Virtual Meetings

February 2010

Purpose

• We are piloting virtual meetings to mitigate the time to conventional meetings.– We will enjoy greater flexibility with a virtual

venue.– We can bring distinguished speakers at no cost.

• We can gain expertise in the virtual technology that is an evolving business area for areas like immersive training, simulations and visualization.

Virtual Venue

• Global Reach• Facilities exist, convenient to set up and

attend• Advantage over telecon

– Spatial recognition/cues– Relate to speakers– Voice, chat and messaging– Move, 3Dexplore– Bring simulation into meeting space

IMMERSION

Virtual Venue

The Venue is also a topic!

Compare to:DIMDIMWebex, GOTMEETING, etc.TeleconWebcam (note Wash section adcom)

Audience

• Reaching– IEEE CS W/NV (NCA) chapter, region 2, CAB/MGA– IEEE societies (joint COMSOC, Photonics Soc, RAS, SA)– Affiliates -ACM, Software Quality– Students already in SL

• Advertising– Newsletter, E-notice– IEEE and CS Chapter website– LinkedIn– SL

Administration

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• Viewers– Second Life– Greenlife Emerald Viewer– Snowglobe

• Connections– SL groups– LinkedIn– Google Wave – Twitter

Topics and ActivitiesPresentations• Artifical Intelligence Learning Center• IEEE• ModSim

Pursuing• SL (Linden Labs)• Photonics talk progressing• Artificial Intelligence• Virtual roadmap• SL enterprise edition• Federation• Security• Immersive Training• medical architecture• Markets and business models• 3D wiki tree• Intellectual Property• More modsim

Discussion forum•Group chat/IM•Meeting places•Email Distribution

Tours•IEEE Island•Virtual Collaboration Environment•NUWC effort and POC•GUSL (government users of second life?)•Military Lands (SLURL provided in chat)•NOAA sphere (presence on SL)•IRS presence on SL

Expressed Interest•Business cards•Web trimmer•Event logger•Motorola effort (sounds like motion capture …but need clarification)•Google Chrome, Google Wave, Twiiter, LinkedIn

Learned

• Ettiquette– Mic/headset (no echo)– Titler for ID

• Tutorials, internet resources• DEMONSTRATIONS• Organize committees, projects• SL roadmap• Tours

– Interesting places– Exchange Landmarks (IEEE and elsewhere)