Virtual Worlds: Simulations & Research Classes at UC Davis

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An introduction to the virtual world of Second Life and the open access OpenSimulator environmentsfor the UC Davis MHI214 & MHI289h classes: Fall 2011The Internet and the Future of Patient Care with Peter Yellowlees, MDVirtual Reality, Simulation & Robotics with Alberto Odor, MD.With Second Life orientation, and interactivity with the very beautiful Second Life, James Cook, MD & Bernadette Daly Swanson, MLIS. Health Sciences Libraries, University of California Davis.

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Simulations & Research

Open your Second Life Viewer 2 & login!If you’re on a Mac: use Imprudence Viewer

For the academic avatars of the MHI214 & MHI289h Classes at University of California DavisAccept your invitation to the UC Davis group in the IM & notifications tab that is located at the lower right side of screen.You will also receive a landmark for the private Davis and Prophylaxis Islands (or use the links from the blog on next screen to reach the islands).Note: you can use this same username & password to log into the Second Life web site to set up account to purchase money or land or the paid account in order to lease land.https://id.secondlife.com/openid/login

Ben’s Blog: Library Studios with links to Second Life locations for Health Informatics workshop: http://machinimalibrarians.blogspot.com

Using SLurls from the web to reach the Second Life web based map server http://maps.secondlife.com

Davis Island (private island). Clicking on the orange visit button launches the Second Life Viewer 2 on your computer.Second Life Quickstart Guide (help with the user interface.

World Map available in Second Life Viewer (World | World map) or on the web. Mini local map also available in SL viewer.

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Avatar names for VR, Simulation & Robotics course

Virtual Worlds

Journal of Virtual World Research Health & Healthcare (vol. 2, no. 2)

Journal of Virtual World Research Health & Healthcare (vol. 2, no. 2)

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http://www.gridsurvey.com

Over US$ 1,000,000.00 ??

31,417 Regions (Nov. 2, 2011)

Host your own Opensimulator

Build your own Slurl at www.slurl.com

Education pre-conference

www.slconvention.org

MHI214 Class: The Internet & the future of patient care

Searching for Virtual Palomar West hospital in viewer

Building demo & rezzing 3D objects from inventory

Visit Library Studios 2 where we did building demo and pulled out houses from inventory, etc.

University Librarywww.lib.ucdavis.edu

Where is the peer reviewedliterature

on Virtual Worlds?

Across the disciplinesHealth Sciences Libraries

Medicine, Nursing, Informatics, Engineering, Sociology, Psychology,

Education, Biomedical & Computer ScienceAsk a Librarian…

University Librarywww.lib.ucdavis.eduHealth Sciences Libraries

www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hsl

VPN to login from off campus (if in Citrix, open a new browser window for VPN)

Choose PUBMED (National Library of Medicine) from the Databases A-Z list or from the

Health Sciences Library homepage

Search using MESH terms: User-Computer InterfaceEducation, NursingSchizophrenia, etc.

Pubmed Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18386971UC-eLinks: UCeLinks (gold button top right side) to view UC Davis subscription to journal

MESH (medical subject headings) shown: user-computer interface nursing teaching public health

Google Scholar Preferences (scholar preferences)to work with University of California Davis & Endnote

Harvest Catalog search: 616 results for subject headings "shared virtual environments" OR "Second Life" OR "virtual reality"; Sorted by Year

Downloadable hyperlinked powerpoint available on Slideshare.com

Watch the workshop's visual track on YouTube

Health Informatics website UC Davis Medical CenterMHI214 & MHI289h – Fall 2011

Virtual Reality, Simulation & Robotics CourseAlberto Odor, MD

& research of Peter Yellowlees, MDUniversity of California Davis.

, MLIS

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