Comments on: Web 2.0 and Education Seminar (III): Larry Johnson: Second Life as an educational space http://ictlogy.net/20071017-web-20-and-education-seminar-iii-larry-johnson-second-life-as-an-educational-space/ Information Society, Digital Divide, ICT4D Tue, 22 May 2012 12:20:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: César http://ictlogy.net/20071017-web-20-and-education-seminar-iii-larry-johnson-second-life-as-an-educational-space/comment-page-1/#comment-40241 César Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:21:50 +0000 http://ictlogy.net/20071017-web-20-and-education-seminar-iii-larry-johnson-second-life-as-an-educational-space/#comment-40241 Hard as I try (and I have tried) I still don't see SL as relevant technology. I have seen interesting uses of SL tech (group conversations come to mind, in particular), but I still haven't seen anything done in SL that could not be done easily (or, even, <em>more</em> easily) outside SL... ANd one more thing: 3D tech is already here (first person shooters", Grand Therft Auto and the like) are extremely successful, I agree. My theory is that those 3D apps have very limited interface needs (there are maybe half a dozen possible actions, easily doable from a keyboard and/or a mouse) while SL needs many more. As long as we don't have suitable user interfaces, I don't see 3D worlds taking off. Hard as I try (and I have tried) I still don’t see SL as relevant technology. I have seen interesting uses of SL tech (group conversations come to mind, in particular), but I still haven’t seen anything done in SL that could not be done easily (or, even, more easily) outside SL…

ANd one more thing: 3D tech is already here (first person shooters”, Grand Therft Auto and the like) are extremely successful, I agree. My theory is that those 3D apps have very limited interface needs (there are maybe half a dozen possible actions, easily doable from a keyboard and/or a mouse) while SL needs many more. As long as we don’t have suitable user interfaces, I don’t see 3D worlds taking off.

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