3D Meter Represents Group Opinion in Second Life

Remember during the last Presidential debates, CNN displayed throughout the program a meter that showed the aggregated opinion of undecided voters in a swing state? It powerfully gave you an instant sense of voter attitudes from moment to moment, in response to whatever McCain or Obama were saying. That was the inspiration of the "Attitude-ometer", an SL technology just demo-ed at the Virtual Journalism summit by Erica Driver of ThinkBalm, an analysis firm specializing in business uses of the "immersive Internet". Created by Jeff Lowe, the meter works in a similar way; the avatars in the same space click on one of two buttons (i.e. a Yes/No question), and the disc in the meters rises or falls based on aggregate opinion. Looks like an effective way of doing a quick "attitude check" during in-world meetings, because while attendees are able to register their view anonymously, everyone can see the collective results and respond accordingly.

Comments

[Arcadian Vanalten]

Heheheeh, mebbe LL needs to use this the next time they look for resident input on the whole Adult/Mature thing. Assuming they'd give it a glance...

[Jeff Lowe]

This was a fun little tool to build that seems to be getting more and more use.

Just for clarification, users can vote either "Agree" via the upward pointing cone, "Neutral" via the middle white section, or "Disagree" via the red downward pointing cone. The gauge displays the running average sentiment.

[chris]

Does it give you a doggie biscuit when done?