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Category Archives: Virtual Worlds


Nice set of videos of Project Wonderland

October 30, 2008 – 9:04 am

Project Wonderland is an open source toolkit from SUN for creating 3d virtual worlds. This set of videos provides a great overview of the types of things you can do in them, what some people are actually doing, and what new functionality is available. One of the projects that I never seem to […]

By Jerry Leeson | Also posted in Educationau, SICTAS | Comments (0)

Interoperability standards for virtual worlds

July 9, 2008 – 8:51 am

Virtual worlds are getting quite a bit of attention at work at the moment and for good reason. Clearly there is a huge potential for their use in education and momentum in this area is really building. Like many I have experimented a bit with platforms like Second Life but am now wanting […]

By Jerry Leeson | Also posted in Educationau, Second Life, interoperability, standards | Comments (0)

mashing up virtual worlds and interactive whiteboards

June 30, 2008 – 8:40 am

Every now and then you come across something that really inspires or impresses you. That’s what happened to me when I came across Edusim3d, an open source virtual world designed for use with classroom interactive whiteboards.
The best way to describe Edusim3d is simply to link to the video on their website and let it […]

By Jerry Leeson | Also posted in Educationau, interactive whiteboards | Comments (2)

open source virtual world

June 19, 2008 – 8:45 am

At the VET eStandards Expert Group meeting yesterday there was an update on the four projects selected for the emerging technology trials. The one that I was really interested in is the trial Canberra Institute of Technology is doing on Virtual Worlds. The platform they have selected is Croquet, an open source development […]

By Jerry Leeson | Also posted in Educationau | Comments (6)