The document summarizes the agenda and topics discussed at a meeting about using virtual worlds. It includes a debrief on setting up in Second Life, research on its usage for recruitment, games and collaboration. It also discusses the virtual world Wonderland and recommendations for the city of Littleton to consider tracking virtual worlds and potentially offer informational workshops or a Second Life mentoring group for local businesses.

1. City of Littleton
01 October 2008
Scott Brown

2. 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

3. Debrief on getting set
up in Second Life

4. Name the CLO - Sun

5. 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

6. 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

7. SL example tour

8. Break

9. Social networking tools at Sun: a
rough evolution
 Blogs
 Wikis
 Facebook
 Twitter
 Second Life
 Sun Learning Exchange
 SunSpace

13. 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

14. 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/

15. 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

16. 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/

17. Resources: Builders, etc.
 Gronstedt Group (based in CO)
 http://www.gronstedtgroup.com
 World2Worlds
 http://www.world2worlds.com
 Clever Zebra
 http://cleverzebra.com

18. Resources: Sun social
networking tools
 Blogs.sun.com
 http://blogs.sun.com
 Wikis.sun.com
 http://wikis.sun.com
 Facebook
 Search Facebook for Sun Microsystems
groups
 Sun Learning Exchange
 http://slx.sun.com

19. 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

20. Resources: Sun social
networking tools - Twitter
 Digital Libraries & Research
○ http://twitter.com/libraryresearch
 SunNews
○ https://twitter.com/SunNews
 SunBlogs
○ https://twitter.com/SunBlogs