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A short presentation given at the Immersion 2011 event and building on the Delphi exercise run by Paul Hollins at the Open University's ReLive 11 (http://www8.open.ac.uk/research-conferences/relive11/) to look at the future challenges of virtual worlds.
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Virtual WorldsA Future History
David BurdenDaden Limited
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Who Are We?
Immersive learning and visualisation specialists Founded 2004, but in virtual worlds since mid
1990s
Times Higher Education Winner 2009
US Federal Virtual Worlds Challenge winner 2010 Based in Birmingham UK
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What We Do….
Built Environment Visualisation,
Consultation and Management
Learning, Training and Education
Virtual Characters
Data Visualisation
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A Virtual Future?
Trends & Issues – developed from Delphi exercise at ReLive2011
2011 2013 2015 2020 2025 2030
Short TermMedium Term
Long Term
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Short Term – Seamless
Still too hard Needs to be in browser Needs desktop/audio/webcam/gesture integration Users vs Creators(ives) vs Professionals One World or Many Worlds Directed or Discovered Social Media Integration (not Domination)
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What if Lively Had Lived?
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What if Lively Had Lived?
Worlds
Worlds
KS2 Asteroid Explorerwww.ksresources.com/asteriodworld
An exploratory STEM environment for KS2 students to explore asteriods
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Unity + VW Server
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Short Term - Desirable
Learning Benefits for Educators Business Benefits for Industry & Government
Cost Savings Revenue Generation
Social Benefits for Consumers & Family Entertaining, Engaging & Easy
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Medium Term - Mobile
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Medium Term - Unified
Interoperability Outeroperability Infrastructure
Interfaces defined between systems
All systems share the same standards
Core data held centrally and shared with each
system
Open Source vs Open Standards
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Long Term – Radical Interfaces
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Long Term – Societal Change
How will real world development effect virtual worlds, eg cyber & influence?
How will virtual worlds effect the physical world?
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