Return to the Moon in Second Life, a 3D Metaverse

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Dec 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008agufmed43b0589i&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2008, abstract #ED43B-0589

Computer Science

Robotics

0800 Education, 0810 Post-Secondary Education, 0815 Informal Education, 6250 Moon (1221), 6299 General Or Miscellaneous

Scientific paper

Second Life (SL) is one of several virtual 3D simulations or metaverses. Presently there over nine million SL users worldwide with a growth rate of about 10 percent per month. SL has seen explosive growth in the five years it has been available and hosts a number of educational and institutional 'islands' or sims. There are over 200 educational institutions and education specific sims in SL. The SL education group hosts an educational mailing list of over 1,800 and at the recent SL conference conducted education strands all three days. Federal agencies with an SL presence include NASA, NOAA, and EPA. At any one time there may be 40,000-50,000 users on line. Users develop a persona and are seen on screen as a human figure or avatar. Avatars are able to move around the sim islands by walking or flying and move from island to island or remote locations by teleporting. While a big part of the Second Life experience deals with avatar interactions and exploring, there is an active community of builders who create the scenery, buildings, and other artifacts of the SL world including clothing and other personal items. SL builders start with basic shapes and through size manipulation on three axis and adding texture to the shapes create a myriad of objects-a 3D world. This paper will deal with the design and creation of an exhibit hall for NASA's Lunar Precursor Robotics Program (LPRP) and the LRO/LCROSS mission slated for launch in 2009. A Return to the Moon exhibit hall has been placed in the NASA sponsored Co-Lab sim located in the Sci Lands area of Second Life. Storyboards with information about the mission interpret the exhibits for visitors. Links to external websites provide for further information on the missions, both spacecraft instrument suites, and EPO efforts. Future plans for the exhibit include live broadcast of the launch and LCROSS impact.

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