In my perspective, I think this assignment may be more complex and might be more work than the previous team assignment but at the same time I also think that it will be much more fun and interesting. With the exceptions of a few minor glitches the last assignment was pretty successful. Like I’ve said before, because this class is exciting, interesting and overall a great learning experience, I think we could tackle this assignment without any problems. Although, I haven’t met with my group to discuss our group project, I have thought about some suggestions that I think would make a great final project. Since I am a huge football fan, I would definitely like for our group to organize a football game. We could divide the class into two groups and play a 2 min quarter game. If we weren’t able to pull of the class football game I would like to have a little car show instead. We hand the class a plain car to customize and then have a contest to see who has the better customized car. I can’t wait to discuss my ideas with my group.
Talking about the football game I came across a web blog were they were talking about football in second life. Here are the details:
It took place this week on Monday afternoon, apparently because of the Christmas schedule, but it looks like NBC, which has already held a couple of events in the virtual world of Second Life, is now trying out Sunday Night Football in the virtual world. The Christmas game between the Cowboys and the Eagles was not simulcast in SL but instead accompanied by a “guess the play” game (run from a heads-up display) that rewarded virtual armchair quarterbacks with prizes of Linden dollars at halftime and at the end of the game. The event, a beta test, according to the Electric Sheep Company (sponsors of this blog), was held at NBC’s virtual sports bar in the »Second City 3« sim, and was attended by about a dozen people, I’m told by one sports fan, who didn’t seem to mind watching the game on TV while they carried on in high Second Life style within the virtual world. No word yet on whether the event constituted a success for NBC, but I’m betting it worked well enough that we can look forward to more such Sunday night games in SL — which clearly has greater potential than the lame offerings that used to be known as “interactive television.”
First, I love that you have a participatory aspect to your ideas. Both call for class involvement and I think that will really help to get people excited.
As for the blog talking about SL football: wow! Sunday Night Football, SL style. There definitely seems to be interest in the kind of event you want to hold, if people are already doing football-themed events.
Thank you for the blog post!
I think you might be on to something here Jerry. I would think involving sports in Sl with RL professional/college sports could be a HUGE industry. Don’t hesitatet o send an IM to a member fo the electric sheep company, let them know you are a student at UT and ask for mor einformation about the football activities. I believe Joel Greenburg from ESC is based in Austin, i have run into him at a few talks around town. He would probobly want your input as much as you would want his.