1. Virtual Reality-Simulation-Robotics class
Marcia Meister
Librarian,
UC Davis Libraries
Humanities, Social Science and Government Information
mlmeister@ucdavis.edu

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Virtual Worlds
Second Life
Literature

6. Number of daily users logged in is fairly stable

8. Founded by Linden Labs, Philip
Rosedale, CEO
 2003 – Second Life goes public
 2007 – client goes open source
 2008 – Philip Rosedale steps down, a series
of CEOs follows
 2010 – discounts for non-profits and
educational institutions eliminated
 2011- mesh introduced
 July, 2013 - educational discounts were
reinstituted
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Second Life has a large number of users
User-created environment
Well established marketplace for goods
and services to create any environment
Established communities for learning and
collaborating
A place to gather, learn, present and
collaborate and exchange ideas
Variety of immersive environments
Simulations, role play

10. Drax Files : World Makers Machinima
1920s Berlin
Machinima is the process of making real-time
animated films by utilizing the 3-D graphics
technology of computer games (or virtual
worlds). [dictionary.com]

11. Virtual Ability - Virtual Ability, Inc
Virtual Ability helps people with challenges get
into and become successful in Second Life an
virtual worlds.

12. Cardiac Arrest Simulation – University of Cincinnati

13. Inworldz Inshape
An exercise app for use with the Inworldz virtual world

18. Second Life

19. OpenSim
http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Main_Page

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OpenSimulator. OpenSimulator is an open
source multiplatform, multiuser 3-D application
server.
Inworldz. Inworldz looks and functions quite
similarly to Second Life, although it is an
OpenSim platform.
Jokadia. JokaydiaGRID is an OpenSim-based
virtual world focused on Education and the Arts
Reaction Grid, Jibe, and Unity 3D. Reaction Grid
develops 3-D projects and provides platforms for
virtual worlds. Jibe is the company’s virtual world
platform.

21. www.hypergridbusiness.com/

22. Where is the peer reviewed
literature
on Virtual Worlds?
Across the disciplines
Health Sciences Libraries
Medicine, Nursing, Informatics,
Engineering, Sociology, Psychology,
Education, Biomedical & Computer Science
Ask a Librarian…

23. Journal of Virtual Worlds Research (Peer Reviewed, Open Access, Free) Health & Healthcare Vol. 2(2)
The Journal of Virtual Worlds and Education ($ubscription – but inagural issue, volume 1(1) is free)

27. Access PubMed from the UCD Library Home Page or list of databases

29. MESH (medical subject headings) shown:
user-computer interface
nursing teaching public health

30. Harvest Catalog search:
616 results for subject headings
"shared virtual environments" OR "Second Life" OR "virtual reality";
Sorted by Year

31. Instructions on how to get into Second Life
Links to resources, and more, on my Libguide here:
http://guides.lib.ucdavis.edu/secondlife
Join UC Davis group

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Recommended viewer is a 3rd party viewer –
Firestorm http://www.firestormviewer.org/
Firestorm is the most popular viewer for
Second Life users – mac& pc versions
available
Firestorm has a viewer for Open Sim and
other virtual worlds

38. Start at Virtual Ability Island
Type in virtual ability

39. Sign up for a free Second Life Account
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https://join.secondlife.com/?lang=en-US#0
Pick your avatar - this is the style, gender, look that
you’ll start with. You’ll have endless customization
opportunities if you revisit SL
Choose your SL name carefully, you cannot change your
name once you’ve registered, however, you can set up
more than one avatar

40. Class in Second Life – log on – Start at Virtual Ability

47. http://guides.lib.ucdavis.edu/secondlife