Mixed Reality Event: Tomorrow at 3pm, Attend Panel on Second Life With Philip Linden & "Life 2.0" Director in SL

Tomorrow at 3pm in San Francisco, I'll be moderating a panel discussing the question, "Is Online Gaming Addictive" with Philip and Cyn Linden, a therapist, and Jason Springarn-Koff, director of the documentary Life 2.0, which will screen beforehand. (Details here.) The panel will be streamed in-world so people in Second Life can join the conversation. Here's the direct teleport link for joining the event. Get there early, because only the first 40 Residents will be allowed in, and the sim will be locked up at 3pm. More info from Jason:

Avatars must be orderly and respectful during the Q&A, and must not do anything to disrupt via text chat, audio, objects or any other means. Voice Chat: "Speak" button must be turned off, unless requested by the moderator or Jay Spire (Jason Spingarn-Koff).

Should be very interesting! Hope to see you in San Francisco or in-world.

Pictured above: mixed reality conversation on "Life 2.0" at SXSW 2010.

Comments

[HatHead]

Philip Linden? Do you mean Philip Rosedale?

[Ann Otoole]

So is Phillip going to close Second Life in order to cure the poor SL addicts?

[Marianne McCann]

It was interesting, but suffered in the same way a lot of mixed-reality events do. While the people there could see us inworld, we could not see anyone at the first life event. Further, little attempt was made to really provide a presence at the inrowld event, with the majority of the speakers (incluing Cyn, Phillp, and Hamlet) speaking through another person's avatar.

Overall, I'd say the Second Life end of the mix was, unfortunately, more window dressing than given the same consideration as the first life crowd.

[Hamlet Au]

Well, the SF audience enjoyed reading the SL audience's chat feed, they spent a lot of time cracking up at it. It was projected on the screen behind us, so I had no idea WTF.

[Ignatius Onomatopoeia]

If we were window dressing, I didn't mind. The audio feed worked well, and while we goofed off, we raised some important Qs.

Hamlet, you have been at this longer than nearly all of your readers. How would you define addiction to / in SL?

[Hamlet Au]

Well, like I said at the panel, "I guess it all comes back to Aristotle, 'Everything in moderation.'" If someone's using SL in a way that's negatively impacts the totality of their life, it's probably a good idea to find some more balance.