Metaverse Health

Addiction, research, health in a virtual world

Virtual Ability Island

Virtual Ability is an island in Second Life devoted to individuals with disabilities or chronic health conditions.

Initially funded by the USA’s National Library of Medicine, it now relies on individual contributions. It contains a number of discrete areas including training facilities for people with chronic health conditions. They even have their own orientation section which [...]

Call for chapter submissions: Serious Games

If you’ve got an interest in writing on serious games, this may be your thing:
CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS
Proposal Submission Deadline: September 5, 2008
Serious Game Design and Development: Technologies for
Training and Learning
A book edited by Dr. Janis Cannon-Bowers & Dr. Clint Bowers
University of Central Florida
Purpose and Goals of the Book
The use of gaming approaches for more [...]

Razorback Hospital - Arkansas’ ground-breaker

The University of Arkansas have their hospital well underway in Second Life.

Dubbed ‘Razorback Hospital’, it’s purpose isn’t clinical in nature, more a prototype of how technologies like motion sensors and RFID can assist the functioning of a hospital. It’s all about health logistics.
The goals of the project are:
1. Explore the future of Healthcare Information Technology [...]

Obesity Research at University of Houston

I came across a press release from the University of Houston about a health challenge being run entirely in Second Life. If you’re interested in earning some Linden dollars and learning something at the same time, sign up in-world.
I had a quick look around and it’s an interesting set up. The full details:
International Health Challenge [...]

Key resource for health and Second Life

Health researchers working in Second Life will know of Maged Kamel Boulos’ site: Web 2.0 and the 3D Web (Virtual Worlds and Second Life®).
It’s not the prettiest site on the planet but it’s an absolute treasure trove of links to areas in Second Life with a health and education focus. There’s also plenty of traditional [...]

Virtual Addiction: a perspective

Over on The Metaverse Journal, Feldspar Epstein wrote a three-part series in recent weeks on virtual addiction. I’ve conglomerated those three parts into one large post here.
Are you a Virtual World Whore? Virtual Addiction, Part 1
Do you crave the fun, excitement, and pleasure of virtual worlds to the detriment of the rest of your [...]

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