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Michael Wilson Transcript Now Available
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The transcript from this week's Metanomics interview of There.com's CEO, Michael Wilson, is now available.
Gehorsam on the Military-Entertainment Complex, Open Source and the Future
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The transcript for my interview with Robert Gehorsam, President of Forterra Systems, Inc., is now available here. This one has been particularly well-received, and has lots of gems. I'd like to highlight a couple here. First, our discussion of Forterra's work with the University of Maryland's Transportation Laboratory (which is using a virtual world to train I-95 emergency response teams) led to a broader discussion of the role of simulation...which led to an interesting discussion about work being done at the University of Central Florida, and my favorite term of the day: the military-entertainment complex
More highlights, after the jump.
Blast From the Past: Metanomics 101, revisited
It seems like ages ago that I gave my opening presentation, Metanomics 101, to the Metanomics audience. But now that we have gotten some additional funding, we have arranged for someone to create transcripts of our old shows, starting with the first one. You can download it here. Re-reading this, I can see how much I have learned about Second Life and the metaverse since then, but I am pleased to report that much of the content here stands up pretty well.
In the first part of the talk, I give a summary of Second Life's economy. I think I have gotten better at conveying this information over the months, but I still got it pretty much right way back as a relative "noob."
The second part of the talk moves on to research topics:
• Research within virtual worlds, from the residents' perspective (immersionist research);
• Research about how real-world enterprises are using virtual worlds to achieve their strategic goals (augmentationist research)
• Research conducted through experiments within virtual worlds (experimentalist research). Better yet--experiments that involve creating worlds that vary from one another on only a key dimension, so that we can see whether, to take a timely example, one-time tax rebates can actually stave off a recession.
The research discussion is going to particularly relevant to people who are attending Emory's upcoming conference, Virtual Worlds and New Realities in Commerce, Politics, and Society.
But for those of you new to virtual worlds, to metanomics (the topic...business and policy in the metaverse of virtual worlds), or Metanomics (the show...note the capital letter), take a read through this transcript, which should get you up to speed. Or you can watch the show on SLCN.tv.
Just keep in mind...the shows have gotten better!
Transcript, Backchat and Thoughts on David Wortley and Serious Games Institute
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The complete transcript of Monday's Metanomics session with David Wortley and his Serious Games Institute is now available. Here is a very early part of the exchange:
BEYERS SELLERS: And can you give us some examples of the types of games that SGI is already involved in producing or plans to be producing soon?
