Virtual Worlds Concepts

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