The 16th Virtual World Best Practice in Education 2023 online conference titled “Uncommon Realities” took place in Second Life on 23rd March to 25th March 2023. The event organised by https://www.vwbpe.org/ focuses on the use of immersive virtual environments for educational purposes including virtual and augmented reality.
Opening Event
Tom Boellstorff (avatar: Tom Bukowski) Keynote
“Making the Metaverse a Common Reality”
Linden Lab Chat with Grumpity Linden and Patch Linden
A chat and look at upcoming features of Second Life with Linden Lab’s VP of Product Grumpity Linden and VP of Product Operations Patch Linden.
Second Life Mobile Viewer (based on Unity) preview video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tjRlVwlAXA
Second Life is 20 years old this year and the SL 20 Birthday event is on June 22nd and 23rd, 2023.
Stylianos Mystakidis (Avatar: Stylianos Ling) Keynote
Metaverse: Pandora’s Pithos or Panacea for Education?
7+1 Uncommon Truths about the Edu-Metaverse
Stylianos Mystakidis is a Tutor Counsellor at the Hellenic Open University, Greece