Second Life

[blu at vl.com (Tom Metro)]

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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