Bar Camp Sg3.Virtual Worlds.Jeremy Snyder.Key
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jeremy snyder's virtual worlds overview and discussion slides from barcamp singapore 3, february 28, ngee ann polytechnical school in singapore
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Bar Camp Sg3.Virtual Worlds.Jeremy Snyder.Key
- 1. Virtual Worlds, now & later Jeremy Snyder, Metaversum/Twinity Friday, February 27, 2009
- 2. About me Community & Ops Manager at Metaversum Twinity: the leading mirror world 3 years in virtual worlds Speaking/writings at: Metaverse U, State of Play, Metaverse Roadmap, FMCA, Life on Line Friday, February 27, 2009
- 3. What are virtual worlds? Fundamental common elements: Persistence - what’s in there, stays in there Multiplayer - it’s boring by yourself Online - umm, where else? Maybe inspired by Neuromancer & Snow Crash “Gameless games” Friday, February 27, 2009
- 4. The tech stuff All game technology MMO foundations - most proprietary, some open- source emerging, but very early Basically everyone uses Linux Open source as much as possible! (MySQL, Jabber...) Brace for mass bandwidth! Friday, February 27, 2009
- 5. Twinity Virtual world built on virtual copies of real cities Friday, February 27, 2009
- 6. Second Life Flickr photo (cc) Pathfinder Linden “imagined and created by its residents” Friday, February 27, 2009
- 7. World of Warcraft Flickr photo (cc) juanpol The leading MMORPG (outside of China!) Friday, February 27, 2009
- 8. Habbo Flickr photo (cc) pixelsebi Biggest kids-oriented world globally Friday, February 27, 2009
- 9. Stardoll Flickr photo (cc) Gary Hayes Very large paperdoll world for girls Friday, February 27, 2009
- 10. Others to know Adult-targeted: Kaneva, vMTV, There.com, vSide Kid/teen-focused Club Penguin, Whyville, Gaia Online, WebKinz Game side (MMORPG) Warhammer, City of Heroes, EverQuest Friday, February 27, 2009
- 11. Toughest questions Business model - subscription, microtransactions, etc. Legal - who has jurisdiction over a virtual world? Tax - if people make money, do they have to pay taxes on their earnings? Content - adult content, violence UGC - who owns what in-world!? Friday, February 27, 2009
- 12. Future of virtual worlds Economic downturn - prepare for a shake-out Just like the first wave of the web New business models, a la the web Tech advances: broadband, GPU, CPU, software Answers to the questions, at some point... Friday, February 27, 2009