Hello Everyone, Please join us for this semester’s final simulcast in the Global Agenda series. Global Agenda 2010 – Speaker Series – Understanding Political Islam On: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at 4:30pm PT (7:30pm ET) Our Guest this week is: STEVE COLL – Osama Bin Laden’s Legacy Where: http://slurl.com/secondlife/University%20of%20Delaware/56/150/26 Our final speaker in this year’s series is STEVE COLL a Pulitzer-winning journalist, [...] more... more » »
Metanomics : May 6, 2010 07:19am
NMC Campus Observer Note... You can watch this Metanomics show live at Outreach (87, 125, 34) on NMC Campus Today on the Metanomics Community Forum we’ll speak with Lyr Lobo who was the lead on the team that just won the $25,000USD Grand Prize for the inaugural Federal Virtual World Challenge. Lyr was actually a participant in several projects that were successful, and she is a tireless advocate for learning and virtual environments. Full List of Contributors: Dr. Andrew Stricker, ... more » »
NMC Virtual Worlds : May 6, 2010 02:46am
If you’ve been reading Beth’s design diary you’ll already know we’re working on a new orientation island for Viewer 2 over here on the NMC Campus so I thought I’d give you a sneak peek of our progress with the Disneyland Castle (in recognition of this year’s Summer Conference venue) in the foreground and the Brussels Atomium in the background. We’re very excited by the opportunity to try and create a magical, educational and informative experience for new users here. ... more » »
NMC Virtual Worlds : May 3, 2010 05:47am
As I was recently asked the question of how to enable dynamic shadows in Viewer 2, here it is for all to use. If you didn’t even know SL had dynamic shadows, they’ve been around for at least a year now, but have remained an unsupported feature, tucked away behind a twisty path of submenu options, so use at your own risk! 1. Control-ALT-q to enable the ‘Develop’ menu 2. Develop -> Rendering -> enable ‘Framebuffer Objects’ 3. Develop -> Rendering -> enable ... more » »
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