Open University Event: April 28, 2008: Real Virtual Worlds and their Impact on Learning - Hebrew

Updates:

• The presentation in pdf format -- most of the slides.
• Info about the Book including how to order (at the end).
• Reference to the 3D3C definition of real virtual worlds.
• My avatar in Second Life is Dera Kit and you can visit the lab at this location (this is an SLURL -- a URL that activate second life directly into a specific location). Alternatively you can search "metaverse labs" in second life.
• My email: yesha at shenkar dot ac dot il.
  

I will give an invited talk for the Open University in Israel which will connect "Real Virtual Worlds" as defined as the 3D3C ... and learning...

April 28, 2008. 12:30 after noon. Canbar Hall, Kikar Building.

Hebrew Intro Movies to Second Life

A set of intro movies in Hebrew thanks to Leonid and Leo:

סרטוני הדרכה:

פרק 1 - הרשמה לאתר (01:15)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDQ4mXT-doE

פרק 2 - מאפיינים והגדרות (00:22)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WO1nMhykm4

פרק 3 - כניסה ראשונה (00:57)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kjb5_7kC5LY

פרק 4 - תנועה וצילום (00:44)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uogzqxFAXzc

פרק 5 - פגישות וחברות (01:10)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAKxdT9X_Do

פרק 6 - בנייה בסיסית (01:32)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCLH53-_0LY

פרק 7 - קרדיט ליוצרים (00:32)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgz638KxC3A

TimeOut Magazine Had a Nice Article About Virtual Worlds

TimeOut Magzine in Israel had an article about Virtual worlds in Hebrew by Dana Shoapi.
You can see the entire article in Hebrew in their web site. (follow the link, a special viewer will pop -- go to page 49). Cool pictures too.

Nana Report on the connected Metaverse (Hebrew)

One of the leading Israeli news sites (Nana channel 10) wrote a good overview to the metaverse in general and to the need to connect the different worlds. See here (in Hebrew).

FaceBook Cool App: My Hebrew Name

We know that facebook just got a big investment from Microsoft see here:

Microsoft will take a $240 million equity stake in Facebook during its next round of financing, valuing the company at a whopping $15 billion.

Why? because facebook is the first operating system that allow ISVs (Independent Software Vendors) to write applicaitons that use social context. Here is one example that made me smile.
Hebrew Names. Allow you to simply send your name and get a picture of your Hebrew name. Try it.