Archives for December 2011

OpenSimulator: School Quick Start Guide

Via Scoop.itMetaverse News

You know WHY you want to get started with 3D virtual worlds in your school. Well, now you can know HOW. This e-book provides an introduction to OpenSimulator, step-by-step setup instructions etc
Via www.scribd.com

iED Summit Europe 2011: Get Beyond Virtual Worlds | Rezzable

Via Scoop.itMetaverse News

Rezzable notes from immersive education summit in Madrid November 2011.  
Via rezzable.com

A marketing push

Via Scoop.itMetaverse News

Someone recently asked me to check with the Lab and ask about the “Big Marketing Push” that the Lab said at SLCC that it was gearing up for. If I recall rightly, the question was along the lines of “Has it happened yet?
Via dwellonit.taterunino.net

How Disney’s Club Penguin Became the Biggest Social Network for Kids

Via Scoop.itClinical Simulation

With more than 150 million profiles, Club Penguin might be the biggest social network for kids ever.
Via mashable.com

Beginning Content Creation In Second Life: the one-prim paperback

Via Scoop.itMetaverse News

An introductory tutorial (first session) in content creation, produced for desktop VR students in the Faculty of Computing, Information Systems & Mathematics…
Via www.youtube.com

The perfect Xmas food gift: edible bling

I love a good piece of food that looks like gold or silver. Ok, not really, but if I did I’d buy a shed-load of this allegedly harmless and edible bling spray to coat my Tim Tams and Zooper Doopers in:

For those worried about ingredients, it contains all these ‘harmless’ sounding things: Ethanol, Butane-E943a, Isobutane – E943b, Propane-E944, E555(Potassium aluminium silicate), E171 (Titanium Dioxide), E172 (Iron Oxides and Hydroxides)

So there you go – why eat another non-gold or silver piece of toast? You know it makes sense.

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