Debates about virtual worlds continue to interest some of us and Eduserv’s ‘Where next for Virtual Worlds’ on 25th January was no exception. Ralph Schroeder of the Oxford Internet Institute argued the case for two end states – 3D video conferencing or computer generated virtual worlds on the one hand and virtual reality environments on [...]

I have spent a huge amount of time and effort on Second Life developments in the last twelve months or so. Only time will tell whether it’s been worth it or not.  See post on the HaB blog. I think we need  to let it bed down, gradually introduce more students, talk to more academics inside [...]

We had a productive meeting with all concerned (or nearly all) yesterday to review progress on UEL HABitat and agree timescales for the completion of phase 2.   The physiotherapy and herbal medicine patient cases are developing well and should be ready on schedule for testing with students in semester A.   The back end [...]