Video screenshot of the Metanomics forum event
This was almost one of those Marshall McLuhan “The medium is the message” kind of recursive moments – a presentation in real and virtual worlds about the use of virtual worlds to have meetings.
There are many reasons for us to consider the use of virtual worlds as part of how we use the web to do research and conduct business, one of which is to reduce the significant carbon footprint of our travel. Executive Order 13514 has now provided more motivation.
The Metanomics forum recently held a meeting that featured discussion about Linden Lab’s project “Nebraska”, an enterprise version of Second Life. Along with that are other panelists, including some guys from the Navy talking about how they use virtual worlds for training and other uses.
This link goes to the Metanomics page with a video and other info about this event. The video is good from a couple of different perspectives – for those familiar with Second Life and virtual words and those that are not. It also walks the walk – bridging an event seamlessly between virtual and real world components that allowed global participation on what could have otherwise been an obscure conference session in some hotel.
