Virtual Worlds



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which anyone can add to or edit.

The Global, Virtual/Digital, Open, Free, {potentially Degree- and Credit-Granting},

Multilingual University & School

where anyone can teach or take a class or course


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Publish my article in a WUaS academic journal in this subject
Open Journal Systems. 2012. Open Journal Systems. Public Knowledge Project.

(WUaS's wiki, information technologies and criteria for this - informed by the WUaS academic journal subject matter - are developing, since you can already publish your article at Academia.edu http://www.academia.edu or Research Gate - http://www.researchgate.net/ - or Spire - http://spire.sciences-po.fr/web/ - for example); See Library Resources below at WUaS for further resources.

Select Book Groups, Study Groups, Musical Groups, etc.
Begin a Google + Hangout: https://plus.google.com/u/0/108179352492243955816/posts

Calendar: https://www.google.com/calendar/

Select Books
Boellstorff, Tom. 2008. Coming of Age in Second Life: An Anthropologist Explores the Virtually Human. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Boellstorff, Tom, Bonnie Nardi, Celia Pearce & T. L. Taylor (eds.) George E. Marcus (foreword). 2012. Ethnography and Virtual Worlds: A Handbook of Method. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Nardi, B. 2010. My Life as a Night Elf Priest: An Anthropological Account of World of Warcraft. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.

Select Channels
Smarthistory. 2014. Smarthistory, Art History at Khan Academy. Smarthistory, Art History at Khan Academy Youtube Channel.

Select Communities, Email lists, etc.
(See also editable World University and School's 'You at World University' page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/You_at_World_University).

Select Films
Second Life Materials. 2012. Second Life Materials. (Mesh Building Components; Viewer support for Normal and Specular Maps, as well as some additional controls for how light reflects from faces). Youtube.com.

Moshel, Daniel. 2009. Login2Life. (login2life trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znOJCDXSAMI). (http://www.login2life.net/-Login2Life is a documentary film, directed by Daniel Moshel, which portrays people, some of whom are handicapped, who have found an alternate home in an online world in Second Life. This is the starting point of a journey into fascinating virtual realities, meeting diverse human beings in different parts of the world who have one thing in common – they are savvy in using virtual worlds as an extension of their real lives). Munich, Germany: Eidolon Entertainment in Coproduction with Moshel Film, ZDF - Das kleine Fernsehspiel and ORF.

Select Interviews, Question and Answers, Q&As
Young, Jeffrey R. 2014. [http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/will-the-next-classroom-disruption-be-in-3-d-facebooks-virtual-reality-company-thinks-so/54517 Will the Next Classroom Disruption Be in 3-D? Facebook’s Virtual-Reality Company Thinks So]. September 12. Chronicle of Higher Education.

Select Libraries, Archives, Collections, etc.
Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable Transcript Library. 2012. VWER Meeting Transcript by Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable. (Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable - VWER - has met every Thursday at 11:30 am Pacific Time for 4 years - http://slurl.com/secondlife/BGSU%20Community/53/86/25). www.vwer.org/

(See also editable World University and School's Library Resources' page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Library_Resources).

Select Museums
(See also editable World University and School's Museums' page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Museums).

Select Programs, Applications, Languages, Software
Illustris Project. 2014. Illustris Project. (We hope that the Illustris simulation will be of interest to scientists of all disciplines as well as to the broader non-scientific community. Below we describe the 'what', 'why', and 'how' of the project at a level accessible to those without any expertise in physics, astronomy, or computer science). Cambridge, MA: illustris-project.org.

Select Questions, Inquiries, Problems, FAQs
Eliot, Loki. 2014. Draxtor presents: Loki maps Xbox controller to Second Life + Oculus Rift. (Question: what is the biggest problem with Oculus and related VR gogglery right now?). Draxtor Despres Youtube channel.

Select References
Allen, Tim. 2011. Auto Draft - Wharton Higher Ed Web Symposium. July 15. Philadelphia, PA: peregrinesalon.com.

Applications and Network Futurists. 2007. Applications and Network Futurists. UC Davis/Intel.

Au, Wagner James. 2011. The BBC Covers SL-to-RL 3D Printed Fractal Cubes. December 7. New World Notes.

Au, Wagner James. 2011. Ms. Ohmai's Excellent Second Life Inventory Sorting Tutorial (But Oh If Only We Didn't Need This Tutorial at All). July 8. New World Notes.

Au, Wagner James. 2011. Neal Stephenson: Enough On Me & the Metaverse Already!. December 6. New World Notes.

Au, Wagner James. 2011. Top 50 Popular Second Life Sims for June 2011. May 10. New World Notes.

Au, Wagner James. 2013. Woman with Parkinson's Reports Significant Physical Recovery After Using Second Life - Academics Researching. February 7. New World Notes.

Beisbart, Claus und Stephan Hartmann. 20??.Computersimulationen in der Angewandten Politischen Philosophie – ein Beispiel. academia.edu/8979404/Computersimulationen_in_der_Angewandten_Politischen_Philosophie_-_Ein_Beispiel.

Boellstorff, Tom, Bonnie Nardi, Celia Pearce & T. L. Taylor (With a foreword by George E. Marcus). 2012. Ethnography and Virtual Worlds: A Handbook of Method. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Boyle, Alan. 2011. Science thrives in virtual worlds. March 25. cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com

Building Metaverses – Major Players to Watch. 2014. Building Metaverses – Major Players to Watch. Accessed online: April 12. moecapp.wordpress.com/2014/04/12/building-metaverses-the-known-major-players/.

Castronova, Edward. 2011. Insurance for Virtual Goods. July 11. Terra Nova.

Castronova, Edward. 2011. Resources for Designing Virtual Economies. November 12. Terra Nova.

Champion, Erik. 2013. History and Heritage in Virtual Worlds. Perth, Australia: academia.edu/6414687/History_and_Heritage_in_Virtual_Worlds.

Devine, Kit. 2012. Making Place: Designing and building an engaging, interactive and pedagogical historical world. Acton, Australia: Australian National University.

Dibbell, Julian. 2011. Google+ to Second Lifers: Get Real. July 12. terranova.blogs.com.

Dorland, Liz, Marianne Riis, Mark Childs, and Robin Heyden. 2014. Hats, HUDs, Wands and Weather: Building Activities for Engagement in Second Life. academia.edu/845030/Hats_HUDs_Wands_and_Weather_Building_Activities_for_Engagement_in_Second_Life.

Etherington, Darrell. 2013. Google Visualizes Massive Changes To The Face Of The Earth With New Timelapse Project. May 9. techcrunch.com.

Floyd. 2013. guild wars and mmo. January 14. goodsgears.com/2013/01/guild-wars-2-and-mmo.

Forcella, Vick. 2013. My 2013 wishlist for Second Life. January 3. vickforcella.wordpress.com.

Greenhaw, Andy. 2008. University uses Second Life for nurses training. November 24. Kansan.

Heasly, Benjamin S., Nicolas P. Cottaris, Daniel P. Lichtman, Bei Xiao, David H. Brainard. 2014. RenderToolbox3: MATLAB tools that facilitate physically basedstimulus rendering for vision research. 14(2):6, 1–22. Journal of Vision.

Hemmerly-Brown, Alexandra. 2011. DoD gives PTSD help 'second life' in virtual reality. January 24. http://www.army.mil. Marshall, Gary. 2011. [http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/whatever-happened-to-second-life--1030314 Whatever happened to Second Life? In Depth: Why the hype didn't help - and where SL's headed now]. September 30. techradar.com.

Hill, Jr., Randall W. 2014. How Virtual Humans Can Build Better Leaders. July 25. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business Review.

jyosim. 2014. Oculus Rift CEO Says Classrooms of the Future Will Be In VR Goggles. Sep 14. hardware.slashdot.org/story/14/09/14/2258219/oculus-rift-ceo-says-classrooms-of-the-future-will-be-in-vr-goggles.

Learning STEM Skills by Designing Video Games (Is School Enough? Series). 2013. Learning STEM Skills by Designing Video Games (Is School Enough? Series). http://www.edutopia.org/is-school-enough-game-based-learning-stem-video.

Manuelian, Peter. 2014. [https://www.academia.edu/7572994/_Giza_3D_Digital_Archaeology_and_Scholarly_Access_to_the_Giza_Pyramids._The_Giza_Project_at_Harvard_University_ Giza 3D: Digital Archaeology and Scholarly Access to the Giza Pyramids. The Giza Project at Harvard University]. Cambridge, MA: academia.edu/7572994/_Giza_3D_Digital_Archaeology_and_Scholarly_Access_to_the_Giza_Pyramids.

Morgan, Colleen L. 2009. (Re)Building Catalhoyuk: Changing Virtual Reality in Archaeology. Archaeologies: Journal of the World Archaeological Congress.

O'Reilly, James. 2014. How to Create in a 3D Immersive World, Present in 3D Holographic, Produce a 3D Printout. (http://ht.ly/y5S8N). Real2Virtual2ReallyReal.

Paterson, Mark. 2014. Introduction: Re-mediating Touch. Exeter, UK: academia.edu/2247227/Introduction_Re-mediating_Touch.

Reese, Hope. 2013. Lectures Didn't Work in 1350—and They Still Don't Work Today: A conversation with David Thornburg about designing a better classroom. November 15. theatlantic.com.

Simon, Stephanie. 2010. [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703909804575124470868041204.htmlAvatarII: The Hospital Health-care facilities are discovering that practicing in the virtual world can have major benefits in real life]. April 13. New York, NY: Wall Street Journal.

Szefer, Jakub and Ruby B. Lee. 2014. Architectural Support for Hypervisor-Secure Virtualization. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University.

Szefer, Jakub, Eric Keller, Ruby B. Lee and Jennifer Rexford. 2014. Eliminating the Hypervisor Attack Surface for a More Secure Cloud. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University.

Thomson, Iain. 2014. Denmark dynamited by cunning American Minecraft vandals: Danish government forced to reboot damaged zones. May 1. theregister.co.uk/2014/05/01/denmark_dynamited_by_cunning_american_minecraft_vandals/.

TOTILO, STEPHEN. 2012. [http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/10/forget-playing-games-everyone-needs-to-make-games/ Forget Playing Games, Everyone Needs To Make Games. 24 OCTOBER. Australia: kotaku.com.au.

Triglav, Joc. 2000. Why Walk When We Can Fly?. October / November. Academia.edu.

Tringham, Ruth and Michael Ashley. 2012. Creating and Archiving the media database and documentation of the excavation. In Last House on the Hill: BACH Area Reports from Çatalhöyük, Turkey (Çatalhöyük vol.11), edited by R. Tringham and M. Stevanovic, pp. 31-46. UCLA, Los Angeles, CA: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press.

Virtual world. 2012. Virtual world. Wikipedia.

Wynne, Nigel. 2012. COMSLIVE – Communication Skills Learning in Immersive Virtual Environments. Open Wonderland Blog.

How to Build in Virtual Worlds

Second Life Building and Texturing Forum. 2014. http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Building-and-Texturing-Forum/Blender-tutorials-for-Second-Life/td-p/1913649 Second Life Building and Texturing Forum]. community.secondlife.com/t5/Building-and-Texturing-Forum/Blender-tutorials-for-Second-Life/td-p/1913649

OpenSim

OpenSym 2014 (formerly WikiSym) in Berlin, Germany, Aug 27-29. In-cooperation with ACM SIGWEB, ACM SIGSOFT, archived in the ACM Digital Library.

General call for papers:

http://www.opensym.org/os2014/submission/general-call/

Track-specific calls for research papers:

1. Open Data:

http://www.opensym.org/os2014/submission/research-track-calls/open-data/

2. Open Educational Resources:

http://www.opensym.org/os2014/submission/research-track-calls/open-educational-resources/

3. Free/Libre/Open Source Software

http://www.opensym.org/os2014/submission/research-track-calls/open-source/

4. (IT-Driven) Open Innovation:

http://www.opensym.org/os2014/submission/research-track-calls/open-innovation/

5. Wikis and Open Collaboration:

http://www.opensym.org/os2014/submission/research-track-calls/open-collab-wikis/

6. Wikipedia

http://www.opensym.org/os2014/submission/research-track-calls/wikipedia/

Terraforming in virtual worlds

torley. 2008. LAND: Terraforming - Second Life Video TuTORial. Torley.com

World of Warcraft

Au, Wagner James. 2011. New World Gaming: World of Warcraft, You're Losing Subscribers; Please Grow the Market by Going Free-to-Play. May 10. New World Notes.

Collister, Lauren. 2012. Digital ethnography of linguistic multitasking in World of Warcraft. (Posted by Chad Nilep on May 28). Pittsburgh, PA: linguisticanthropology.org/blog/2012/05/28/digital-ethnography-of-linguistic-multitasking-in-world-of-warcraft/.

Golub, Alex. 2010. Being in the World (of Warcraft): Raiding, Realism, and Knowledge Production in a Massively Multiplayer Online Game. 83:1:17-45 Winter. Anthropological Quarterly.

Nakamura, Lisa. 2009. "Don’t Hate the Player, Hate the Game" The Racialization of Labor in World of Warcraft. (http://www4.ncsu.edu/~mseth2/com417s12/readings/Warcraft.pdf). 26(2), 128–144. Critical Studies in Media Communication.

Newon, L. (In Production). Language and digital communication in multiplayer online games. In Spilioti and Georgakopoulou-Nunes (Eds.), Handbook of Language and Digital Communication. London, UK: Routledge.

Newon, L. (Dec 2012). Digital technologies and the conversation of review and response. In Reflections on American Anthropology: A Conference at UC Irvine (Anyadike-Dantes et al.), American Anthropologist, p. 588.

Newon, L. (2011). Multimodal creativity and identities of expertise in the digital ecology of a world of warcraft guild. In Thurlow, C. and Mroczek, K. (Eds.), Digital Discourse: Language in the New Media, pp. 309-341. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Select Slideshows
Allen, Tim. 2010. 1/26/2010: The Magic Circle: Realistic Expectations for Virtual Worlds. January 25. Philadelphia, PA: peregrinesalon.com.

Deeds, David. 2012. Best Practices Showcase: 3D Virtual Worlds in (K-12/International) Schools. March 13. slideshare.net.

Doherty, Paul. 2012. Dark Matter. (a talk given on February 11, 2012 by Paul Doherty, Senior Scientist at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, also known as Patio Plasma in SL, and director of The Splo Museum (in SL). A brief overview of what we know about dark matter, some history of when the idea arose, and current experiments designed to detect or otherwise figure out what dark matter is. "I gave a lecture this morning in the virtual world of Second Life for the Meta Institute for Computational Astrophysics on Dark Matter. I used images as well as constructing 3D interactive objects. At the beginning of the presentation I am referring to 3 boxlike objects one black representing dust in visible light, one red representing dust glowing in the infrared. And one transparent representing Dark Matter, which is't actually dark, it is transparent. I'll upload an image of the boxes.") San Francisco, CA: The Exploratorium.

Select Theses, Dissertations, Papers, etc.
Palmer, Dionne Soares. 2010. Second Language Pragmatic Socialization in World of Warcraft. Davis, CA: University of California, Davis.

Select Video and Audio
Astronomers create first realistic virtual universe. 2014. Astronomers create first realistic virtual universe: Computer simulation Illustris can re-create 13 billion years of cosmic evolution. Cambridge, MA: news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2014/05/astronomers-create-first-realistic-virtual-universe/.

B B C - The city of Pavlopetri. 2014. B B C υποτιτλισμένο"Η πόλη κάτω από τα κύματα:Παυλοπέτρι". (In English, not Greek). kon kal Youtube channel.

Barkley, Zach. 2014. The Drax Files: World Makers ( Episode 17: Zachh Barkley ). Draxtor Despres Youtube Channel.

Bloom, George. 2014. Virtual reality -- how the metaverse will change filmmaking | George Bloom | TEDxHollywood. TEDx Talks Youtube channel.

Despres, Draxtor. 2014. The Drax Files World Makers: Stories from Second Life. Draxtor Despres Youtube Channel.

Despres, Draxtor. 2013. Daddy/Daughter Lets Play Minecraft Ep 01. (http://plus.google.com/u/0/114833392168923133604/posts/HaJBGPYr1YX). Ronin Gaming Youtube Channel.

Despres, Draxtor. 2012. Second Life Community Convention 2011 - This is NOT a game!!!. (The annual Second Life Community Convention was held in Oakland, California this year. Now that many blog posts have been written about gamification of the world, new products separate of Second Life to be introduced, more web initiatives and the fact that SL is growing by about 15.000 new users every day, it is time for Draxtor to tell the REAL story of SLCC 2011: the parties, the hallway brainstormings, the beloved British humor.....stick around!!!). Youtube.com.

Doherty, Paul. 2012. Exploratorium Tour - Part 1 of 5. San Francisco, CA: KirkwoodSLGroup.

Djorski, S. George. 2011. TEDxCaltech - S. George Djorgovski - Evolving Science and Technology in Cyberspace. Pasadena, CA: TEDxTalks.

Drax, Bernhard. 2013. The Drax Files: World Makers (Episode 1: Kriss Lehmann). youtube.com.

Evans, Henry and Chad Jenkins. 2013. Henry Evans and Chad Jenkins: Meet the robots for humanity. Los Altos, CA: TEDxMidAtlantic.

Fearless Nation. 2011. Fearless Nation. (Fearless Nation, located in Second Life, offers tremendous support, hope and help for those who suffer from Post - Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Fearless Nation gives information about latest scientific research and information in this field, while providing a community of people from around the world who help themselves and each other). Fearless Nation.

Di Filippi, Primavera. 2014. Ethereum: Freenet or Skynet ?. April 15. Cambridge, MA: cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2014/04/difilippi.

Forte, Maurizio, 2012. Cyber Archaeology. Durham, NC: Duke University.

Kassabian, Deke. 2011. Video: Penn in Second Life. April 19. (http://www.upenn.edu/computing/isc/virtual-worlds/PennInSL.html). Philadelphia, PA: peregrinesalon.com.

Kassabian, Deke. 2011. Virtual Worlds at the University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania.

MUVE Market - Virtual Patient Care Simulation Lab. 2010. MUVE Market - Virtual Patient Care Simulation Lab. (MUVE Market Virtual Patient Care Simulation Lab is an outstanding platform for medical training. Here is a compelling and detailed video that highlights some of the great features they offer and which are made possible in the Virtual World of Second Life). Youtube.com.

McDowell, Ceasar, Claudia Canepa, Sebastiao Ferriera. 2007. Lecture 5: Virtual Worlds and Their Role in Creative Work. (See also: http://video.mit.edu/watch/mit-11965-reflective-practice-lecture-5-virtual-worlds-and-their-role-in-creative-work-11663/) Cambridge, MA: MIT OCW.

Markoff, John. 2014. Real-Life Illness in a Virtual World. July 14. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Martin, Erik. 2014. How World of Warcraft Saved Me and My Education-: Erik Martin at TEDxRedmond. Redmond, WA: TEDx.

Michelangelo. 2011. Michelangelo, Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, 1508-12. Smarthistory, Art History at Khan Academy Youtube Channel.

mysecondlifefun. 2013. VIRTUAL ART & DESIGN IN SECOND LIFE ~ L E A SIMS 2013. Youtube.com.

Narcisse, Evan. 2014. World's First Alaskan Native Video Game Looks Like a Lovely Fairy Tale. May 09. kotaku.com/worlds-first-alaskan-video-game-looks-like-a-beautiful-1574003707.

Nesson, Charles and Rebecca Nesson. 2006. Charles and Rebecca Nesson discuss CyberOne. Cambridge, MA: BerkmanCenter Youtube channel.

Nicolelis, Miquel. 2013. [http://www.ted.com/talks/miguel_nicolelis_a_monkey_that_controls_a_robot_with_its_thoughts_no_really.html Miguel Nicolelis: A monkey that controls a robot with its thoughts. No, really]. TEDMED 2012.

Parry, Kyle. 2012. Trees and Physical-Virtual Borderlands: metaLAB and the Arnold Arboretum. Cambridge, MA: cyber.law.harvard.edu.

Swamynathan, Yashaswini (in Bangalore) Editing by Ken Wills. 2014. Google set to lead $500 mln investment in Magic Leap. (Reuters) finance.yahoo.com/news/google-set-lead-500-mln-005157445.html.

Virtual Chemistry. 2014. The Drax Files: World Makers (Episode 19: Virtual Chemistry). Draxtor Despres Youtube Channel.

Brainwave Headsets

Digital Goggles

Brown, Paul. 2014. [http://www.plingzine.com/?p=724 A Very Open Xmas! – Part I: Hardware]. NOVEMBER 25. plingzine.com/?p=724.

How to Build in Virtual Worlds

Basics of Blender mesh for Secondlife. 2012. Basics of Blender mesh for Secondlife. Youtube.com.

Building basics in Second Life. 2014. Building basics in Second Life. paperclipping Youtube channel.

CTER Second Life Tutorial: Chair. 2009. CTER Second Life Tutorial: Chair. Youtube.com.

Dæmon, Xenil. 2014. How To Build In Second Life - Basics - Part 1. Xenil Dæmon Youtube channel.

Lively, Michael. 2008. Build fast in Second Life with Free Stuff. Michael Lively Youtube channel.

Second Life Bike Building 101 Sin City Customs. 2012. Second Life Bike Building 101 Sin City Customs. Youtube.com.

Second Life Building Tutorial - Noob Be Gone Series. 2006. Second Life Building Tutorial - Noob Be Gone Series. Youtube channel.

SydneyCSD. 2014. OpenSim Tutorial 4 Basic Building. SidneyCSD Youtube channel.

In German

German TV Live Show featuring LOGIN2LIFE. 2011. ON3 Südwild TV SHOW featuring LOGIN2LIFE. (http://on3.de/element/11928/on3-suedwild-vom-18-bis-21-oktober-2011-graz#/element/12006/on3-suedwild-aus-graz-die-sendung-vom-freitag). ON3 Südwild.

Oculus Rift

Dasher. 2013. [VR Jamulus Rift with Dasher (Oculus Rift Mini Game)]. ResetLoad Youtube channel.

Despres, Draxtor. 2014. the drax files radio hour (with jo yardley). Berlin, DE: draxfiles.com/2014/03/14/show-10-oculus/.

Despres, Draxtor. 2014. Draxtor says: SL looks good today (with Oculus)!. Draxtor Despres Youtube channel.

MacLeod, Scott. 2013. Chameleons: Developing a virtual Harbin, Oculus Rift digital immersive goggles, Claude Monet-informed style, into interactive, and also realistic, 3-D, immersive environments, Ethno-wiki-virtual-world-graphy too (for group building as in OpenSim and Second Life, etc.) ... See, too Virtual Worlds and Wearable Electronics at WUaS, E-Meditation. August 3. Canyon, CA: scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2013/08/chameleons-developing-virtual-harbin.html.

MacLeod, Scott. 2014. Pileated Woodpecker: "The Painting" film (2011) with its ‘All Dones,’ ‘Halfies’ and ‘Sketchies,’ is far-reaching and remarkable, The animated characters are seeking "the painter" as a kind of quest, with so many French themes (e.g. Harlequin, romance, adventure, the 'theatre') in the film ... Got my drawing and art supplies out, and began to create pastels in the Harbin pool area today, Great model for building a virtual Harbin (and virtual earth with realistic, interactive avatars) in the Oculus Rift or other digital masks or goggles, as well, Up close pileated woodpecker. May 5. Canyon, CA: scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2014/05/pileated-woodpecker-painting-film-2011.html.

MacLeod, Scott. 2014. [http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2014/08/red-milking-devon-cows-how-might-one.html Red milking Devon cows: How might one ENTER INTO ANY FILM in a 3D interactive movie realistic VIRTUAL WORLD? a) first MAP any film into an avatar script in a 3D virtual world, b) then add one’s own avatar into the mapped 3D virtual world film, c) then develop avatar agency for avatars from film … so like historical re-enactors, at Plimoth Plantation, MA, d) much like Second Life avatars can be scripted to dance, e) See related Richard Rorty and avatar agency in virtual worlds' blog posts]. August 23. Canyon, CA: scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2014/08/red-milking-devon-cows-how-might-one.html.

Oculus Facebook Rift gameplay footage. 2014. Oculus Facebook Rift gameplay footage. Marc Tschudi Youtube channel.

Weerts, Marc. 2014. Oculus Rift - Second Life - Beta viewer. Marc Weerts Youtube channel.

Yoga for Blind People

Yoga practice for blind people. 2014. Yoga practice for blind people. ("But now technology is on the side of those with debility of sight! A real invention that will help all of them to start or improve their Yoga practice! ... The amazing program is called Eyes free Yoga and works with Microsoft Kinect"). yoga-on-holiday.com/index.php/en/about-us/blog/782-yoga-practice-for-blind-people.

Select Websites
Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences - Hall of Fame. 2013. AIAS Special Awards. interactive.org/special_awards/.

Byond. 2014. Byond. (Build Your Own Net Dream: BYOND is the premier community for making and playing online multiplayer games. As a player, enjoy hundreds of games created by our community, by people just like you. As a developer, make your own indie sensation with an easy-to-learn language, built-in online support, tools for developers, and plenty of articles and tutorials. byond.com.

And did we mention it's all free?).

Virtual Worlds' Education. 2012. Virtual Worlds' Education. (http://slurl.com/secondlife/BGSU%20Community/53/86/25). virtualworldsedu.info

Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable. 2012. Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable. (Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable - VWER - has met every Thursday at 11:30 am Pacific Time for 4 years - http://slurl.com/secondlife/BGSU%20Community/53/86/25). www.vwer.org/

Lists of most, known, virtual worlds

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_massively_multiplayer_online_role-playing_games

http://arianeb.com/more3Dworlds.htm

MMORPG Gamelist - All MMO Games. 2012. MMORPG Gamelist - All MMO Games (List of known MMORPGs - massively multiplayer online role-playing games). www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm

Select Wikis
jokaydia Virtual Worlds Wiki!. 2013. jokaydia Virtual Worlds Wiki!: Exploring Virtual Worlds and Games in Education and Training. wiki.jokaydia.com.

How to Build in Virtual Worlds

Second Life Creation Portal. 2014. Second Life Creation Portal. wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Creation_Portal

Second Life Good Building Practices. 2014. Second Life Good Building Practices. wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Good_Building_Practices.

Second Life Video Tutorials. 2014. Second Life Video Tutorials. wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Video_Tutorials.

Wikimedia Commons
Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Wikipedia
Wikipedia: https://www.wikipedia.org/

Wikiquotes
Wikiquotes: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Main_Page

Wikisource
Wikisource: https://wikisource.org/wiki/Main_Page

Wikivoyage
Wikivoyage: https://www.wikivoyage.org/

World University and School Links
Artificial Intelligence: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Artificial_Intelligence

Assistive Technologies: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Assistive_Technologies

The City: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/The_City

Computational Linguistics: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Computational_Linguistics

Computer Science: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Computer_Science

Educational Software: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Educational_Software

Gaming - Digital: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Gaming_-_Digital

Hacking - Computers (certified, ethical): http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Hacking_-_Computers_%28certified,_ethical%29

Haptics: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Haptics

Machinima Videos (Making): http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Machinima_Videos_%28Making%29

Media Arts and Sciences: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Media_Arts_and_Sciences

Media Lab at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Media_Lab_at_World_University_and_School

Media Studies: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Media_Studies

Programming: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Programming

Robotics: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Robotics

Science: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Science

Virtual Worlds: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Virtual_Worlds

Wearable Electronics: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Wearable_Electronics

Wikimedia Commons
Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Wikipedia
Wikipedia: https://www.wikipedia.org/

Wikiquotes
Wikiquotes: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Main_Page

Wikisource
Wikisource: https://wikisource.org/wiki/Main_Page

Wikivoyage
Wikivoyage: https://www.wikivoyage.org/

Academic Press at World University and School
Academic Press at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Academic_Press_at_World_University_and_School

Access to Live, or Email, University Technical Expertise
Ask a question in a specific discipline, or find, for example, a Robotics' or Computer programmer, or Translator, easily and freely.

Admissions at World University and School
Admissions' Department: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Admissions_at_World_University_and_School

Flyer seeking degree-oriented, WUaS students: 'Quaker-informed World University & School seeks friendly, undergraduate students for free, online, Greatest Universities-centric, bachelor’s degrees to apply in the autumn of 2013, for matriculation in autumn 2014' - http://scottmacleod.com/WUaSFriendsFlyerforProspectiveStudentApplicants.pdf - and accessible here, also - http://scottmacleod.com/WUaSNoticeArchive.html. WUaS holds open, electronically-mediated, hour-long, monthly business meeting on the second Saturdays at 9 am Pacific Time, in the manner of Quakers - email worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com if you'd like to participate.

Digital and Print catalog

Assistive Technologies
WUaS plans to anticipate numerous developing assistive technologies for sight-impaired, hearing-impaired, and similar -

Assistive Technologies: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Assistive_Technologies

Blog at World University and School
http://worlduniversityandschool.blogspot.com/

Bookstore / Computer Store (New & Used) at World University and School
Bookstore / Computer Store (New & Used) at WUaS: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Bookstore_/_Computer_Store_%28New_%26_Used%29_at_WUaS

with educational electronics, as well; with musical instruments; value pricing ... 2% below market, consistently; available via mail and electronically;

Calendar (Schedule what you'd like to teach)
Calendar: https://www.google.com/calendar/

Join the World University and School Google + Group to add to its wiki-like calendar to teach an open, free class or course, converse about ideas, and jam (e.g. musically or theater improvisation): https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108179352492243955816/.

Careers
Career counseling: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Career_counseling

Finding / creating a job you really love: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Finding_/_creating_a_job_you_really_love

WUaS Job hunting: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_Job_hunting

Counseling
Counseling: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Counseling

Coordinates
... in a virtual world

Credits
Many thanks to each of you!

Please feel free to hyperlink your name to a location of your choice (or tell WUaS where to link to - worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com). Please do not hesitate to let WUaS know if you think that somebody (including yourself) has been forgotten, now or in the future; please include a URL, which is, of course, one main way identity created on the internet.

Digital To Do
Android

Brainwave device / Headset

Broadcast to radio frequencies

Broadcast to TV / television

Create EMail group for page

Digital Text to Audio file format (Browse Aloud / Read Aloud?)

Google Glass

MIT OCW Mirror Site Instructions: http://ocw.mit.edu/about/mirror-site-program/mirror-site-instructions/

Oculus Rift

Print

Publish to DVD

Recommend

Send to phone

Tablets

Translate

Videophone

Free Degrees / Credit
MIT OCW Audio Video Courses: http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/audio-video-courses/

Admissions at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Admissions_at_World_University_and_School

Conference Method of Teaching and Learning: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Conference_Method_of_Teaching_and_Learning

The College at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/The_College_at_World_University_and_School

Ph.D. Degrees at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Ph.D._Degrees_at_World_University_and_School

World University Law School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Law_School

World University Medical School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Medical_School

World University Music School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Music_School

WUaS International Baccalaureate Diploma and Programme: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_International_Baccalaureate_Diploma_and_Programme (beginning with United Nations' languages - Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, Russian, Spanish)

In Google Earth
Google Earth.

In Virtual World
(Search on the word 'lists' here, too: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Virtual_Worlds)

3D Learn. 2013. http://www.learningin3d.info/

Active Worlds Educational Universe (AWEDU). 2012. http://www.activeworlds.com

Alice. 2012. http://www.alice.org/

Minecraft. 2012. www.minecraft.net

Edusim. 2013. http://edusim3d.com/

Gifted Kids.ie. 2013. http://www.giftedkids.ie/daynuv.html

ISTE – SIGMS. 2013. http://sigms.iste.wikispaces.net/secondlifeplayground2010

Kaneva. 2014. http://www.kaneva.com/

Open Cobalt. 2013. http://www.opencobalt.org/

OpenSim. 2012. http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Main_Page (http://www.scribd.com/doc/57959626/OpenSimulator-School-Quick-Start-Guide)

Open Croquet. 2012. http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?OpenCroquet and http://www.opencroquet.org/

Open Wonderland. 2012. http://openwonderland.org/

Primary Games. 2013. http://www.primarygames.com/arcade/virtualworlds.php

Quest Atlantis. 2012. http://atlantisremixed.org/ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZoT3pilNPI).

SimScience. 2012. http://simscience.org/

Second Life - Harvard's virtual island. 2012. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Berkman/115/53/25 - and teach, learn and share ideas - in group voice chat, or in group type chat, and via building.

SmallWorlds. 2014. https://www.smallworlds.com/

There.com. 2014. http://www.there.com/

Twinity. 2014. http://www.twinity.com/en/choose-your-free-avatar

Unity3D. 2012. http://unity3d.com/

WiloStar3D. 2013. https://www.wilostar3d.com/

World of Warcraft in School. 2014. http://wowinschool.pbworks.com/w/page/5268731/FrontPage

Add a learning-oriented virtual world here:

Travel to this virtual island to learn building:

Item Number
Global ID and Multiple IDs - see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/New_sites_system

Bar code

Learning Networking
Teach and Learn using free Social Networking software to share what courses, etc., you find edifying, what you enjoy learning ....

About Me - World University and School - http://about.me

Academia.edu's World University and School - http://worlduniversityandschool.academia.edu/

Delicious.com's World University and School - http://www.delicious.com/WorldUniversityandSchool

Facebook.com's World University and School - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=48753608141 ('This group may be archived').

Good Reads - http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/99021-worlduniversityandschool

Google + Profiles - worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com - Scott MacLeod - https://plus.google.com/115890623333932577910/

Google + Profiles Company page - worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com - World University and School - https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108179352492243955816/108179352492243955816/posts

Google Groups' World University and School - http://groups.google.com/group/World-University-and-School

Like

LinkedIn's World University and School - http://www.linkedin.com/groups/World-University-School-4024337

Quora - http://www.quora.com/

Research Gate - http://www.researchgate.net/

Redditt.com's World University and School - http://www.reddit.com/user/WorldUnivandSch/

Tribe.net's World University and School - http://tribes.tribe.net/worlduniversityandschool

Twitter.com's World University and School - http://twitter.com/WorldUnivandSch

Wer Kennt Wen - World University and School - http://www.wer-kennt-wen.de/

World University & School 'subject page' group

World University & School Share This

Yahoo Groups' World University and School: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worlduniversityandschool/

TV-Live Broadcasting
Broadcast to television

Teach and learn using free TV-Live Broadcasting software to the web:

Google + Hangouts - https://plus.google.com/hangouts

Justin TV - http://www.justin.tv

Livestream TV - http://www.livestream.com

Ustream TV - http://ustream.tv

Video Communication
Teach and learn using free TV-Live Broadcasting software

Free video conferencing

iChat - http://www.apple.com/macosx/what-is-macosx/ichat.html

Skype - http://www.skype.com/

Free, group video conferencing

AnyMeeting - http://anymeeting.com/homepage/

Google + Hangout - https://tools.google.com/dlpage/hangoutplugin - http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/

Meeting Burner - http://www.meetingburner.com/index?page=signup-v2 – up to 15 connection

ooVoo - http://www.oovoo.com/home.aspx

Paltalk - http://www.paltalk.com

sifonr - free communication - http://www.sifonr.com/‎

Tokbox | OpenTok - API - http://tokbox.com/opentok

Vyew - http://vyew.com/

Web Huddle - https://www.webhuddle.com/homepage.jsp - http://sourceforge.net/projects/webhuddle/

Zoom.us - Cloud HD Video Meetings - http://zoom.us/

Universal Translator at WUaS
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_Universal_Translator

Google Translate language:

Sugar Labs: Translation System language:

Region:

The "Universitian" Newspaper at World University and School
The "Universitian" Newspaper at WUaS

Wiki Software for Courses
Media Wiki - http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki

PB Works - http://pbworks.com/

Wet Paint - http://wikisineducation.wikifoundry.com/

Wikia - http://www.wikia.com/Wikia

Wikispaces - http://www.wikispaces.com/

Wikidata / Bots
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikidata/Bots

World University and School Licensing
World University and School - like Wikipedia with Greatest Universities' OpenCourseWare (not endorsed by MIT OCW) - incorporated as a nonprofit effective April 2010 and has been a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, educational organization charity through November 12, 2012, and is re-instating its 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status, as of September 2013, effective 2010.

World University & School is a community of learners and teachers who value — and are themselves strengthened by — the rich diversity of its participants. In order to cultivate a flourishing teaching, learning and creating conversation in a diverse and complex world, WUaS welcomes all languages, students, families, faculty, board members, and staff with differences based on (but not limited to) race, color, ethnicity, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, family structure, and economic background.

All content on this site is freely available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 International (CC BY-SA 3.0) - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/.

The World University and School program is not endorsed by MIT or MIT OpenCourseWare.

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Courses: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Courses

Subjects: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Subjects

Languages: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Languages

Library Resources: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Library_Resources

Nation States: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Nation_States

You at World University: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/You_at_World_University

Educational Software: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Educational_Software

Museums: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Museums

Research: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Research

Hardware Resource Possibilities: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Hardware_Resource_Possibilities

Frequently Asked Questions at World University & School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Frequently_Asked_Questions

World University Foundation: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Foundation

LANGUAGE TEMPLATE: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/LANGUAGE_TEMPLATE

MUSEUM TEMPLATE: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/MUSEUM_TEMPLATE

NATION STATE TEMPLATE: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/NATION_STATE_TEMPLATE

SUBJECT TEMPLATE: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/SUBJECT_TEMPLATE

Volunteers at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Volunteers

Home: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University

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Please donate through PayPal to tax-exempt - 501 (c) (3) - World University and School at

http://worlduniversityandschool.org

Thank you!