I must admit that while I have always seen the promise of Second Life, the incessant need to portray it as a marketing machine and the whole sex/gambling thing have kept me away – Until now!!! As Jean-Claude illustrates in a post about ChemBioFoo, and the weekly Scifoo lives on sessions, it is clear that, especially with improved performance, Second Life is a viable medium for virtual poster sessions and conferences. If we can someone either add personal voice chat capabilities, or link Second Life to Skype, there is a lot of potential that I am excited to keep an eye out on. I am hardly the aficionado that Jean-Claude or Berci are, but am looking forward to keeping a small scientific presence on Second Life. And here’s a teaser for tomorrow’s Monday’s session on science and video
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Second Live now has voice – you can tell avatars who have it enabled by the white dot over their heads. I think it works pretty well with small groups of people.
See you tomorrow at the Video in Science session!
Second Live now has voice – you can tell avatars who have it enabled by the white dot over their heads. I think it works pretty well with small groups of people.
See you tomorrow at the Video in Science session!
Cool!!! Didn’t realize that it extended to 1-1 chat
Cool!!! Didn't realize that it extended to 1-1 chat
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