Hi Randy,

I appreciate your response and would like to suggest that you come 
and see for yourself what has, and what has not beeen accomplished in 
Second Life in respect to the museums already built there.  These 
kinds of discussions are useful to all institutions considering a 
build in a 3D world; whether they are in Second Life or any of the 
myriad persistant worlds already out there, or in the pipeline.  By 
decrying the costs and reminding us all of alternative solutions 
still does not absolve us of finding out for ourselves what is is 
possible for the museum community. These kind of critical debates 
should be timely, focused and above all, informed.

Susan Hazan

>Date:    Sat, 1 Mar 2008 09:27:26 -0800
>From:    Randy Little <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: |::| Museums ON SecondLife |::|
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>I keep seeing these post for second life.   I even sort of put it on my
>computer.   Then I asked around a bit.  No one uses it.   They all have it
>but everyone I have talked to seems to prefer standard website with standard
>well designed navigation.  What advantage is there in designing a complext
>Second life building over a standard Interactive webdesign?  You are talking
>a huge extra cost to build something most people can't even figure out how
>to use.      I used to work for Macromedia, the makers of flash (now adobe)
>and I still have good contact there.   They have considered 3d integration
>like this in Flash for many years.   It sits on the back burner because to
>build a 3d world the quality of a flash or normal dhtml website is just out
>of this world expensive and the quality never actually gets to the same
>level or ease of use.
>
>Where SL seems to be making moves it the online chat world.   Like skype in
>3d.
>
>I would read this before invested hard won grant money or donations on
>Second life.
>
>http://www.betanews.com/article/How_Many_Users_Does_Second_Life_Really_Have/1178573043


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