The Smart Services Co-operative Research Centre (CRC) is an Australian initiative designed to improve the service industry in Australia. The CRC partnership exists between 10 major industry players and six Australian universities. Its aim is the creation of research-enabled commercial outcomes for its partners. The current 7-year budget amounts to $120 million, with a grant of … [Read more...] about That’s QUT for YAWL in SL
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VastPark and NICTA: Badumna beta
The title of this story would have to be one of our most obtuse, but the story behind it is hopefully a little more transparent. VastPark is a developing virtual world platform well known to regular readers. NICTA (National ICT Australia) also has a number of years pedigree in some of the technological underpinnings of virtual worlds. In the case of the collaboration with … [Read more...] about VastPark and NICTA: Badumna beta
Foul Whisperings, Strange Matters
It's been a great couple of weeks for interesting new Australian presences in Second Life. Last weekend, 'Foul Whisperings, Strange Matters' launched. It's a fascinating take on Shakespeare's Macbeth character, a "timely use of pop culture as an adaptive bridge between classic texts and new media technology". The first five minutes of my wanderings around the build were … [Read more...] about Foul Whisperings, Strange Matters
Australian Accountants enter Second Life
Lee Hopkins (SL: Lee Laperriere), an online communications strategist and Lindy McKeown (SL: Decka Mah), an educational consultant, presented at the Chartered Practising Accountants Congress. Both are well known Australian Second Life residents. It was the first event in Second Life the accountants peak body has run, and by all accounts it was a success (geddit?). Lee has … [Read more...] about Australian Accountants enter Second Life
AFTRS: directing the future
Gary Hayes has amazing talent. As with so many people who are masterful in their field, he can make the difficult look effortless. However, this time it's not an attractive and engaging machinima or build that has me excited, but Gary's words about the new diploma courses being run at AFTRS. Forget the glitz and glam, ignore the special effects of the promo videos if you are … [Read more...] about AFTRS: directing the future