[9:54] You: While we wait, tell us where you are from, and maybe who you work for? [9:54] Dex Trenchcoat: perfection is rare but valued here on the Grid :) [9:54] Larry Pixel: Austin Texas! [9:55] Dex Trenchcoat: amen brother :) [9:55] You: Welcome... we are just doing self intros, where you are from, etc [9:56] You: I'm Alan Levine, with NMC, working in Scottsdale AZ [9:56] Morghan Shepherd: Faculty Chair - Capella IT/SoUS [9:56] Micala Lumiere: Hi everyone. I'm Shannon Ritter from Penn State. Was just hired by Penn State World Campus (Online and Distance Education) as their Social Networks Adviser. [9:56] Danath Tedeschi: Working for D|lab based at the University of Teesside in the UK. Currently still in the office at 6pm just to catch this. We work heavily with SL as a training tool. Ema is also in the same department. [9:56] You: We are using SL voice, so make sure you are able to hear [9:57] Narci Shan: I am Peter Jacobs from Belgium (Europe), working at the IT department of a local university [9:57] Que Jinn: Front Range Community College - Denver [9:57] Beedub Brando: I'm Bil Weaver -- workng as media strategist and filmmaker for Roal Roads University and the Endswell Foundation [9:57] Nicco Kuhn: Hi everione, I'm Santi Garcia from Barcelona (Spain) consultant [9:57] Marcos Loening: Marcos Luis from Yale University [9:58] Kim Chihuly: /I'm Kim Gregson from Ithaca College in upstate New York [9:58] Paribus Habilis: ^.^ Hi [9:58] Scarlett Qi: Hi all. I'm in New Jersey with Thomas Edison State College, as well as working in-world with SLNN. [9:58] Kim Chihuly: going good [9:58] Robins Hermano: Hello [9:58] Bilbe Gaffer: Hi, I'm Bill Barthelmy (Bilbe Gaffer) from Harvard University. [9:58] Larry Pixel: Welcome everyone! [9:58] Robins Hermano: Ooops, Orlando University of Central Florida [9:59] Bilbe Gaffer: thank [9:59] Banana Rotaru: Annie Rota, also from Harvard [9:59] Robins Hermano: Thks [9:59] Kim Chihuly: /holey moley [9:59] Dax Habilis: Hi: Dale Fodness (Dax H.) from the University of Dallas and Helsinki School of Economics [9:59] Dex Trenchcoat: Only on the Grid ... very cool though [9:59] Dax Habilis: Dallas today [9:59] You: Welcome everybody [9:59] Dax Habilis: Helsinki next week [9:59] You: We are using SL voice [10:00] Farley Scarborough waves from Wright State U in Dayton, Ohio [10:00] Micala Lumiere waves back [10:00] Ema Imako: Hi i'm Ema Imako, from d|lab in the University of Teesside. In the UK [10:00] Ema Imako: 6pm [10:00] Danath Tedeschi: just hit 6 [10:01] MediaGridAaron Oh: :) [10:01] AngryBeth Shortbread waves from Leeds College of Art and Design - UK [10:01] MediaGridAaron Oh: great [10:02] Farley Scarborough applauds [10:02] MediaGridAaron Oh: thanks alan [10:03] Lizzy Saintlouis: yes [10:03] Bruce Flyer: yes [10:03] Perplexity Peccable: yes [10:03] Scarlett Qi: yes [10:03] Xirconnia Morphett: hear you fine [10:03] Dex Trenchcoat: thumbs up [10:03] Spang Nastula: yep, loud and clear [10:03] Bilbe Gaffer: I can hear just fine [10:03] Kim Chihuly signals thumbs up [10:06] You: slides at http://ImmersiveEducation.org/EducationGrid/ [10:07] Dex Trenchcoat: waves to Bee... :) [10:10] Perplexity Peccable: LIke the OpenSLEDware group here in SL? [10:10] You: Aaron is describing the education grid [10:11] MediaGridAaron Oh: VRML [10:11] Spang Nastula: yep [10:11] Fleep Tuque: Yep! [10:11] You: yes [10:11] Narci Shan: yes [10:11] Perplexity Peccable: yes [10:11] Robins Hermano: reemmber it [10:11] Lizzy Saintlouis: yep [10:11] Xirconnia Morphett: i have [10:11] Micala Lumiere: yep [10:11] Bilbe Gaffer: yes [10:11] Scarlett Qi raises her hand [10:11] Bruce Flyer: yes [10:11] You: Never did much with it [10:11] Krad Proto: yup [10:11] You: Aaron was using VRML in 2001 [10:11] Paribus Habilis rises hand [10:11] You: in 2003 realized not much could be done for communication, no audio [10:12] You: lots of typing [10:12] You: voice was needed [10:12] MediaGridAaron Oh: Unreal Game engine [10:12] Micala Lumiere: yep [10:12] Xirconnia Morphett: yup [10:12] You: in 2003 moved to UNreal Game engine [10:12] Fleep Tuque: Yep! [10:12] Spang Nastula: yep [10:12] You: yes [10:12] AuntFun Ellison: yes [10:12] Danath Tedeschi: oh yes [10:12] Dex Trenchcoat: yup... gamer here [10:12] You: Unreal was breakthrough for Aaron's project, stable option [10:12] You: "good looking" had voice chat built in [10:12] MediaGridAaron Oh: mod [10:13] You: had private servers, private grids [10:13] You: was bassive for Immersive Education [10:13] You: Shared spaces in reliable environ, voice chat [10:13] You: tech is moving fast, but work from 2003 is dated [10:13] MediaGridAaron Oh: open source [10:14] Fleep Tuque: Yay open source! [10:14] You: future is in open source, open access [10:14] You: Unreal was commercial [10:14] You: big fees [10:14] You: could not mod [10:14] You: A few platforms came up [10:14] MediaGridAaron Oh: Wonderland [10:14] You: Second Life, Wonderland [10:14] MediaGridAaron Oh: Java3D [10:14] You: from Sun [10:14] Fleep Tuque: Is that related to the Project Darkstar? [10:14] MediaGridAaron Oh: Croquet [10:15] You: Yes fleep [10:15] Fleep Tuque: Ah nod, know Croquet. [10:15] Fleep Tuque: Thanks CDB [10:15] You: http://www.opencrouqet.org [10:15] You: oops [10:15] MediaGridAaron Oh: open [10:15] Fleep Tuque: Yay! [10:15] Fleep Tuque: I didn't think SL was going to make the cut. :) [10:16] You: These ones meet the iimersive ed requirements [10:16] You: to be announced this week at Media Summit [10:16] Fleep Tuque: Excellent work. [10:16] Fleep Tuque: I've been following the discussions loosely [10:17] You: future is not single platform [10:17] You: multiple platforms can provide similar experiences / shared experiences [10:17] You: "Platform ecosystems" [10:18] You: hi-res graphics are important [10:18] Fleep Tuque: Yep! [10:18] Perplexity Peccable: wii [10:18] AuntFun Ellison: here here! [10:18] Xirconnia Morphett: :) [10:18] Micala Lumiere: Wii :D [10:18] Paribus Habilis: yes [10:18] AuntFun Ellison: wii! [10:18] Dex Trenchcoat: yup:) [10:18] You: who plays highe end games? [10:18] Wainbrave Bernal: aye [10:18] Kim Chihuly: yep [10:18] Calisto Encinal raises his hand. [10:18] Danath Tedeschi: wii developer [10:18] ImmersiveEducationDrNick Naglo: all of the above [10:18] Dex Trenchcoat: PC games all the way baby! [10:18] Fleep Tuque: (That's one of the biggest complaints about SL, the graphics do not impress the gamers, not even with Windlight.) [10:19] Wainbrave Bernal: different paradigms [10:19] Fleep Tuque: (hi WB!) [10:19] Wainbrave Bernal: hey Fleep [10:20] NMC Helper Sign: Lindie Thursday needs your assistance. Please IM them or go immediately to the sign location. [10:21] Wainbrave Bernal: How to justify the differences between virtual worlds while allowing access and interoperability is an interesting issue [10:22] Fleep Tuque: I really wanted to go, alas the old travel budget. :( [10:22] You: 150 people will be there this weekend [10:22] Dex Trenchcoat: living in Boston Rocks ! :) [10:22] Fleep Tuque: Thanks! As much as you can share would be great! [10:23] You: Ask questions by text or audi [10:23] Danath Tedeschi: can you repeat the questions in vioce so those recording get the question and answers [10:23] Perplexity Peccable: breaking up audio [10:23] Danath Tedeschi: thanks [10:24] Fleep Tuque: What's the best way for people to get involved with the project? [10:24] MediaGridAaron Oh: http://ImmersiveEducation.org [10:24] Wainbrave Bernal: How will the projecte justify the differences between virtual worlds while allowing access and interoperability? [10:24] Fleep Tuque: Do you have a location in-world? [10:25] Wainbrave Bernal: You can do some things in one world but not in another [10:26] ImmersiveEducationDrNick Naglo: core standards + extensions? [10:26] You: No WoW Raids on the Croquet Rabbit's patch! [10:27] ImmersiveEducationDrNick Naglo: extensions to core can enable cross world differences but all must implement core... [10:27] Wainbrave Bernal: so it's a common denominator approach [10:27] Fleep Tuque: Ah yes, I see. [10:27] Wainbrave Bernal: thank you [10:27] Wainbrave Bernal: cool - yes [10:28] You: "rNick Naglo: extensions to core can enable cross world differences but all must implement core..." [10:29] You: Please mute your mikes [10:29] You: someone has an open mike [10:29] Scarlett Qi: yes [10:29] Xirconnia Morphett: stadium sound [10:29] Seth Mersereau: echo [10:29] Xirconnia Morphett: :) [10:29] You: please mute your mike [10:29] Fleep Tuque: Dex [10:29] Fleep Tuque: and Loretta [10:29] You: ""Fleep Tuque: Do you have a location in-world?"" [10:29] Fleep Tuque: :) [10:30] MediaGridAaron Oh: ImmersiveEducation.org/EducationGrid [10:30] You: oops, thought I got the new slides [10:30] Dex Trenchcoat: hey there bee [10:31] MediaGridAaron Oh: native platform file formats [10:31] Multi Gadget v1.52.0 by Timeless Prototype [10:31] MediaGridAaron Oh: transcode [10:32] MediaGridAaron Oh: XML [10:32] Robins Hermano: Does transcode effect objects and scripts or objects only? [10:34] MediaGridAaron Oh: native format [10:35] You: http://ImmersiveEducation.org/EducationGrid/ [10:36] MediaGridAaron Oh: Requirements [10:36] Wainbrave Bernal: design specs [10:36] Danath Tedeschi: will the conference this weekend be available on the Internet at a later date for those who are unable to attend? [10:37] ImmersiveEducationDrNick Naglo: much of the material will be [10:37] Danath Tedeschi: fantastic. Many thanks [10:37] MediaGridAaron Oh: WGBH [10:37] MediaGridAaron Oh: Webcast [10:37] Fleep Tuque: Oh excellent! [10:38] Dex Trenchcoat: sweet [10:39] You: Questions? [10:39] Fleep Tuque: Can't think of any at the moment, just looking forward to seeing the outcomes. :) [10:39] You: There are 4 videos from the Dec meeting [10:39] You: http://sl.nmc.org/2008/01/09/digital-media-summit/ [10:39] You: They are at differnent lcoations on this sim [10:39] Wainbrave Bernal: How can organizations partner up? [10:41] Wainbrave Bernal: wonderful - thanks [10:41] Danath Tedeschi: very nice presentation, thanks [10:41] Fleep Tuque: Indeed! [10:41] Fleep Tuque: Oh! [10:42] Fleep Tuque: One question, do you have a space in Second Life? [10:42] Fleep Tuque: A center or office? [10:42] Krad Proto: Thank you! [10:42] Zil Lutrova: Thank you! [10:42] Fleep Tuque nods. [10:42] You: we will post audio from this at http://sl.nmc.org [10:42] Fleep Tuque: Excellent. :) [10:42] Fleep Tuque: Thank you! [10:42] Chrome Underwood: Thamks. [10:42] You: Theya re everywhere [10:42] Wainbrave Bernal: hee hee [10:42] Seth Mersereau: someone has there mic on... [10:43] Wainbrave Bernal: they teleported away [10:43] You: no [10:43] Marcos Loening: one question [10:43] ImmersiveEducationDrNick Naglo: [10:43] Stargazer Blazer applauds. [10:43] Wainbrave Bernal: yay! [10:43] CDB Barkley claps claps claps [10:43] Scarlett Qi: Thank you Aaron! Great presentation! [10:44] Danath Tedeschi: great. many thankls [10:44] Fleep Tuque: Thanks again Aaron! [10:44] AuntFun Ellison: Thank you, Aaron! [10:44] Seth Mersereau: thanks [10:44] Xirconnia Morphett: bye, and thanks! [10:44] Narci Shan: thanks! [10:44] Ema Imako: many thanks!