RubyConf in Second Life?

[Jim Weirich]

I think that if we do go ahead with this that it will have to be in
such a way that we set realistic expectations for folks attending in
SL as well as working within the constraints of the technology.

I'm still wondering what exactly the SL folks will be getting out of the
conference. I'm assuming there will be an audio feed. Will there be a
video feed as well? How about slides, will they be visable? What kind
of interaction will there be between attendees and the SL folk? Between
presenter and SL folk?

-- Jim "planning on attending the SL Ruby meeting next week" Weirich

 

[Hal Fulton]

I'm still wondering what exactly the SL folks will be getting out of the
conference. I'm assuming there will be an audio feed. Will there be a
video feed as well? How about slides, will they be visable? What kind
of interaction will there be between attendees and the SL folk? Between
presenter and SL folk?

-- Jim "planning on attending the SL Ruby meeting next week" Weirich

I'm wondering the same.

Also: When/where's the meeting? How do I find it?


Hal

 

[James Britt]

...
Hmm. Now I'll be spending time here, too.

Is the book done?

 

[dblack]

Hi --

I'm still wondering what exactly the SL folks will be getting out of the
conference. I'm assuming there will be an audio feed. Will there be a
video feed as well? How about slides, will they be visable? What kind
of interaction will there be between attendees and the SL folk? Between
presenter and SL folk?

I think we're just going to be recording the event, not streaming it.
(See my other post regarding not having extra sets of AV equipment in
the venue.) As for interaction between people who are there and
people who aren't: the whole thing is conceived and planned and
executed as an in-person event (a format we do not consider obsolete
and we're really not looking for ways to make it transparently
available in real time to people who aren't there. I could imagine
planning a "virtual" gathering, and that it could be quite
interesting, but RubyConf isn't it.


David

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[John Lam]

I think you're probably right about this David. The bandwidth
requirements of SL are really high. It would be hard to have RL
participants interacting with SL participants - it would become much
more of a 'broadcast' medium.

That said, playing recordings of RubyConf in SL would be a realistic
option, right? So while not simulcast, it could be a time-delayed
event in SL. Based on feedback from that we could see whether it would
be effective to try a simulcast sometime in the future (from someplace
with effectively infinite bandwidth like a University).

Cheers,
-John
http://www.iunknown.com

Hi --

I'm still wondering what exactly the SL folks will be getting out of the
conference. I'm assuming there will be an audio feed. Will there be a
video feed as well? How about slides, will they be visable? What kind
of interaction will there be between attendees and the SL folk? Between
presenter and SL folk?

I think we're just going to be recording the event, not streaming it.
(See my other post regarding not having extra sets of AV equipment in
the venue.) As for interaction between people who are there and
people who aren't: the whole thing is conceived and planned and
executed as an in-person event (a format we do not consider obsolete
and we're really not looking for ways to make it transparently
available in real time to people who aren't there. I could imagine
planning a "virtual" gathering, and that it could be quite
interesting, but RubyConf isn't it.


David

--
http://www.rubypowerandlight.com => Ruby/Rails training & consultancy
----> SEE SPECIAL DEAL FOR RUBY/RAILS USERS GROUPS! <-----
http://dablog.rubypal.com => D[avid ]A[. ]B[lack's][ Web]log
http://www.manning.com/black => book, Ruby for Rails
http://www.rubycentral.org => Ruby Central, Inc.

 

[Bil Kleb]

?? Advantages? It's a COOL TOY!

Gosh Jim, what else is there?

And coming from a guy that used Zelda to teach
us continuations no less!