This is number three in (hopefully) a series of posts that will cover the creation of a new learning activity/game in Second Life using the Logic System, and demonstrating our new TranceFormational Learning approach to learning and training.


I've had a few distractions from the project over the past few days...at least those that have taken some of my work time away from me...but not thought-time. First, our media server is still down after our hosting service triggered their fire suppresion system during a fire inspection. And, of course, there are only 10 servers out of their entire farm that were pretty well totally trashed and not yet recovered...and yes...ours was one of them. But it mostly just served as a reminder that there are folks out there having a tougher day than I am, so god bless'm.

The bigger distraction happened today as Second Life released their new client browser. While I am grumbling about having to find where they have hidden all of the controls I knew so well, my mind is spinning thinking of the implications of the changes they have made to media. We can now stream Flash in-world and fully interact with it...or with any website. While I'm sitting here I am playing a flash solitaire game in SL. While that may not sound like much to a non-SL'er, all I can think of are the hundreds of business folks who have relied upon building those games inside Second Life, and who have suddenly been pushed a smidge closer to being irrelevant. This world certainly does change on a dime, doesn't it?

So I am adding new media elements to my thoughts about Project V. Along with being able to stream flash, we can now stream multiple media channels into the same space...opening the door to some great new immersive experiences. This will be an asset to TranceFormational Learning...and is making me re-write a good part of the project documents. But what great stuff!

VB's Dive Shop still serves as the home base for Project-V, and I plan to begin setting out early elements of the project over the coming weekend. We're going to begin with some basic in-world activities...get run some betas, get some feedback, and move on from there. I may also start revealing a bit more detail about the whole project...once the lawyers say it's "ok"...

VB's Dive Shop: http://slurl.com/secondlife/imagiLEARNING/44/68/21/

Won't this post look a lot better when the media server comes back up and you can see some images???