The Eduverse Foundation

Eduverse Symposium 3

AGENDA and Speaker Info

12:00 Meet and Greet

12:30 Keynote Speech – Christian Renaud

13:00 Games and Biz of Social Networking – David Williamson Shaffer (Epistemic Games), Karl Kapp (Serious Gaming) (Virtual), Reinder Rustema (emocracy project), Daniel Laurence (Vizwoz),

14:00 Technology – Arjen Brinkman (ps-tech), zprinter presentation, Yesha Sivan (The 10 latest trends in virtual worlds) (Virtual), Mark deJong (Cyberminds)

15:00 BREAK (coffee and networking)

15:30 Virtual Platforms and Panel Discussion – Julian Lombardi (opencroquet), Adobe 3D, Avi Muchnick (Aviary) (Virtual), Darius Lahoutifard (3Dxplorer) (Virtual), Tim Johansson (Opera + OpenGL), Joaquin Alvarado (DEEP), Wes Ward (ExitReality), Ron Edwards (Forterra)

17:30 Panel Discussion with all the different platform representatives.

18:00 A Conversation with Philip Rosedale - Philip Rosedale will engage the audience in a discussion on the future of Virtual Worlds

18:30 DINNER

20:00 Science of Education – Dr Doug Danforth (Virtual), Claus Nemzhow, Stephanie Smith (Virtual), Klaus Hammermuller

21:00 Philosophy of VR - Philippe van Nedervelde (Virtual), Rhett Gayle, Chuck Hamilton (Virtual),

22:00 Networking (coffee and drinks)

23:00 Conclusion

SPEAKERS

Philip Rosedale - Founder and Chairman of the Board of Linden Lab (Second Life) www.secondlife.com

Julian Lombardi - Head of opencroquet at Duke University www.opencroquet.org

Christian Renaud - Virtual Worlds Guru and Visionary www.xianrenaud.typepad.com/weblog

Karl Kapp - Noted Serious Gaming author and pundit www.karlkapp.com

Dr. Yesha Sivan - Virtual worlds expert www.dryesha.com

Arjen Brinkman - ps-tech www.ps-tech.com

Ron Edwards - Forterra www.forterrainc.com

David Burden - CEO of Daden Ltd. www.daden.co.uk

David Williamson Shaffer - Author and founder of Epistemic Games www.epistemicgames.org

Tim Johansson - Head of 3D integration for the Opera browser www.opera.com

Reinder Rustema - Noted author and political pundit reinder.rustema.nl

” TBA ” - Adobe virtual platforms spokesperson www.adobe.com

Claus Nemzhow - VR Guru PA Consulting Group www.pa-consulting.com/Home

Joaquin Alvarado - DEEP www.deepreality.com

TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE Follow this link and click on “online bestellen”

(Also please send a confirmation email to: symposium3@eduverse.org)

*Note - It is also possible to order tickets directly, simply deposit 200,- euros (per person, 100,- for students with valid ID) in the postbank account 4418721 and send an email to: symposium3@eduverse.org with your deposit details (name, date, account #, company/organization, etc)

For detailed info please click the Symposium3 tab at the top of this page

The Eduverse has scheduled an event which promises to be the most comprehensive look at virtual worlds ever. It will take place on the 23rd of Sept. (noon to 10 pm) in De Balie (www.debalie.nl)

Philip Rosedale (former CEO of Linden Lab) will be present in person to talk about his latest projects. Other speakers will include Julian Lombardi (head of opencroquet at Duke University www.opencroquet.org), Christian Renaud (virtual guru), Chuck Hamilton (IBM Centre for Advanced learning), Karl Kapp (noted virtual worlds author), David Williamson Shaffer (founder of Epistemic Games), Tim Johansson (head of Opera 3D develeopment), Philippe van Nedervelde (Foresight Nanotech Institute), David Burden (Daden Ltd), plus many more.

The highlight will be a panel discussion of the future of all the major virtual platforms, including: Second Life, Opencroquet, Adobe 3D, DEEP, 3Dxplorer, ExitReality and many more.

The Symposium will be divided into 3 main sections:

1. Serious Gaming and the Future of Game Technology.
2. New Virtual Platforms and the 3D Web.
3. The Science of Education - Virtual Learning in the 21st century.

Aside from the Symposium, there will also be a separate space dedicated to the “hands on” experience which will include demonstrations of supportive 3D technologies like: 3D printers, tracking devices, virtual glasses, mobile technology, etc.

Sign up cost will be 200 Euros for the whole day. A student discount of 100 Euros will also possible. Space is limited and will go on first come first serve basis.

Any questions can be directed to: symposium3 (at) eduverse (dot) org

For more detailed info please look at the Symposium 3 tab at the top of this page

Yippee!!!!!!

Robert Shepherd (Eduverse Founder) together with Reinder Rustema (reinder.rustema.nl) won the Digitale Pioniers competition last Friday. Their proposal was to develop the first stage of an immersive political game which will be called “Emocracy” and it is being housed at www.emocracy.nl (the wiki is now online)

“If you want something done give it to a busy man”

The Eduverse is gaining momentum. We are now involved in organizing 2 symposia in the coming months (see agenda to the right). There are also a number of projects which are in the works. These include: setting up a virtual Parliament, creating a virtual education facility for a US university, developing a RL to SL interactive space, designing a large scale RL/SL musical instrument for museum nacht in Nov, speaking gigs and an interview in SL (Caerleon Isle Lecture-Workshop Series), designing a mobile virtual interface to demo at the IBC, designing a serious business game and the list keeps growing.

I am buoyed by the fact that The Eduverse becomes more integrated in the world ideas network and helps others gain clarity.

Rob Shepherd

This video is intended to show a simplified version of The Eduverse Foundation’s Picnic08 proposal. It is comprises essentially 4 areas:
1. An Expert Interactive Area - for consultations with specialists in diverse fields of education, virtual environments and science (Example: experts in Second Life science will be able to demonstrate the value of virtual models) . Minimum requirements: 3-5 laptops, table, chairs and internet connection.

2. Real World Interactive Exhibition - where companies can demo hands on tools which can be used to aid virtual education. (Examples: HUDs/visors, touch tables, trackers, virtual manipulators, etc.)

3. A Presentation Area - where symposia can be held (including both real world and virtual speakers - see previous symposia for examples). Minimum requirements: 2 laptops, 2 beamers, chairs and a technician.

4. Real Life Interaction Area - to control real world objects from Second Life and to control Second Life objects from the real world (Examples: remote robotic control, midi interface which controls objects in SL) . Minimum requirements: 3-5 laptops, table, chairs and internet connection.

Extras: a help desk at the entrance, a command/info centre for an educational game which will take place throughout Picnic and on the net, documentation on virtual education, Eduverse Foundation Promotion, etc.

The Virtual Piano
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This video is meant to be a rough example of an Interactive Virtual Piano. For further information please contact: info (at) eduverse (dot) org

For almost a year I have wanted to stream in and out of SL and today I managed to get all the bits together. Granted there is a min 3 sec delay it seems but it all works and that’s amazing. If you look under the stream tab, you will be able to see the different possibilities. *Note, I will only be streaming for now by appointment - if you would like a demo, please contact me via video (at) eyestream (dot) org.

OK I have managed to work it out. Ustream from my desktop to the blog works best, min 3 sec delay. Veodia from desktop to SL also yields about min 3 sec delay. Note Veodia to Eduverse site (here) seems to require 15 sec delay - no idea why) - Rob

After a considerable amount of time transcoding, uploading and and messing with WP plugins, I have managed to get the entire first symposium parsed and online. The videos are viewable on the “Symposia” page or as a direct link here:

Symposia

Special Thanks to Ze Moo for his recording efforts and to all the other EF members and Balie staff who helped make the event a success.