Virtual Worlds
I see an increase in 3D Virtual World software being used to replace 2D PowerPoint-based virtual meetings. People loose focus quickly in 2D meetings staring at slides on the screen with a disembodied voice. So more companies are adopting 3D virtual worlds—where the environments look like conference rooms or offices—to avoid the mind numbing presentations. This is basically a replacement strategy of virtual worlds.
Source: The Learning Coach
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David William Price 6:35 pm on September 7, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
I still don’t see the point of these. The fact that people don’t use something like the assertion-evidence model of PowerPoint design combined with a Socratic method doesn’t mean that PowerPoint is useless.
http://writing.engr.psu.edu/slides.html
The funniest thing I’ve seen is virtual conferences in 3D worlds with PowerPoint presentations within the virtual conferences.
Juliana 9:43 am on September 8, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
The usage of 3D virtual worlds to keep interest in meetings seems to be a waste to me. If the virtal worlds are used for an educational application of some sort it would be better. For instance, there are some nursing programs that are using virtual worlds to improve clinical skills in their students. There is some preliminary research that suggests that the self-efficacy and confidence of the students do improve from such exercises.
Allie 3:47 pm on September 8, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
I was also confused by the meeting example, and the value or importance of simply moving a meeting to a virtual location; that being said, virtual worlds might be very useful for meeting with people when we are all geographically dispersed. I took a look at the link, and the author also discusses doing the kinds of simulations that Juliana mentions – such as medical training – in virtual worlds.
kstooshnov 12:03 pm on September 9, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Oh yeah, I am all for this technology advancement. The Virtual Globe would look great in 3D, and it will be the step between present-day computing and the holodeck. Gamers are just getting into 3D gaming, and in a few years they are not going to be impressed with the 2D stylings of even a Prezi slideshow. Teachers will need to catch on to virtual worlds quick.
Julie S 1:03 pm on September 11, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
There’s a good example of border guard training that has effectively used Virtual World technology. They turned to this with the increased security issues resulting from 9/11. I think there is appropriate uses for this technology. However, in my experiments it made me too motion sick so I’m not sure that I’d be an adopter.
carmencheung 1:33 pm on September 11, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
I believe just like 3D games, virtual worlds/simulations enable people the power to do anything as far as imagination can go. I imagine it can be used for biology classes when exploring different structures.. for building models.. and creating assignments that might be too expensive to implement in the real world.
In addition, it also provides opportunity for people with physical disabilities.
Deb Kim 2:43 pm on September 12, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
I’ve had no problem with PowerPoint. I used an animated PPT from http://www.presentermedia.com/ to work on my final project for ETEC 521 and it was a lot of fun. I agree with my coursemates here. I don’t see a point of having 3D replaced 2D PowerPoint.