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The new Xbox LIVE Party feature extends the concept of social interaction on Xbox LIVE with 8-person voice chat. It also provides simple mechanisms for the Xbox LIVE Party group to play multiplayer games together. This session reviews the Xbox LIVE Party feature and discusses how to integrate your game to create cutting-edge social experiences. Come find out how to make your title interact seamlessly with Xbox LIVE Party, and how doing so will improve your user experience. If you are currently enabling your title for Xbox LIVE, or are just interested in learning more about the latest features, this talk is for you.

According to Daden, there were four basic types of virtual worlds three years ago — gaming worlds like World of Warcraft, 3D chat platforms like IMVU, open virtual worlds like Second Life, and proprietary simulations used for training in businesses, government and education settings. There are technical reasons why game engines are used for gaming worlds rather than virtual world platforms, due better graphics and scalability. Similarly, simulations are often created using simulation engines.

“We’v

e got to create a relevant educational situation for our kids, so when they go off to college and the working world, it won’t be a foreign world to them,” said Robin Hines, superintendent of Houston County schools. “We’re preparing our students for jobs that haven’t even been created yet.”During the trip, they saw fo

Her presentation, titled “Better Safe than Sorry,” outlines the social network environment that she said may be foreign to most parents but very common to students.It covers Facebook, Twitter, Skype, Friendster, Bebo, Yahoo, Google Plus, Classmates, Flicker, Instagram, You Tube and My Space, all social networking programs, Aguilera said.Aguilera said with so many people using social networking and so many young people posting personal information, its important that teens learn the basics of operating safely on the Web.

To get a sense of your digital presence, search yourself: A first place to start is to Google yourself and see the results. Use pipl.com or peekyou.com to find out what comes up about you. Try spezify.com for a look at your digital history. For an entirely different view, try the MIT Personas interface for a visual display of your digital presence.