Friday, March 21, 2008

Virtual conferencing in Second Life

A commercial Second Life conferencing service, has some useful ideas about what and how to do it.

"Using the on-line virtual world Second Life, Conference Island provides a far more enjoyable meeting experience than video conferencing and is without doubt better value for money. And it out-performs telephone hook-ups because it is so visually stimulating.

It's about more enjoyable meetings. It's about putting people in the same room at the same time, even though they work in different parts of the world. Think about this: through Second Life you will give them a sense of shared space. Face to face across a table, dangling their feet in a swimming pool or flying on a magic carpet." Read more here.

Snapshot below of virtual meeting between PolyU students (HK) and staff from Rixos Hotel Group, Turkey

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