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How would doing it in second life be a more lasting contribution than in minecraft? At least with minecraft people can always host their own servers using the w
by ImprobableTruth 6y ago
How would doing it in second life be a more lasting contribution than in minecraft? At least with minecraft people can always host their own servers using the world, while if second life shuts down, everything is gone for good.
And why is there even a need for a lasting contribution? A normal graduation doesn't, so why does a virtual one?
- Communitivity 6y agoSecond Life might not be. I argue OpenSim would be more lasting because: * The model of UC Berkeley can then be Open Sourced and used by anyone in an Open Source OpenSim server, either run by themselves or hosted commercially at their choice. Some of the privately hosted virtual world events I have taken part in that would benefit from that big of an accurate model of a campus are Tornado emergency response virtual world drills for training, active shooter virtual world training, virtual world career fair. * Hypergrid on OpenSim would allow the UC Berkely virtual world campus to be hosted by UC Berkeley and have anyone from another OpenSim virtual world teleport to the campus and visit it. Regarding the need for a lasting contribution.. A typical graduation doesn't need it, other than a motivating speech. This though involved making something. I am of the firm belief that if you are going to make something you should make it to be a contribution to the world's body of knowledge, if possible - doubly so if you are making it as part of academia and likely funded in part by grants.