Something very interesting is happening in the meatspace.
Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali, in Trento, Italy is organizing the exhibit AVATAR. Society and culture of the new virtual worlds, which will be open from 11.11.2008 to 11.01.2009.
AVATAR will discuss the theme of the new virtual world developing over the Internet (Second Life, etc.) from different points of view: psychological,sociological and anthropological. The exhibition is entirely virtual and will guide the visitors on a captivating journey through 3D constructed ambient, where it will be possible to interact with the spaces of the exhibition and with other visitors as well.
Web part of the exhibition will handle the wider and in-depth discussions and offer the look behind the exhibition, both in Italian and English.
Virtual part will be happening on the platform Moondus, developed by Virtual Italian Parks. From what I saw exhibit space looks quite interesting and it's a pity it will be available only locally.Exhibition will consist of ten sections, each covering another topic: from the concept of the avatar and virtual self via politics, law and economy to us as social beings.
Each of 25 concurrent visitors will have own console and will use the avatar to roam the virtual environment, interact with it, meet other visitors, communicate… Interesting part is that while virtual world users are welcome, exhibition is aimed to non-users as well, thus spreading the word out and showing virtual space to the people that have never experienced it before.
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