[Web4lib] The end of MySpace, SecondLife, and Twitter

[Ross Singer]

On 6/20/07, Robert L. Balliot <rballiot at oceanstatelibrarian.com> wrote:

> Recently, I attended a class in
> SL where the presenter from Oxford discussed a paper he
> had submitted to the National Academy of Sciences on
> virtual reality.  ... How
> else could you go about creating the same presentation without
> spending huge amounts of money to transport and coordinate
> people?

Why do you think that this can only be enabled via SL?  I think
there's any myriad of technologies (including web conferences and
mailing lists) that could achieve this.

The downside is that you'd potentially have to see how unshapely and
uncomely the actual presenters and participants are.

-Ross.