Special:Wester Union (WesterUnie)
Virtual Worlds
What's Hype, What's Hip and What's Happening
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24 Sept 08
14:00-18:00
Organised by: Eduverse
The frontier of virtual environments, the future of e-learning, serious gaming and the technologies which support these visions of the future.
The goal of this event will be to give an overview of where virtual environments are heading so that businesses, educators, media, game creators, etc. can position themselves to take advantage of the revolution as it unfolds. The 3D Web is coming, are you ready?
This event will also be a great networking opportunity for anyone interested in this field; Some of the top business and education people from within the Virtual Community will be speaking.
The Eduverse Foundation www.eduverse.org is pleased to host the Virtual Worlds component of Picnic this year. With a star lineup of speakers, it promises to be both entertaining and informative.
Also see The Eduverse Symposium 3 Sept 23rd in De Balie. For more info: www.eduverse.org
with:
Contact Robert Shepherd here or rob (at) eduverse (dot) org
---------------------------- AGENDA ----------------------------
2:00 - 2:10---INTRO
2:10 - 3:30---FUTURE VIRTUAL WORLD PLATFORMS
----------------- David Burden - Daden
----------------- Joaquin Alvarado - CocoDEEP
----------------- Dick Davies - Forterra
----------------- Philip Rosedale - Second Life
3:30 - 3:45 -- -- PAUSE -- --
3:45 - 4:45---TECHNOLOGY
----------------- Arjen Brinkman - ps-tech 3D tracking and interaction
----------------- Dr. Hans Ulrich Danzebrink and Dr. En-Te Hu - Nanotechnology in a virtual world
----------------- Tim Johansson - Opera Browser and opengl
4:45 - 5:00 -- -- PAUSE -- --
5:00 - 6:00---SERIOUS GAMING
----------------- David Williamson Shaffer - Epistemic Games
----------------- Reinder Rustema - Emocracy
----------------- Claus Nehmzow - Method
For more information about the speakers at the Virtual Worlds special see their websites:
Philip Rosedale - Former CEO of Linden Lab (Second Life) www.secondlife.com
David Burden - CEO of Daden Ltd. www.daden.co.uk
Dick Davies - Ambient CEO/Forterra Partner ambientperformance.com
Joaquin Alvarado - CocoDEEP www.cocodeep.com
David Williamson Shaffer - Author and founder of Epistemic Games www.epistemicgames.org
Tim Johansson - Head of 3D integration for the Opera browser www.opera.com
Reinder Rustema - Noted author and political pundit reinder.rustema.nl
Dr. Hans Ulrich Danzebrink + Dr. En-Te Hu - Nanotechnology/virtual integration www.ptb.de
Claus Nemzhow - VR Guru PA Consulting Group www.pa-consulting.com/Home
Arjen Brinkman - CEO for ps tech www.ps-tech.com
The themes will range from frontier virtual environments (what you really need to know), the future of e-learning, serious gaming (the business of edutainment) and the technologies which support these visions of the future.
