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OpenVCE MEET-1

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June 11, 2009 - 19:15 — admin
Date: 
Tuesday, May 19, 2009 - 14:30 - 16:30
Point of Contact: 
Austin Tate

Current Status: MEET-1 now concluded.

After Event Recorded Media

Replay media is available here (Authorised users will have the username and password required, or ask Austin Tate <a.tate@ed.ac.uk>)

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Date: Tuesday 19th May 2009 - 09:30-11:30 EDT (GMT-4), 14:30-16:30 BST (GMT+1)

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Second Life

OpenVCE 3D Space - Round table for up to 25 people

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Informatics/210/190/23/

http://tr.im/iroom

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Event Web Page: This page is http://tr.im/openvcemeet1
Type: Virtual World Round Table Discussion
Date and Time: Tuesday 19th May, 2009, 09:30 to 11:30 EDT (GMT-4)
Description:

Workshop for OpenVCE Team, WoSCR Program Managers and Key Collaborators to discuss initial VCE functionality and the platforms being explored to provide them. Use of VCE-0 Interim Virtual Collaboration facility on Virtual University of Edinburgh for a meeting on a topic of interest to the community.

Modalities: Second Life Meeting, SL Voice, Quicktime Screencasts, Twitter status updates
Attendance: By invitation
Event Organizer: Austin Tate < a.tate@ed.ac.uk>
Quicktime Video: http://media.aiai.ed.ac.uk:554/openvce.sdp [640x480 H.264]
Event Status: Twitter Tag: #openvce

Single Page with Backup Facilities for Web-based Video, Twitter Status, etc.

in case the 3D Spaces are unavailable or inaccessible to you.

 

Confirmed Attendees:

  • Tim Bacon (USJFCOM J9), avatar: BaconBit Jupiter
  • Jessica Chen-Burger (AIAI), avatar: Skye Gears [role: event assistant]
  • Jeff Dalton (AIAI), avatar: JeffD Arida
  • David Fliesen (USJFCOM J5), avatar: Joey Aboma
  • Randy Garrett (USJFCOM Joint Futures Lab), avatar: Randy Seerose
  • Jeff Hansberger (USJFCOM J9, ARL/HRED), avatar: Jeff Reanimator
  • Frank Kunkel (CMU), avatar: Sparky Silverfall
  • Stephen Potter (AIAI), avatar: SP Pizzicato
  • Austin Tate (AIAI), avatar: Ai Austin [role: meeting organizer and chairman]
  • Derek Wheeler (USJFCOM Joint Futures Lab), avatar: Derek Neutron
  • Gerhard Wickler (AIAI), avatar: Gerhard Tomorrow

Attendees if Second Life Installation Permits:

  • Pam Burton (USJFCOM J9, ARL), avatar: Keg Runner
  • Debbie Patton (USJFCOM J9, ARL/HRED), avatar: Karma Luckstone

Other Invitees:

  • Kathleen Carley (CMU), avatar: TBC
  • David Richardson (AIAI), avatar: Davie Munro

Using After-Event Content (where feasible):

  • Rob Cross (University of Virginia), avatar: TBC
  • Brian Moon (Perigean Technologies), avatar: PerigeanTechnologies Low

To coincide with visit of Tim Bacon to AIAI, Edinburgh. 0:30 allowed beforehand for event reception and avatar assistance via Skye Gears. 0:30 allowed afterwards for a lessons learned discussion with Jeff Hansberger and Tim Bacon.

Agenda:

Topic: Given current thoughts on likely WoSCR user VCE requirements and the functionality we may be able to provide in a Second Life based VCE, does RRR IWS have a part to play?

9:00am EDT - Event reception. Event space available, please check your setup (see http://tr.im/slchecks) and ask Skye Gears if you need any assistance. The meeting will use SL voice, augmented by text chat where needed and for exchange of URLs, etc.

9:30am EDT - Start of Meeting. Introductions by each participant - All

9:45am EDT - Aims of WoSCR Program and VCE Project - Tim Bacon and Jeff Hansberger

See WoSCR Program Concept Map as a resource for the introduction.

10:00am EDT - VCE Functions and Platforms - Austin Tate

 

See table of functions and platforms as a basis for the discussion.

  1. Social network element functionality - summary
  2. Virtual world element functionality - summary
  3. Likely requirements of the WoSCR community

10:30am EDT - Short break after which discussions continue - All

  1. Current platforms and functionality in use in VCE-0
  2. Does RRR IWS offer unique functionality in the mix?

11:30am EDT - Finish of Meeting

After event off-line discussions with Tim Bacon and Edinburgh team members. After-event discussion with Jeff Hansberger will be on a a later day.

Experiments to record the video, audio and chat logs of the meeting will be made using a number of methods.