http://www.astrobetter.com/remote-presentations/ Tips and Tricks for Professional Astronomers Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:32:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.astrobetter.com/remote-presentations/#comment-1887 Raffaele D'Abrusco Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:47:06 +0000 http://www.astrobetter.com/remote-presentations/#comment-1887 Thanks for your post, Kelle, it's very interesting and useful, just like all posts on Astrobetter... I'd like to point you at the possibility of having remote talks and meetings in a virtual environment like Second Life. We at MICA (http://www.mica-vw.org/wiki/index.php/Meta_Institute_for_Computational_Astrophysics) have had scientific seminars, professional meetings and informal talks for three years now gathering people from far away spots in the world. My feeling is that the immersive environments represent an amazingly intuitive and natural medium for scientific and professional interactions - even if not reaching (yet?) Avatar-esque heights... I was skeptical but had to change my mind. Give it a try, if you are interested in experiencing new channels. Thanks for your post, Kelle, it’s very interesting and useful, just like all posts on Astrobetter…
I’d like to point you at the possibility of having remote talks and meetings in a virtual environment like Second Life. We at MICA (http://www.mica-vw.org/wiki/index.php/Meta_Institute_for_Computational_Astrophysics) have had scientific seminars, professional meetings and informal talks for three years now gathering people from far away spots in the world. My feeling is that the immersive environments represent an amazingly intuitive and natural medium for scientific and professional interactions – even if not reaching (yet?) Avatar-esque heights… I was skeptical but had to change my mind. Give it a try, if you are interested in experiencing new channels.

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