Hi,
Bob Ketner here, I’m not running the camera or audio today, but I’m going to try to direct any media here via ustream. I won’t be in SL either due to organizing the RL conference.
For an SL meeting place, meet as usual at: Innovation Island (this link will start the Second Life program)
You can view the presentations with the embedded viewer. Video will be active during the presentation.
If not working please try: http://ustream.tv/channel/virtual-world-sig
This afternoon conference coincides with alongside a flurry of press releases and announcements from virtual world platforms and media companies that are taking virtual worlds to the new platforms of phones and mobile devices. Get the inside forecasts and views on these new developments!
Register here:
http://www.sdforum.org/
Virtual Worlds Go Mobile
11:45am - 5:00pm February 26, 2008
Virtual Goes Mobile
Crossing the Chasm from the Internet
Event Overview:
At the speed of light, three dimensional parallel universes and their immersive communities -whether they be virtual worlds of shopping centers, nightclubs or interactive gaming- went from “radical fringe” to mainstream, with multinationals around the world setting up their own islands to be represented in this new part of the internet galaxy. Now the next frontier may be the most complex one to cross yet - mobile platforms. All players in the tech eco-system are setting stakes to offer consumers new options in social interactivity of all forms:
* Companies already entrenched in virtual worlds and interactive gaming, where mobile devicese the next BIG opportunity
* Social networking and community enterprises hoping to add a third dimension to their community and/or “go mobile”
* The enablers and supporters, whether they be investors who fund and help scale these enterprises or technology plays, such as payment systems, operating systems and platforms…
This conference is the first of its kind to listen to all the voices in the eco-system as they discuss what opportunities will be available and what the challenges are to realize this goal, when communities are able to connect, communicate and share content on these mobile devices, how the location-specific abilities and information be integrated, where should we look for emerging markets for web content when it becomes accessible to billions of cell-phone users.
Agenda:
11:45am-12:30pm Registration and Networking Lunch
12:30pm-12:45pm Welcome Remarks
12:45pm-1:15pm
Opening Keynote Speaker:
Anders Nancke-Krogh, Nokia
1:15pm-2:30pm
Panel Discussion: “The Venture Landscape”
Baris Karadogan, Velocity Interactive Group
Nate Redmond, Rustic Canyon
Sharon Wienbar, Scale Venture
Richard Wong, Accel
Moderator: Mike Doran, Fish Richardson
2:30pm-3:00pm
“The Global Perspective”
Keynote Speaker: Joe Jasin, SKT
3:00pm-3:15pm
Entrepreneur Profile, Virtual Perspective
Martin Dunsby, Vollee
3:15-3:30pm Afternoon Break
3:30-3:45pm
Entrepreneur Profile, Monetizing the mobile Experience:
Steve Livingston, MBlox
3:45pm-5:00pm
Panel Discussion: “Paths for the Future: Success Stories and Learned Lessons”
Paul Anderson, Veepers
Rob Osborn, Gemini Mobile Technologies
Tomasz Wojtowicz, WiFi Army
Mandar Shinde, Smith Micro
Moderator: Ewan MacLeod, SMS Text News
5:00pm-5:15pm Closing Remarks
Price:
Platinum Pass: $25
Members: $65
Non-members: $85
Location:
Tech Mart Center, Fremont Room,
5201 Great America Parkway
Santa Clara, CA 95054
Directions
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Augmented%20Reality/41/74/38
They also have a longer video at: http://arsecondlife.gvu.gatech.edu/defensearmmoref.mov.
Ouch, watch the mic in the first minutes of this video. The birds and crickets also have a really good time in the background.
Details at:
http://gamedev.meetup.com/166/calendar/7312910/
Looks like all the details will be posted there. Hopefully it happens simultaneously in SL. If so, I’ll be there!
]]>Here’s a list of the speakers lined up - it all happens Tue. Feb. 26:
Keynote: Anders Nancke-Krogh, Nokia
Panel Discussion: “The Venture Landscape”
Moderator: Mike Doran, Fish Richardson
Baris Karadogan, Velocity Interactive Group
Nate Redmond, Rustic Canyon
Sharon Wienbar, Scale Venture
Richard Wong, Accel
Keynote : Joe Jasin, SKT “The Global Perspective”
Entrepreneur Profile: Martin Dunsby, Vollee
Entrepreneur Profile,: Steve Livingston, MBlox
Panel Discussion: “Paths for the Future: Success Stories and Learned Lessons”
Moderator: Ewan MacLeod, SMS Text News
Paul Anderson, Veepers
Rob Osborn, Gemini Mobile Technologies
Tomasz Wojtowicz, WiFi Army
Mandar Shinde, Smith Micro
Demo tables still available please contact Bob Ketner atfor more info.
]]>We’re pulling together this afternoon conference to advance the discussion on virtual worlds - how and when they will “go mobile”.
It’s lining up to be an interesting mix of vc, Android, gaming, and hardware takes on the topic - not to be missed, details how to attend below.
“This conference is the first of its kind to listen to all the voices in the eco-system as they discuss what opportunities will be available and what the challenges are to realize this goal, when communities are able to connect, communicate and share content on these mobile devices, how the location-specific abilities and information be integrated, where should we look for emerging markets for web content when it becomes accessible to billions of cell-phone users.”
Keynote Speakers:
Joe Jasin, SKT, and Anders Nancke-Krogh, Nokia
Panelists:
Paul Anderson, Veepers
Martin Dunsby, Vollee
Baris Karadogan, Velocity Interactive
Steve Livingston, MBlox
Rob Osborn, Gemini Mobile Technologies
Nate Redmond, Rustic Canyon
Sharon Wienbar, Scale Venture
Tomasz Wojtowicz, WiFi Army
Rich Wong, Accel
Event Overview:
At the speed of light, three dimensional paralle universes and their immersive communities -whether they be virtual worlds of shopping centers, nightclubs or interactive gaming- went from “radical fringe” to mainstream, with multinationals around the world setting up their own islands to be represented in this new part of the internet galaxy. Now the next frontier may be the most complex one to cross yet - mobile platforms. All players in the tech eco-system are setting stakes to offer consumers new options in social interactivity of all forms:
* Companies already entrenched in virtual worlds and interactive gaming, where mobile devicese the next BIG opportunity
* Social networking and community enterprises hoping to add a third dimension to their community and/or “go mobile”
* The enablers and supporters, whether they be investors who fund and help scale these enterprises or technology plays, such as payment systems, operating systems and platforms…
This conference is the first of its kind to listen to all the voices in the eco-system as they discuss what opportunities will be available and what the challenges are to realize this goal, when communities are able to connect, communicate and share content on these mobile devices, how the location-specific abilities and information be integrated, where should we look for emerging markets for web content when it becomes accessible to billions of cell-phone users.
Agenda:
12:00pm-12:45pm Registration and Networking
Lunch
12:45pm-1:00pm Welcome Remarks
1:00pm-1:30pm
Opening Keynote Speaker:
Anders Nancke-Krogh, Nokia
1:30pm-2:00pm
“The Global Perspective”
Keynote Speaker: Joe Jasin, SKT
2:15pm-3:15pm
Panel Discussion: “The Venture Landscape”
Baris Karadogan, Velocity Interactive
Nate Redmond, Rustic Canyon
Sharon Wienbar, Scale Venture
Richard Wong, Accel
3:15pm-3:45pm Keynote TBC
3:45pm-4:45pm
Panel Discussion: “Paths for the Future: Success
Stories and Learned Lessons”
Paul Anderson, Veepers
Martin Dunsby, Vollee
Steve Livingston, MBlox
Tomasz Wojtowicz, WiFi Army
Speaker TBD, Smith Micro
Rob Osborn, Gemini Mobile Technologies
Register
Here’s the link: http://tinyurl. com/yrhzmm
About the survey:
A wide range of applications and uses of virtual worlds (VWs) by consumers and enterprises have emerged in the last couple of years. The objective of this survey is to focus on one broad use category—Collaborati ve Work—and to get your views and perspectives on what role virtual worlds are playing in these kinds of applications today, and what you expect to see in the future.
The survey is a collaborative effort between the following organizations:
• Special Interest Group (SIG) on Virtual Worlds of the Software
Developers Forum (SDF) in Silicon Valley (led by Bob Ketner)
• The Serious Second Life group in Bolder, Colorado (led by Richard Hackathorn)
• Metaverse U at Stanford University (led by Henrik Bennetsen)
• The Virtual-Worlds Consortium for Innovation and Learning of SRIC-BI (led by Eilif Trondsen)
Everyone who participates will receive a report with analysis of the survey results. We may also organize a SDF-SIG meeting on this topic, and in this case we will alert all participants so they can join us in Palo Alto or in Second Life. No personal information collected in this survey will be used for any commercial purposes and your answers will be confidential and will be used only in combination with those of other respondents.
The survey has four more sections and should take about 15 minutes or so to complete.
NASA Jan. 26 Virtual Worlds conference Day 1 with Will Wright and Virtual World SIG Co-chair Corey Bridges of Multiverse.
Corey will present a talk on Jan. 26 called “Exploring the Metaverse”.
NASA Jan. 27 Virtual Worlds conference Day 2 with Virtual World SIG Co-chair Bob Ketner of Studio SFO.
Bob will present a talk on Jan. 27 called “Shrinking Space” Designs for Augmented Exploration”.
More at: http://amesevents.arc.nasa.gov/virtual-worlds/
Virtual World SIG Jan. 28 7pm PST -Gemini Mobile presenting on “3D Mobile Communities“.
This is a dual event with the Virtual World SIG and the Mobile Internet SIG.
Be there or be virtual!
]]>They were noticed as “one of the five best technologies for 2008″. Their staff local to Palo Alto, CA have been big supporters of the Virtual World SIG and they have some fantastic virtual world tech. Their presentation from June 2007 at the SIG really showed what “serious games” can mean.
It’s breaking news relayed from Virtual Worlds News.com
Congrats, Forterra staff on the recognition of your work.
- Bob Ketner
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