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Immersive environments are attracting interest as very effective learning spaces. These environments allow learners to act in specific roles without incurring real-world consequences. However, these environments should not simply be used to automate existing learning approaches and models. They should be leveraged to augment and supplement learning to enrich and engage student experiences and CommonNeed can show you how.
 By understanding what immersive environments are, their uses as a learning technology, what differentiates them from other learning technologies, and their pros and cons, educators are able to make a more informed decision regarding using these environments for learning. Benefits of VIEs are that they:
CommonNeed provides a full suite of services across hosting, design, and integration for virtual worlds developed using Project Wonderland, an open source technology sponsored by Sun Microsystems. Our mission is to combine the best of virtual worlds, learning technologies, and social networking to create cutting-edge learning environments on behalf of our clients.
 Virtual World HostingHosting Virtual Worlds and Telephony Applications in our High Availability data center (proud partner of the OVW project with NMC and Sun Microsystems)
In-World Shared Application IntegrationProject Wonderland provides the ability to run and share software applications inside the world. CommonNeed can help design the right combination of in world and software based collaboration tools such that 'in world' and traditional classroom tool users can interact in real time.
Identity and ProvisioningCommonNeed has developed Identity management frameworks for plugging virtual world services into the Campus Identity System. Authentication is the process of confirming a user's identity. Authorization determines what services and access a user is authorized for. We provide integration of OpenID systems to allow your world to support identity-based access control, authentication, authorization as well as complete Federated Identity Systems.
Open LMS IntegrationMaking use of open standards, CommonNeed offers deep but loosely coupled integration of virtual worlds systems to the tradition Learning Management and Identity Management Campus Systems.
In-World High-Fidelity, Stereo Audio and VOIP IntegrationWe integrate the technologies that allow you to provide conference calls, voice chat, speech detection, and audio in your virtual environments. This gives you individually adjustable audio channels for each live avatar and each in-world recorded sound source. Your world inhabitants experience life-like high-fidelity, stereo audio as they navigate through the environment. In addition, this gives you the ability to add telephone support to your world, mixing telephone audio with immersive in-world audio and providing a connection to a PBX or external telephone network through standard SIP communication channels.
Scalability and Performance TestingCommonNeed is developing performance tuning and testing frameworks for high scalability and very large world support to meet the highest of demands.
Open Virtual World DemonstrationsPlease enquire about our trial hosting service for the OVW demonstration worlds. CommonNeed is here to help you either get started or expand your existing virtual presence. With our partners we offer virtual world development and hosting services. Please don't hesitate contact us either via email or phone to find out how we can help you leverage this very powerful technology for learning.
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