Nurses are one of the most active groups of health professionals in Second Life and I regularly get asked by health professionals what use a virtual world like Second Life is in regard to training. The video below answers that question beautifully: If you're a nurse in Second Life, tell us what the experience has brought to your practice. Has it improved your skills at all? … [Read more...] about Nursing Education in Second Life
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Christian Orthodoxy and Sexual Purity – A Second Life seminar
An interesting announcement came to my attention today from the organisers of a ninety minute seminar. It's being held by the UK-based University of Plymouth at 6am Friday morning Australian Eastern time. The full details as announced: Fathers Johann Barak and Joshua Tuchs (these are SL avatar names), who in RL are two Eastern Orthodox priests in USA, together with Presbytera … [Read more...] about Christian Orthodoxy and Sexual Purity – A Second Life seminar
Hands-free options to increase sexual expression in virtual worlds?
Terra Nova has a short discussion on the recent demonstration of hands-free avatar movement in Second Life and it implications for sexual activity in virtual worlds. Sex play in virtual worlds is a favourite sensationalist topic for media outlets but as the Terra Nova discussion illustrates, it's one of the many issues the wider population haven't even begun to consider for … [Read more...] about Hands-free options to increase sexual expression in virtual worlds?
World of Warcraft as stress relief?
According to Massively, research has been presented this week by Jane Barnett at Middlesex University on the impact of World of Warcraft on levels of relaxation. The study found playing WoW actually led to higher levels of relaxation after playing in some personality types. The sample size was small - our readership at The Metaverse Journal is larger so jump in with your … [Read more...] about World of Warcraft as stress relief?
GimpGirl – women, disabilities and Second Life
One of the most interesting email lists I'm involved with is the Second Life Health list. Yesterday I noticed an interesting announcement from a group called GimpGirl: GimpGirl Community was founded in 1998 by women with disabilities to serve the needs of our community through various on-line mediums. For many years we were primarily using mailing lists, our web site and … [Read more...] about GimpGirl – women, disabilities and Second Life