We will be doing the classes from week 6 today as Stefan is at a conference.
Introduction to Interactive Storytelling, explanation of course outline and assessment
- Linear versus interactive multimedia/storytelling
- History of Multimedia - Speech>Text>Print>Radio>Television>Interactive Multimedia
- Discussion of future technologies and their impact on society in general (Disabled, Digital Divide, Intelligence/Individual Divide, What will become of our current reality?)
Second Life and other Virtual Words
- There
- Openlife
- Activeworlds
- Entropia
- Playstation Home
- The Sims
- Google Earth
- Lively
- Photosynth
Introduction to Second Life
- Registering
- Modifying avatars/characters in Second Life
- Applying textures
- Using the Appearance Tool
- Searching
- Teleporting
- Object, Library and Inventory Use
How can VR be used to tell a story?
You must visit three places in Second Life, take a snapshot, and complete a short review on each place.
- Location Name?
- Region?
- People Online?
- What is done there?
- What is your opinion of it, and why?
- Would you visit again?
Eg;
The first location I visited was Ocean Sunrise.
I liked the trees(nice palms), they used some nice saturated rich colors, and nice waves.
I didn't like the land style, and the sand was a little boring, it needed more shapes or perhaps some grass. There didn't seem like there was too much to do, and there wasn't many original creations to examine.
I would come back if I needed a new style of palm tree.
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We also looked at creating tshirts, with everyone creating their own shirt from a template in fireworks.
For anyone who missed it, the file can be found on mmshare>secondlife, or alternately you can download a similar template here as well as view instructions;
http://www.robinwood.com/Catalog/Technical/SL-Tuts/SLPages/RSWTShirtStart.html
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