March 04, 2008
Update: Live Stream today
Hi! The live stream of today's overbooked summit on advanced tourism applications will only be streamed into second life - here's the slurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/SGI%20THR33/99/107/27
Search on SGITHR33 or just SGI in the map to find it - it's the auditorium outside the sgi building if the slurl doesn't work.
I'll broadcast live from my mobile at lunchtime below, this feed may also be broadcast into Secondl Life if we have time.
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March 4 Free Live Stream - 3D, Mobile, AR, LBS for Tourism Projects
The overbooked event on leading and bleeding edge technologies for tourism and cultural heritage projects at the Serious Games Institute (where we've recently opened an office!) on March 4 will be streamed live over the web and into their Second Life island. I will try to stream interviews with participants and exhibitors live from my mobile phone into Second Life for fun at lunchtime.
I'll be speaking about mobile augmented reality applications, 3d visualisation and location based education and tourism services at 11:30 GMT.
An overveiw of the event is below.
The live webcast from 09:30 GMT will probably be at this link (not certain, will post new link if necessary).
Search in Second Life for the Serious Games Institute, associated with Coventry University to watch there.
Streaming by partners Datmedia.
Virtual World, Wireless, Mobile, Video, Sound, GIS and Augmented Reality Technology Showcase on March 4th 2008 at the SGI
Leading experts in a range of digital media and communications technologies will be showcasing the use of advanced and innovative technologies to enrich the culture, heritage and tourism experience and make it globally accessible to the widest audience.
The workshop will also feature demonstrations and innovative interactive displays from industry leaders. It is a unique opportunity to get a comprehensive overview of the potential benefits of a holistic and integrated approach to technology solutions for culture, heritage and tourism.
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October 16, 2007
Conferences Follow up Resources *updated*
Hi!
I have been speaking at quite a few conferences lately and promised to share some of the links I referenced during various speeches and workshops. So, here they are!
We produced the first conference in Europe dedicated to exploring enterprise and education applications for virtual worlds with the Serious Games Institute (SGI) last month. You can access the video and slide archive directly here or the new Serious Games Institute website. We streamed the event into Second Life with the help of Datmedia, the SGI and David Burden of Daden, Ltd (who has generated lots of interest in doing it again!).
We had just over 150 people at the conference and another 150 online. Not bad for a first!
I really enjoyed Dr. Leroy Heinrichs presentation which you can view here, he shared published results showing virtual worlds working as well as or better than physical training for the emergency response training they ran at Stanford Medical School. (You can email presentations to colleagues but this feature doesn't always work in Firefox yet).
My presentation on the various implementation aspects for enterprise use of virtual worlds can be accessed directly here (and can be sent to your mobile phone too. I am curious to how well this works for our overseas viewers, your comments are welcome!).
A live demonstration of the Forterra Systems OLIVE platform was provided by John Burwell, Forterra VP and can be accessed directly here. John showed the retail training and emergency response examples.
Roo Reynolds of IBM posted a nice collection of pictures and comments from the conference on his blog here.
There are also lots of pictures on the SGI site.
Workshops:
Podcasting resources I referenced in the workshop can be viewed on this blog by using the search box on the lower right side.
The video interview on Podcasting, blogging and wiki use at the BBC I did with Nigel Paine, former Chief Learning Officer for the BBC can now be found here . (there are also several presentations there from our annual Seriously Mobile Summit).
My keynote from the Chicago Learning Executives conference was videotaped, I'll add it to the archive when I get a copy. Feel free to email me for the slides in the interim if interested. Update*** A video clip of me discussing virtual worlds for training is embedded below. The .mp3 and slides are now available, I will try to synch them up in the video archive soon.
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June 25, 2007
Virtual Worlds, Virtual Earth, Mobile Visualisation Article
There is a great article titled Second Earth here in MITs Technology Review this month discussing how Virtual Worlds will combine with Virtual Earth viewers (e.g. Google Earth, Microsoft Virtual Earth), and will extend to our hands via Mobile Augmented Reality.
The article also features some great forward thinking by Forterra's Chairman David Rolston. I agree with the vision presented and am excited to be contributing in all three domains to help realise it.
We'll be exploring these at the Serious Virtual Worlds conference 13,14 September in Coventry.
More information on the conference we're producing with the Serious Games Institute can be found here.
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May 31, 2007
New Laws of Knowledge Motion via Twitter
Twitter is a way to send messages across platforms (SMS,IM,Web) to groups of people who can choose to subscribe to follow your musings. I found this interesting post on the iCommons blog (iCommons is an upcoming summit focussed on keeping the internet open and free) where the author uses the Newton's laws of motion as an example of how to reach 3 billion people with 138 characters of educational content and suggests 'new laws of knowledge motion'.
It is a stunning new truth of our time that the laws of motion have changed for knowledge. What is known by humankind can move from person-to-person across the planet at the speed of light. Knowledge can move in showers of messages from a single person to myriad more. And those who receive it can answer back and comment to each other. The new laws of motion will let us spread the exchange of knowledge into a twittering global commons.
I've been playing around with Twitter and was thinking it is a disruptive technology to the for fee messaging services starting to be used in the financial markets and elsewhere for instant k sharing. It's great to find a kindred mind already thinking of education potential.
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April 30, 2007
Seriously Mobile Video Archive Ready
The video archive from the 20 April Seriously Mobile Summit is here. You can email a link to your favorite presentations to share with colleagues. I posted some photos here on flickr from the event. I'm off for a quick holiday where I hope to microblog with my new Nokia N95 but this site will fall quiet for a few days.
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April 23, 2007
Follow Up Resources for Seriously Mobile Summit
The video archive from the event will be added in a week or so once it has been chopped up to be easier to use and to forward to colleagues. I thought it was a thought provoking day, one which I hope serves as a catalyst for action.
I've found two summaries of the day in the blogosphere so far, Jay Cross here and Paul Coyne here. I'll add more as I find them.
The upcoming events I mentioned at the end to learn more include:
Mobile Performance Solutions, May 17 in London produced by Ambient Performance and partners,
Moving Learning, June 13 in London where I'll be delivering a keynote on Serious Virtual Worlds between great sessions by Nick Van Dam, Elliott Masie and Bob Mosher (ask me for a discount code),
Giunit Labs Training in Action June 7,8 in Sesti Levante, Italy
Serious Virtual Worlds will be produced by Ambient Performance and the Serious Games Institue in Coventry and will be held September 13, 14 in Coventry.
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April 19, 2007
Seriously Mobile Summit 20 April Live Webcast Link
Hi! We will be broadcasting our Seriously Mobile Summit live from Reuters in London on 20 April.
Here are the links for the Webcast and the 3G streaming video for mobile phones link:
Webcast (Real or Windows Media, click on "Live Broadcast in player (not archived content from last year).
Mobile Phone (Real Format only this time (should work with Nokia and many other phones), link will be added tonight)
The agenda is below. You can ask questions and leave comments using Twitter. (send messages to my Twitter account RonEdwards) We'll get to them when we can! Try to add yourself as my friend, your comments should be listed below this agenda.
The Mobile Internet: Working in Real Time
20 April 2007, 9.30-16.30, Hosted by Reuters @ Canary Wharf, London
Format:
Supporting Mobile Workforce Capability
The Seriously Mobile Summit offers presentations and discussions with thought leaders from an eminent range of commercial, academic and independent organizations. Which business and cultural drivers are requiring new approaches?
Why is traditional event-driven training no longer meeting needs?
How are readily available new technologies including Networked 3D Simulation Environments, Mobile Learning & Performance Support on platforms such as BlackBerrys, PDAs, iPods and Smart Phones making a real difference as part of the blend of informal and formal learning approaches?
Creativity is no longer about which companies have the most visionary executives, but which have the most compelling architecture of participation. That is, which companies make it easy, interesting and rewarding for a wide range of contributors to offer ideas, solve problems and improve products - Tim O’Reilly, O’Reilly MediaAgenda 9:30-10:00 Tom Glocer, CEO, Reuters Charles Jennings, Global Head of Learning, Reuters 'Mobile Learning, Getting Serious About the Potential' Nigel Paine, Conference Chair Opening Remarks
10:00-10:45 Fabrizio Cardinali, CEO, Giunti Labs. 'Towards Personalized Ambient Learning'
10:45-11:10 Break
11:10-11:40 Kristina Nyzell, Director, Working Play Playing Work 'From Playing Work to Working Play… New Work(ing) Models in a Seriously Mobile World'
11:40-12:30 Jay Cross, Founder and Chief Scientist, Internet Time Group 'Free Range
Learners in the Ubiquitous Chicken Yard'
12:30-1:30 LUNCH (view Nigel Paine talking about Podcasting, Wikis and Blogs at the BBC here while you wait)
1:30-2:00 Case Study: Paul Landers, Strategic Product Manager, Ericsson Learning Consultancy Services 'Taking Learning Mobile'
2:00-2:30 Case Study: Hanif Sazen, CEO, Saffron Interactive 'Learning on the Move'
2:30-3:00 Technology Showcases: Datmedia Mobile IPTV & Me2B Next Generation Mobile Hardware
3:00-3:15 TEA
3:15-3:35 Case Study: Lizbeth Goodman, Director, SMARTlab Digital Media Institute and Magic Gamelab at UEL 'Lost & Found > A system to track missing and exploited children (and adults) using mobile technology'
3:35-4:00 Case Study: Claus Nehmzow, Partner, PA Consulting 'Virtual World Applications'
4:00-4:20 New Technology Implementation Panel with Leading Experts including Mark Oehlert, Booz Allen Hamilton, Brent Shlenker, Hospice of the Valley and David Metcalf, PhD, University of Central Florida
4:20-4:30 Closing Remarks: Ron Edwards & Nigel Paine
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April 17, 2007
Seriously Mobile Summit Agenda for 20 April
Wow! It's really coming together. I've just added SMARTlab colleagues to the agenda but not sure where I'm going to fit in. Here's the latest agenda. Still a few seats left for those of you on the fence or forgot!
The URL for the live webcast will be ready tomorrow.
Seriously Mobile Summit 20 April, 2007
The Mobile Internet: Working in Real Time
9:30-10 Tom Glocer, CEO, Reuters
Charles Jennings, Global Head of Learning, Reuters,
Nigel Paine, Conference Chair Opening Remarks
10-10:45- Fabrizio Cardinali, CEO, Giunti Labs, Towards Personalized Ambient Learning
10:45-11:10: Coffee/Tea Break
11:10-11:40 Kristina Nyzell, 'Supporting & Engaging Flexible Workers'
11:40-12:30 Jay Cross, 'Free Range Learners in the Ubiquitous Chicken Yard'
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-2:00 Case Study: Paul Landers, Strategic Product Manager, Ericsson Learning Consultancy Services
2:00-2:30 Case Study: Hanif Sazen, CEO, Saffron Interactive 'iPod, BlackBerry and PDA Learning'
2:30-3:00 Technology Showcases: Datmedia Mobile IPTV & Me2B Next Generation Mobile Hardware
3:00-3:15 Break
3:15-3:35 SMARTlab Technology Showcase
3:35-4:00 Case Study: Claus Nehmzow, Partner, PA Consulting 'Virtual World Applications'
4:00-4:20 Experts Implementation Panel including Mark Oehlert, Brent Shlenker, David Metcalf virtually
4:20-4:30 Closing Remarks Ron Edwards, Nigel Paine
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March 30, 2007
Where can you get a fair mobile data plan in UK?
Well, it appears my dream phone is finally here, the Nokia N95 appears to be at least orderable on the t-mobile website. I checked the data plans for it and while yes, the Web and Walk unlimited internet for 7.50/month is great, it excludes using the phone for video and audio streaming, with Skype, or as a modem with laptop or PDA. They have 'max' plans but those are only for the data cards.
UPDATE - I just called the T-mobile shop and they say you can pay an extra 5 quid (12.50/month) to use as a modem, etc, and more if you want to use Skype and possibly streaming so I take it back! I'm happy to pay (a bit) more to use every capability of the phone. They say they are getting some in maybe next week...
I checked '3', online who enable all services except using the phone as a modem, but I will never use their service again, even if it were free. You just try to deal with their customer service. Good luck! They STILL owe me 150 quid. Vodafone UK and Orange still seem to rob by the megabyte, and interesting news on O2 - they will move you to an unlimited plan if you threaten to leave them. Story here from the Open Gardens blog by Ajit Jaokar.
So what's a guy to do? I don't want to wait for the inevitable, unlimited data plans from most carriers with open, unrestricted access to the Internet. I guess a 12 month plan will be a better bet than an 18 month lockin... especially since I'll be on a converged Win Mobile device near the end of the year.
Here's a cool application for the Nokia in the meantime, Techno Jogging! I found this on the I2 Fly blog when checking out a Flash Lite learning game. My new phone with GPS will track where I've been and how fast (slow) it took, etc, and let me download the file to view on Google Earth. I'd rather have it done right on the device but will have to wait for that. Hopefully it will integrate with Virtual Earth. I'm not sure why I need this... but it's cool!
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March 26, 2007
Free WiFi on a Bus and other Mobile Goodness
Last week I was pleasantly surprised to find WiFi freely available on the shuttle bus I took to a business park near Reading. I just had to try it so I whipped out my trusty PSP and voila! I was on the Internet in a just a few minutes. I was able to read a few blogs on the way to the Partners Meeting for Virtual Earth at Microsoft. I checked my email via browser as well but had to give up replying to an email as the bumpy ride and tedious text entry were too much to contend with. I opted to call instead to solve the missing presentation caper (spam blocker got my presentation I sent to a conference organiser from YouSendIt which I use for sending large files). I should remember that a call can be faster!
You may be saying, why bother with the web on the PSP, why not use a mobile phone? I am waiting for my dream phone - the Nokia N95 due next month in UK shops sporting WiFi, 3.5G, GPS, a great camera and advanced browser among other goodies. While this is going to be one bad phone, it will be smoked by the prototype one our partners is going to have on hand at our Summit. We showed it to the Microsoft Virtual Earth crew and Dr. Neil who founded the Via Virtual Earth Community with our mobile 3D demos which sparked some enthusiastic ideas for mobile 3D visualisation.
The next release of Virtual Earth due April 2 will be impressive! Stay tuned!
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