Virtual Worlds Concepts
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Class 1 Vocabulary Words
- in-world
- cybersubculture
- machinima
- avatar
- rez
- sim (simulator)
- prim (primitive)
- sandbox
- alt
- lag
Class 2 Deconstruction of cybersubculture
- What is culture?
- people
- behaviors
- attitudes
- art
- clothing
- music
- cuisine
- is often based on geography
- there is no monoculture in the world, but there are dominant ones
- What is a subculture?
- a subset of a culture
- grouped around similar interests, behaviors, attitudes, music, cuisine, art, etc
- often going against the dominant culture
- examples include: goth, punk, star trek (fans), fantasy, etc
- cybersubculture
- subculture on the 'net
- global
- Introduction to SL "groups"
Class 3
- Discuss Cyberfeminism, Cybersexuality, Cyberbodies, Post-Cyberbodies
- Discuss Robbins, Kevin. Cyberspace and the World We Live In. The Cybercultures Reader, Routledge. 2000.
- Discuss 3 objects ou built that belong to a subculture
- Advanced Building techniques
- Texture and Light
- User Experience
- Terraforming
- Animation
- Field Trip 1 2 and 3.
- Visit Science island (Science Friday)
- Visit Terrapin Station
Class 4
- Discuss Scaling Cyberspaces and Colonisation of Cyberspace
*Appearance and Attachments revisited (also HUDs) *Commerce in Second Life *Making a Living in Second Life *Field Trip 4,5, and 6 *Machinima *Overview of Scripted Objects *Narrative and Non-Narrative Interactivity *Scripting for Interacivity *Scriptng for Commerce *Scripting for Data Communication *Scriting For motion
Class 5
- Discuss Activism in Second Life, Conscious Lounge
*Showing the Work in class *Discuss Group activity in Second Life *In-clas exercise:
- Install on island
*Discuss Optimization