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Part 2 presentation and demonstration of Second Life, virtual worlds and social networking tools as used at Sun Microsystems. Provided to City of Littleton, Colorado, October 2008.
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City of Littleton
01 October 2008
Scott Brown
Agenda
Introduction, agenda review and additions
Debrief of getting set up in Second Life
Research/case studies of virtual world usage
Recruitment
Games and engagement
Collaboration
Wonderland demo (9am)
Break
Social media at Sun & demo
Recommendations and next steps, wrap-up
Debrief on getting set
up in Second Life
Name the CLO - Sun
Other virtual worlds
There.com
http://www.there.com
Google Lively
http://lively.google.com
Forterra
http://www.forterrainc.com
Business-focused, collaboration capabilities, private
instances
Cost associated with it
Wonderland
https://lg3d-wonderland.dev.java.net/
Similar to Forterra, but open-source and free
Wonderland
Virtual world project from Sun
“Second Life for the enterprise”
Addressing eco-responsibility
Designed specifically for collaboration
- Can host your own world or intranet (SL just
announced this availability as well)
- Enterprise-grade
- Immersive audio built in as a core feature
- Live application integration (Firefox, OpenOffice)
- Entirely open source
SL example tour
Break
Social networking tools at Sun: a
rough evolution
Blogs
Wikis
Second Life
Sun Learning Exchange
SunSpace
Recommendations
At a minimum, continue tracking this
space
Consider different levels of offerings:
Informational
Workshops: Introduction to virtual worlds
and/or Second Life specifically
Second Life mentoring group for Littleton
businesses
In-world assistance
In-world presence
Resources: Recruiting examples
Accenture Careers island in SL
TMP Island in SL
Missouri IT, Eduisland in SL
Kelly Services HQ in SL
Recruiting in Second Life blog
http://recruit2ndlife.blogspot.com/
Resources: Virtual worlds
Second Life News Network
http://www.slnn.com
Metaverse Messenger (M2)
http://www.metaversemessenger.com
Second Life mentors
Search for Help Island(s)
Wander around and find a mentor
Resources: Wonderland
MPK20: Sun's Virtual Workplace
http://research.sun.com/projects/mpk20/
Project Wonderland
http://lg3d-wonderland.dev.java.net/
Project Darkstar (Sun’s gaming platform)
http://projectdarkstar.com/
Resources: Builders, etc.
Gronstedt Group (based in CO)
http://www.gronstedtgroup.com
World2Worlds
http://www.world2worlds.com
Clever Zebra
http://cleverzebra.com
Resources: Sun social
networking tools Blogs.sun.com
http://blogs.sun.com
Wikis.sun.com
http://wikis.sun.com
Search Facebook for Sun Microsystems
groups
Sun Learning Exchange
http://slx.sun.com
Resources: Sun social
networking tools - Facebook Sun Microsystems OpenStorage
Community○ http://www.new.facebook.com/groups.php?ref=sb#/group.php?gid=12774638036
OpenSolaris○ http://www.new.facebook.com/groups.php?ref=sb#/group.php?gid=2351276067
Sun Microsystems Facebook Fridays○ http://www.new.facebook.com/groups.php?ref=sb#/group.php?gid=6267111589
Sun in Second Life○ http://www.new.facebook.com/groups.php?ref=sb#/group.php?gid=9462899830
Inclusion@Sun○ http://www.new.facebook.com/groups.php?ref=sb#/group.php?gid=8619896126
Resources: Sun social
networking tools - Twitter
Digital Libraries & Research
○ http://twitter.com/libraryresearch
SunNews
○ https://twitter.com/SunNews
SunBlogs
○ https://twitter.com/SunBlogs
