September 24, 2004
2 more interesting articles
Campus Life Comes to Second Life
College professors are taking advantage of Second Life's fully three-dimensional virtual world and are the first to teach classes in a world where the students can fly, change body types at will and build fantastical structures that can float in the sky.
Read More @ Wired News
Better Health Through Play
"Games and game technology have become much more capable," said Ben Sawyer. "There is a lot more appreciation in the health industry for what games can possibly do. And there's the money in health care looking to develop games. I think we're beginning to see a critical mass."
Dozens of games have been developed in recent years to train physicians, educate patients, improve fitness and help treat the addicted and the mentally ill.
"We need a vision or plan as to how to make progress," Howell said in a statement.
Read More @ Wired News
Comments
I'd like to use their program (donating an acct + 1 acre per student) in a class I'm preparing for the fall (2005) semester on the design of the Interactive Environment.
Posted by: pweil at September 26, 2004 02:11 PM
I'd like to use this in the course I'm planning for Fall 2005 -- each student getting an acct and an acre!
Posted by: pweil at September 27, 2004 01:14 PM
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