v-tenn: virtual tennis in second life

V-Tenn: Virtual Tennis in Second Life (SL)

Eduard Merc emerc@hawaii.edu

Francisco V. Jumawan fjumawan@hawaii.edu

TCC 2013 Online ConferenceApril 17, 2013

Image taken from http://baseballbytheyard.blogspot.com/2011/01/batting-stance-importance-of-good-base.html

Second Life is Required

Most of this interactive presentation will take place in Second Life

How many of you have used Second Life before?How many of you have a Second Life account (avatar)?

Second Life Overview:

Highly creative 3D virtual environment inhabited by tens of thousands of individuals with their avatars from all walks of life.

Home to thousands of educational “virtual field trip” destinations and resources:

Powerful eco-friendly simulationsData visualizationComplex modeling situations

V-Tenn: Virtual Tennis

Designed for tennis beginnersParticipants will learn about the game of tennis in various sections of the simulation.Two levels of learner engagement

Genius levelGladiator level

Beam me up Eddie!

The rest of the session will be at our V-Tenn sim located at SLURL:http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/UHawaii%20COE/47/50/27

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