As the new IT/Campus rep and supporter of Second Life, I am excited to announce that there will be two talks in October on our virtual campus!
Being an international school with different time zones, it is a very progressive idea to use a virtual world like Second Life as a common meeting ground. We should be proud of INSEAD for being ahead of many business schools in this aspect.
Even if the topics are not entirely up your alley, I’d say just attend for the experience, meet fellow INSEADers and staff, and take a few photos!
I’ve attended lectures in Second Life before and it feels the closest to the real thing, because you can walk into a room (or teleport, or fly!), sit beside people and start chatting to them too. You can pick up objects. Click on something and you might be given an object that will activate a script, or a text file that will give you more information, which you can store in your inventory, just like a role-playing game.
What I liked more about the virtual experience was that the speaker’s words were transcribed, just like in MSN chat. So you won’t miss a thing. However, it can be bewildering for Second Life newbies.
If you’re totally new to Second Life but want to check these talks out, don’t get an account at the last moment. You need to choose an Avatar, give it a name, and learn how to move about. You may want to wear something nice (yes, even to a virtual talk!), and for the ladies in particular, change your hair colour, make yourself slimmer etc… I and my girl friends went through the same thing when we first went into Second Life! Virtual or not, we want to look pretty, and the guys always want to look taller and more macho :)
But I digress. Do check out the talks. I will be there, and as the Campus/IT rep for my section I will also be there for whoever needs help in Second Life.
Be proud of INSEAD!!!
Update: I just met Cusanus Hax (Avatar name), a real-life Hungarian architect of our INSEAD virtual campus, from Pixelbreeze. He says most of his colleagues building the campus are from Hungary too. So my Hungarian classmates should be proud! And they should check it out!
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