After the whirl of activity surrounding the undergraduate recruitment effort I went out and googled CWRU in Second Life and found lots of buzz out there, including coverage in
- The Chronicle of Higher Education (video here),
- Various blogs ( The Story of My “Second Life”, Observations of Public Relations and The Experience Evangelist)
- and of course our own Case Daily.
One of the concerns mentioned in a blog response was that there didn't seem to be anything to do once you got to the onecleveland island.
All I can say is, "You haven't seen us lately!".
April 14: Red{an orchestra} Simulcast in Second Life
Let's make history....
The very first American live digital-simulcast of a classical orchestra in Second Life. Red {an orchestra} along with a very talented group of volunteers from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland State University, OneCommunity and the New Media Consortium (Austin, Texas) made history on that Saturday night.
Experiencing the concert in Second Life was awe inspiring and exhilarating... what a way to participate in a classical music concert. The weather was perfect, the stars were shining and a full moon was visible on the horizon.
Before the concert we gathered in the martini bar under a large flowing tent for drinks and hors d'oeuvres. As the concert was about to begin we wandered over to our seats in the outdoor Amphitheater in front of the Kelvin Smith Library.
The amphitheater was surrounded on all sides by 6 large screens. We could see and hear the orchestra tuning their instruments. The audience in Second Life was not disappointed. The live stream was exceptional.
The constantly changing camera angles provided by 10 cameras and the superb audio quality from 22 audio channels presennted a feast for the eyes and ears.
The pictures I included can't do the concert justice. You just had to be there.
For a behind the scenes look at the production crew take a look at this video.
August 3rd: Cleveland IBMer Spirit Group Meeting
ClevelandPlus hosted a 2.5 hour in-world meeting for the Cleveland IBM Spirit Community. The agenda was jam packed with 4 speakers in 3 different locations. As guest avatars arrived at the SPIRIT welcome tent, they were offered meeting souvenirs and virtual refreshments. They also had an opportunity to practice animated gestures and enter a raffle for real life prizes.
The meeting’s main event took place at the outdoor amphitheater on ClevelandPlus where Lev Book (avatar of Dr. Lev Gonick, VP, Information Technology, CWRU and Ilike Mayo(IBM’s Dave Liederbach's avatar) gave engaging presentations using streaming media and PowerPoint slides.
To heighten the virtual experience, the avatar attendees were teleported, in a matter of seconds, to two breakout sessions -- one in the Cleveland Clinic Heart Center operating room given by Docmom Marsala, avatar of Dr. Anita D. Misra-Hebert, M.D., FACP, Cleveland Clinic
and the other at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame given by Pavl Stenvaag, avatar of Mike Benz, president and CEO, Cleveland United Way.
We recieved excellent feedback from the participants including this quote from Dave Liederbach.
"It was informative, engaging, and social -- well beyond what a conference call and/or a webcast can provide and should be replicated for other IBM community meetings." Dave Liederbach,
GM, Public Sector, GTS Americas and Executive Sponsor
We learned so much by hosting this event and look forward to putting our skills and knowledge to work in all our upcoming events.
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