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teaching numbers to children - used in Second Life in 3D visualization

possible Metric collaboration opportunity

Immersion is the subjective impression that one is participating in a comprehensive, realistic experience. Interactive media now enable various degrees of digital immersion. The more a virtual immersive experience is based on design strategies that combine actional, symbolic, and sensory factors, the greater the participant's suspension of disbelief that she or he is "inside" a digitally enhanced setting. Studies have shown that immersion in a digital environment can enhance education in at least three ways: by allowing multiple perspectives, situated learning, and transfer. Further studies are needed on the capabilities of immersive media for learning, on the instructional designs best suited to each type of immersive medium, and on the learning strengths and preferences these media develop in users.

look at all of these educational resources in Second life!

web3Dbooks are an opportunity for a research investigation for NCSeT

Sync/Lost: an immersive, muve of music history

Journal: special issue on virtual worlds

Kzero: a consulting company that does market and strategy research on virtual worlds, augmented reality and 3D gaming

Virtual Reality is coming of age / article from the Guardian 12/31/09

Virtual Worlds Education Forum

MacArthur Foundation: digital media and learning

Apple patent may be a clue to 3D tablet control

a SLurl-like tool that enables you to enter the island name and coordinates of your land. Five minutes later, Peek360 sends to your email address a URL that, when entered into a browser, plays an interactive movie of your land just as it actually looks in SL!

good for virtual safaris!

The Virtual Assessment Project: Harvard Graduate School of Education -

Quest Atlantis is an 3D immersive gaming environment designed for kids aged 9 - 16 to attain learning objectives.

New Media Consortium's press release announcing their award of a free sim in Second Life for the Virtual Oaxaca Project - by the Wired Humanities Project and the Center for Learning in Virtual Environments at the University of Oregon

The Mayo Clinic explores the virtual world of Second Life. Conducting courses, simulating doctor/patient visits, and testing innovative designs for emergency rooms and medical clinics;

A Taxonomy of Mixed Reality Visual Displays by Paul Migram and Fumio Kishino