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Second Life



Does it make sense to have a group dedicated to a geographical area to hold
meetings detached from any geographic area?

On 21/01/07, Tom Metro <blu at vl.com> wrote:
>
> John Abreau wrote:
> > Is it possible to host a meeting in Second Life without owning
> > property there, which requires a paid account?
>
> If owning real estate is required, perhaps there is a Boston-area
> company that is into this stuff who might want to "sponsor" BLU meetings.
>
>
> I know very little about Second Life, but those interested in the idea
> of using it to host a virtual meeting (simulcast) might want to check
> out this blog posting:
>
> http://pulverblog.pulver.com/archives/005516.html
>
> It's one of several entries in Jeff Pulver's blog that mentions how some
> of the keynote speeches at his VON (Voice/Video on the Net; held in
> Boston last Fall) conference were simulcast in a virtual environment
> (Second Life).
>
>
> In any case, to pull this off would require real-time audio streaming,
> if not also video, and it isn't clear that such a thing would be
> permitted over the MIT network.
>
>   -Tom
>
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