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The World In 4D -Mr. Square Visits Virtual Reality

Sitearm Madonna, Kourosh Eusebio, Natberg Steinberg, Steve Smith, Teddi Shamrock, Ham Rambler, Jean Munro,

Ayesha Lytton, Chant Newall

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Sitearm

• Development Manager for Dublin Virtually Live

• Gold Solution Provider• Business, Music,

Tourism, Arts• Corporate• Entrepreneurial

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Timeline

• Premise ~15

• Examples ~25

• Discussion ~15

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Itinerary

• An odyssey into the fourth dimension of virtual reality– A new perspective

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Welcome Aboard!

• Please leave preconceptions at the door.

• We will pick them up again at the end of the show.

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Who Is Mr. Square?

• Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions By A Square– 1884– Social Hierarchies– Dimensions

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Who Is Mr. Square? 2

• Conventional

• Not Fully Informed

• Not “Hip”

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Who Is Mr. Square? 3

• We have met Mr. Square and he is us.

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Who Is Mr. Square? 3

• We have met Mr. Square… and he is us.

Hello! May I interest you in a virtual reality

product today?

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Premise 1

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Premise 2

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Premise 3

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Premise 4

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Premise 5

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Premise 6

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Premise 7

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Premise 8

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Premise 9

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Premise 10

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Business - Meetings

• Does Web Help Business Meetings?– YES

• Cheaper than old-time video conferencing• Cheaper than travel

• Does 3D Web Help Business Meetings?– MAYBE

• Mixed Modality Conferences• Where element of 3D adds relevant interest

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Example - Business

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Music

• Does Web Help Music?– YES: Online demos and sales

• Does Web Help Live Music?– MAYBE: Ticket sales yes, performances no

• Does 3D Web Help Live Music?– MAYBE:

• Performances yes, ticket sales no• Where element of 3D adds interest

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Example - Music

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Tourism

• Does Web Help Tourism?– YES: Pictures, Travel

• Does 3D Web?– YES: Live Interactions

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Example – Tourism

• Sam Johnston, Marketing & Development Executive, Dublin Tourism Ltd.

By sponsoring Second Life® activity we have received increased media coverage and additional exposure in a cost effective manner. We can deliver our message more widely. It is straight forward to deal with and

has a large audience.

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Arts

• Does Web Help Arts?– YES

• Does 3D Web Help Arts?– YES

• Awareness, Sales

• Performance, Composition

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Example – Arts 1

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Example – Arts 2

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Setup 11

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Setup 12

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Seeing the Elephant…

• Kourosh Dini – Psychiatrist, Author, Musician• Nathaniel Stern – Artist, Professor• Steve Smith – Security Manager• Teddi Davis – Proprietor, Marketer, Editor• John Mahon – Pilot, Community Manager• Jean Munro – Music Director, Actor• Karin Willison – Community Manager• Bill Prensky – CTO, CEO

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The Three Questions 1

• Each guest was asked three questions– Note their responses– and your responses

• Listen for the common themes– Can you begin to see a new

perspective?– Can you begin to “see the

elephant”?

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The Three Questions 2

1. By your standards of success, what do successful applications of 3D Web have in common?

2. What does the fourth dimension of virtual reality mean to you, if anything?

3. What examples are you familiar with that illustrate your points?

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Kourosh

• Social networking sites are better referred to as “cities.”

• Virtual spaces are locations in abstract space where people meet.

• One can occupy these cities in a much more fluctuating manner than with real life cities.

• These cities evolve and coalesce at a much faster pace than real life.

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Nathaniel

• Successful applications exploit the shortcomings as well as the possibilities of VR.

• They use both as an opportunity. • Multi-dimensions use network,

movement, time and space to become more than what they are.

• They exceed their own potential.

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Steve

• Successful 3D Web applications are cool.

• Multi dimensions are like the H.G. Wells book about time travel that was made into a movie.

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Teddi Davis aka Teddi Shamrock

• Owner, The Exchange Tavern• Marketer, Profit Streams• Editor, Free Play Virtually Live

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Teddi 1

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Teddi 2

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John Mahon aka Ham Rambler

• Pilot, Astraeus Airlines

• Moderator, PPRuNe

• Owner, Dublin Virtually Live

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Ham 1

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Jean Munro

• Music Director, St. Theresa’s• Actor, Musician

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Jean 1

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Karin Willison aka Ayesha Lytton

• Owner, Solace Beach Estates

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Karin 1

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Bill Prensky aka Chant Newall

• CTO, FutureWork Institute

• CEO, Chant Newall Development Group

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Questions & Discussion

• New Perspectives? • Common Themes?

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Useful Points to Take Away

• We have met Mr. Square and he is us

• By looking at it from a new perspective we gain power

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Links

• Presentation slides www.siterma.com

• Presentation recording www.slconvention.org

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Feedback

• Have you seen the elephant?

• Have you gained new perspective?– Were you entertained?

• Will you continue your odyssey into 4D?– Will you buy me lunch?

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Thank you!