Jacki Morie, a VR pioneer, is looking to hire a developer for a research simulation project that her firm All These Worlds is developing for the Health Sciences Center at Texas A & M, one of the world's top universities. The project in itself seems pretty interesting (more on that below), and it's also noteworthy that a major educational institution has been doing a project like this in Second Life in recent years.
The simulation is set in a warehouse (above) which has a number of hazard signs. "[W]hat they are actually testing is the efficacy of the design of the hazard signage, if one design alerts someone more to a hazardous situation than another," Jacki tells me.
That's why she needs a developer with SL scripting experience: "Every machine has a set of coded functions. Some of the code needs tweaking. And they want 'explosions' if the procedures are done incorrectly, with the functions then reset so participants can try again." Any study with explosions is by definition awesome.
This is a very well-funded project, so the contract pays quite a bit -- details on that and how to apply below:
Jacki on the candidate she's looking for: "They should know how to write functions in SL script. Some buildings skills, although those would probably be minimal. [The project is] mostly about adjusting the functionality on a couple of machines, and making an explosion or something like that if instructions are not followed. It should be ready for testing by August. I work closely with whom ever would be able to do this."
Pay rate: $50 per hour for up to 130 hours or so.
If you're interested and qualified, e-mail Jackie at jfmorie at gmail dot com. Probably a good idea to include links to previous, related projects you've done in Second Life, such as content on the Marketplace, or YouTube videos depicting these projects in action.
More on the study itself hopefully soon!
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