US News & World Report on Simulation Development – “Ahead of the Curve” Occupations for 2009
February 10, 2009
Simulation Development, (broadly defined in all of its manifestations including everything from game-based learning to virtual world simulations) was listed in US News & World Reports list of 30 Best Careers for 2009 that offer strong outlooks and high job satisfaction. The short description lists specific applications used by corporate, educational and other entities.
Interesting to watch and participate in the wave of innovation using new technologies to improve learning, business and expand creativity.
30 Best Career for 2009 – US New & World Report
Posted December 11, 2008
Simology and Ao Kilara
February 10, 2009
SIMOLOGY
Sim Design and Building
ao_kilara@yahoo.com or
IM Ao Kilara in Second Life (SL)
::Commercial/Residential
::Fantasy/Historical
::Custom detailed work
::Retail prefabs (SL and SL Exchange)
Providing design/build services for businesses entering Second Life, existing SL businesses and SL residents or players. I design high-quality, creative, immersive 3D virtual environments.
Currently doing contract work for UCSA International’s sim development department and The Eden Project.
Interesting reading on Second Life “culture” and attitudes of participants:
http://slcreativity.org/wiki/index.php?title=Augmentation_vs_Immersion
See also aokilara.wordpress.com
For more images go to www.flickr.com/photos/ao_kilara
Forrester Research analysts on Second Life
February 3, 2009
Two interesting articles on Virtual Worlds at the end of this post – log into Forrester’s website to get free copies. Also watch UCSA International for presentations, look for UCSA International on LinkedIn, or contact them in Second Life – search “UCSA International”.) Gene Leganza of Forrester Research spoke in January ’09 on Enterprise Architecture at UCSA International’s sim in Second Life. Very interesting.
Should You Be In Second Life? by Jaap Farvier, Vice President / Research Director at Forrester Research
http://www.forrester.com/Research/Document/Excerpt/0,7211,44748,00.html
Case Study: Michelin Uses Second Life for Enterprise Architecture Training by Erica Driver, former Principal Analyst at Forrester Research, co-founder of Thinkbalm
http://www.forrester.com/Research/Document/Excerpt/0,7211,46085,00.html
More info on:Thinkbalm
Qlock – a great tool for those working across time zones
February 3, 2009
Excellent blog and older post on branding in Second Life
September 24, 2008
My new reading assignment for the next half year in between teaching and creating…
Ao
http://www.henryjenkins.org/2006/09/experimenting_with_brands_in_s.html
