Second Life and Virtual Worlds – A Service Opportunity?
1. Second Life and Virtual Worlds – A Service Opportunity? Cathal McCauley, University Librarian NUI Maynooth Peter Clarke, Library IT Services UCD
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3. See: Excellence and fairness: Achieving world class public services http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/strategy/publications/excellence_and_fairness.aspx Characteristics of World Class Public Services
21. Second Life and the Hype Cycle 2003 Launch Summer 2006 Anshe Chung & Business Week Autumn 2008 Reuters withdraws from Second Life
22. Avatars happy to play but not to pay? Source: http://taterunino.net/
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24. “ Our evidence so far suggests that virtual worlds have great potential…it is not clear that Second Life …is the optimal environment” Dr Peter Twining, Head of Dept of Education, Open University ( Source: A Spring 2008 “snaphot” of UK Higher and Further Education Developments in Second Life) Second Life is “not the only fruit”
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26. StratAG Digital campus – sample building model 1. Terrestrial LiDAR scanning 2. 3D Wireframe model 3. Segregation of unique surfaces 4. Textured, lit and rendered model
