workshop on virtual worlds: second life & opensim (for virtual reality, simulations &...
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MHI class on Virtual Reality, Simulation & Robotics, Master's in Health Informatics Program, UC Davis with Alberto Odor, MD and the research of Peter Yellowlees MD. Workshop by Bernadette Daly Swanson, MLIS / HVX Silverstar in the very beautiful Second Life. Powerpoint Includes section on locating peer reviewed research on virtual worlds at UC Davis. Where's the Peer Reviewed Research? Health Sciences Libraries, University of California, Davis (winter 2011). Music: Benediction by Lynne Publishing (Revostock.com). Creative Commons Attribution License. Please share.TRANSCRIPT
Workshop on Virtual Worlds: Second Life & OpenSim
Open your Second Life Viewer 2 & login!
Accept your invitation to the UC Davis group in the IM & notifications tab that is located at the lower right side of screen.You will also receive a landmark for the private Davis and Prophylaxis Islands (or use the links from the blog on next screen to reach the islands).Note: you can use this same username & password to log into the Second Life web site to set up account to purchase money or land or the paid account in order to lease land.https://id.secondlife.com/openid/login
Login & accept invitation
Ben’s Blog: Library Studios with links to Second Life locations for Health Informatics workshop: http://machinimalibrarians.blogspot.com
Using SLurls from the web to reach the Second Life web based map server http://maps.secondlife.com
Davis Island (private island). Clicking on the orange visit button launches the Second Life Viewer 2 on your computer.Second Life Quickstart Guide (help with the user interface.
Use Slurls from Web or map server to reach Davis Island
World Map available in Second Life Viewer (World | World map) or on the web. Mini local map also available in SL viewer.
World Map
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Avatar names for VR, Simulation & Robotics course
Avatar names for the class
Instructions upon logging in
Virtual Worlds: simulations and research
Simulations & Research
Virtual WorldsSecond Life & the opensource OpenSimulator (OpenSim)
Journal of Virtual World Research Health & Healthcare (vol. 2, no. 2)
Wikipedia & Journal of Virtual World Research
Persistent 3 Spaces
Over 22 million accounts (1 million in 2007)
Simulating an area 2069.30 km2 =8 times the size of San
Francisco
US$ 1,398,663.00
Transactions in the past 24 hours
31,575 Regions!!
LSL script wiki
C++ application on Linux OS / LSL & C# scripting on Mono
Server Architecture, 2009
Opensource viewer
OpenSimulator
Gartner Hype Cycle 1987 - 2012
Second Life public grid and enterprise server in a box version
OpenSim on a USB drive (run on your own computer – not
networked)
Install OpenSim on a USB drive
Viewer & Server Stacks with Simulators
The avatar will see you now – 24/7
Research in Virtual Worlds – see UC Davis Institutional Review Board
IRB site at UC Davis
Collaboration across disciplines & peer reviewed journal
literature
Education pre-conference
www.slconvention.org
Education pre-conference, annual Second Life Community Conference.
2010 – Web Beta & MESH import from third party 3D programs or Google 3D Warehouse (Collada
- .dae) files.
Getting into SL as guest using the web beta (Safari browser or Firefox,
etc.)
Mesh file import on mesh beta grid
Technologies Forward.. What’s ahead?
HTML5 demo – Try out some of the new features interactive browser support, video, 3D & data through APIs
MHI214 Class: The Internet & the future of patient care
MHI214 Class, 2009- 2010 with UC Davis Extension
Searching for Virtual Palomar West hospital in viewer
Finding Virtual Palomar West hospital in the SL viewer search
function
Building demo & rezzing 3D objects from inventory
Visit Library Studios 2 where we did building demo and pulled out houses from inventory, etc.
Building demo & rezzing 3D objects from inventory
Real World Coffee Break
Ahhhhh! Health Sciences Libraries – Where is the peer reviewed
literature?Health Sciences Libraries
Where is the peer reviewed literature?
Health Sciences Libraries homepage & All libraries home page
University Librarywww.lib.ucdavis.eduHealth Sciences Libraries
www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hsl
VPN (virtual private network) logon from off campus
VPN to login from off campus (if in Citrix, open a new browser window for VPN)
Logging in through the VPN – Subject Guides (Computer Science &
Medicine, professional)
Choose Subject Guides: Computer Science or Medicine
Using Medical Subject Headings (MESH) in PubMed database
Choose PUBMED (National Library of Medicine) from the Databases A-Z list or from the Health Sciences Library
homepage
Search using MESH terms: User-Computer InterfaceEducation, NursingSchizophrenia, etc.
Journal article by Peter Yellowlees, MD: Using the gold UC-eLinks to locate the article through the UC
Davis journal subscriptions
Pubmed Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18386971UC-eLinks: UCeLinks (gold button top right side) to view UC Davis subscription to journal
User-computer interface subject heading
MESH (medical subject headings) shown: user-computer interface nursing teaching public health
Using Computer Science database: IEEEXplore
Using IEEEXplore on Computer Science Subject Guide for articles on virtual worlds“Second Life” OR “virtual worlds” AND (“server architecture” OR healthcare)
Log into VPN if off campusLocate full results via IEEEXplore database full search results:
first log into VPN if off campusfind via Google Scholar (uc davis) Via Google Scholar
Setting your Google Scholar preferences to work with UC Davis
subscriptions and EndNote
Google Scholar Preferences (scholar preferences)to work with University of California Davis & Endnote
Using the UC Davis Harvest catalog to locate 616 items!
Harvest Catalog search: 616 results for subject headings 616 results for subject headings "shared virtual environments" OR "shared virtual environments" OR "Second Life" OR "virtual reality"; Sorted by Year "Second Life" OR "virtual reality"; Sorted by Year
Downloadable hyperlinked powerpoint available on Slideshare.com
Watch the workshop's visual track on YouTube
Health Informatics website UC Davis Medical CenterHands-on Workshop for:
Virtual Reality, Simulation & Robotics CourseAlberto Odor, MD & research of Peter Yellowlees, MD
, MLIS