(Published earlier today on Metaverse Health) Over the past couple of years I've had the opportunity to chat with Andrew Campbell on a couple of occasions. As Director of the Prometheus Research Team, Andrew is heavily involved in the area of mental health and technology. I've always been struck by Andrew's objective view of gaming and virtual worlds, which he rightly sees as … [Read more...] about Interview: Andrew Campbell – Director of Prometheus Research Team, University of Sydney
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Interview – Prof. Young Choi and Dr. Thomas Furness, HIT Lab Australia
In 2008, with not a lot of fanfare, the Human Interface Technology Laboratory Australia (HIT Lab) was created. Part of the University of Tasmania (UTAS), its brief is to be a specialist human interface technology teaching and research centre. Headed in an interim capacity by Professor Young Ju Choi with significant involvement by veteran virtual reality researcher Tom … [Read more...] about Interview – Prof. Young Choi and Dr. Thomas Furness, HIT Lab Australia
Interview – DeeAnna Nagel and Kate Anthony, Online Therapy Institute
DeeAnna Nagel and Kate Anthony are psychotherapists and founders of the Online Therapy Institute. The pair have only recently expanded their work to Second Life, but they have extensive experience in working with people therapeutically online. The pair now have a presence on Jokaydia in Second Life. I caught up with them to talk online counselling / therapy. Lowell: Can you … [Read more...] about Interview – DeeAnna Nagel and Kate Anthony, Online Therapy Institute
Interview – Raph Koster, Co-founder and President, Metaplace
If the virtual worlds industry has elder statesmen, Raph Koster is definitely one of them. It's a term he probably dislikes, but the reality is he's had a direct involvement in some key milestones from text-based worlds (MUDs) through to the present day. After spending some time with his latest project, Metaplace, we took the opportunity to ask Raph some questions about its … [Read more...] about Interview – Raph Koster, Co-founder and President, Metaplace
Interview – Lee Hopkins, Business Communicator and PhD Student (Part 2)
Continuing on with our discussion (Part 1 can be found here), we discuss brand identity in virtual worlds, get deep into a discussion of virtual world PhD research and talk about governmental cluelessness. Lowell: One of the more controversial aspects of business in virtual worlds is brand identity. For regular virtual world users, the overt imposition of brand awareness … [Read more...] about Interview – Lee Hopkins, Business Communicator and PhD Student (Part 2)