Re:The abandoned college campuses of Second Life
by jkimmel on Tuesday August 18, 2015 @02:29PM
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The university where I did undergrad conducted "Virtual Biology Lab" in Second Life as recently as Spring 2015. A friend of mine got stuck in one of these fake classes. His description made it sound like a terrible excuse for a learning environment, clicking a single button to magically perform dissections while constantly battling connectivity issues.
Of course, they still charge students the full lab fee, as if they were actually purchasing supplies.
Re:The abandoned college campuses of Second Life
by jordank on Tuesday August 18, 2015 @11:20AM
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I'm not a Second Life apologist, but it seems like (from comments on the OP) that some of these environments are successful, just maybe not on a full-time basis.
Re:The abandoned college campuses of Second Life
by cjslep on Tuesday August 18, 2015 @02:34PM
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Eastern Carolina University sports teams are "The Pirates", hence the pirate ship. Their color is purple so I am sad to see they didn't make a Purple Pirate Ship.
An hour down the road from there: if NC State, UNC Chapel Hill, and Duke had had Second Life campuses, I can only imagine the level of trolling that would have taken place since rivalries are not mellow.
Re:The abandoned college campuses of Second Life
by leanthonyrn on Tuesday August 18, 2015 @02:14PM
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I always felt that these environments could be ported and utilized for some other type of VR game. A cross between Lost and Westworld. Trapped in a virtual world, your being hunted by some type of rogue AI.... (something like that).
Of course, they still charge students the full lab fee, as if they were actually purchasing supplies.
An hour down the road from there: if NC State, UNC Chapel Hill, and Duke had had Second Life campuses, I can only imagine the level of trolling that would have taken place since rivalries are not mellow.