| Jun. 11-12, 2008 NMC Summer Conference, Princeton University |
Open Virtual Worlds: Understanding the Wonderland Project1:00 – 4:00 pm Afternoon Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 Princeton Campus, McDonnell Hall
Open Virtual Worlds: Understanding the Wonderland Project1:00 – 2:15 pm Afternoon Thursday, June 12th, 2008 Princeton Campus, Jadwin Hall, A10Project Wonderland is an open source toolkit for creating 3D virtual worlds. It features immersive audio, live application sharing, and a high degree of extensibility that allows virtual world developers to create unique, interactive experiences. The presenters have been involved in the project from its beginning, and in this 3-hour hands-on session will share their tremendous understanding of the technical aspects of the Wonderland Project such as the motivation for using 3D environments in distributed organizations, an overview of Wonderland features, a high-level technical description of the system, how to get started creating new virtual worlds, and a discussion of the project’s roadmap for the future. This technology, still in the early stages of development, is freely available for experimentation and proof-of-concept projects and is the centerpiece of the Open Virtual Worlds Project initiative with the New Media Consortium and Common Need, Inc. 
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