Archives for December 21, 2007

Weekend Whimsy

1. Middleton Village. Virtual Old Peoples Home

2. Your Second Life is Unwritten

3. Cirque Mystique Promo Video

Medical Training in Second Life

We’ve covered the growing health training focus in virtual worlds, particularly Second Life.

For the health professional who’s wondering about how medical training would work, there’s an excellent overview here.

As a health professional myself, I can see the benefits an immersive environment would bring. It won’t ever beat poring over a cadaver in real life but it’s going to be a greatly superior complement to real life training.

Update: the student version of the British Medical Journal is also running an article on medical training in Second Life

Privacy in Second Life – some tips

If you’re a bit overwhelmed by IMs, notecards and landmarks as soon as your friends list sees you’re logged in, Linden Lab’s knowledgebase article on privacy is worth a read.

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