We are at it again! We have broke ground on a very large OpenSim private server grid development. This development will be for teachers to conduct online lectures with their virtual classes. We are building this tool outside of Second Life so that we can have full control over the system. The virtual world will have a learning management system tied into it which will allow teachers to track the students progress throughout the classes, and allow them to take their tests within this virtual world. We are building this custom virtual world to help support the large audience (around 800 concurrent users by 2010) that will be on these grid servers. We look forward to building this very large simulator (roughly around 6 sims connected) for our client. Be on the look out for new blog posts from our team to see the project come alive!

We are pleased to announce that we have completed a fully interactive 2.5D game-based learning module for one of our non-disclosed clients. The learning module consists of a quiz-like game structure followed by 5-10 minute 2.5D animated tutorials which includes 3D models of rooms and avatars, audio commentary, as well as streaming video. “Serious games” are developed to engage the user, as well as to entice the user to really want to learn the information that is being presented through the modules. This particular learning module is SCORM 1.2 and 2004 compliant and is tracking the users time, score of both the pre and post assessments, and bookmarks the user on each chapter to ensure the ability to come back to the previous place where he or she left off. We packaged this into the client’s current learning management system and it implements with a simple import of our zip file. Because we have an NDA with our client, we are unable to provide you with the actual module; however, we can provide you with screen shots (with the clients content blurred for privacy reasons). For more information regarding our web-based training and serious game development contact us today!