tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7151616810519208803.post3221031542700406112..comments2023-05-15T11:23:41.550+00:00Comments on Ambling in Second Life: Telstra Experience CentreTimbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04943524641618211239noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7151616810519208803.post-62599397307844303312008-04-09T06:41:00.000+00:002008-04-09T06:41:00.000+00:00Hehe... fair point, well made. :-)Hehe... fair point, well made. :-)Timbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04943524641618211239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7151616810519208803.post-64907889760922655892008-04-09T01:59:00.000+00:002008-04-09T01:59:00.000+00:00Thanks for the tip on scale Aleister. I'll pass th...Thanks for the tip on scale Aleister. I'll pass this on to our SL developer. <BR/><BR/>See this is what I call "collaborative innovation in action", if we'd locked the doors on the SL Telstra Experience Centre, then I wouldn't have got your fantastic tip!LeonieVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00844296627384945314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7151616810519208803.post-25621747074843787052008-04-04T06:54:00.000+00:002008-04-04T06:54:00.000+00:00Hi LeonieThanks for the information, and an intere...Hi Leonie<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the information, and an interesting use for the SL environment. While personally pleased to see the site open to the public, I would normally expect such "internal prototypes" to be kept private, and restricted to 1 or 2 groups - eg: builders and stakeholders.<BR/><BR/>Another point I would make is regarding scale. I'm not sure what scale you've used, but it felt like 1:1. A few architect friends (while they debate about it!) reckon that the oddities of the SL environment mean that a modelled building should really be scaled up - perhaps as much as 50% more. In part, this is due to the higher-than-average height of avatars, but this is only part of the story. I'd need an expert to provide the full explanation! But it is true that a building scaled at, say, 1.4times actual size feels "right" in SL.Timbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04943524641618211239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7151616810519208803.post-88617286306427593142008-04-04T01:52:00.000+00:002008-04-04T01:52:00.000+00:00Hi Aleister,Thanks for your piece on the Telstra E...Hi Aleister,<BR/>Thanks for your piece on the Telstra Experience Centre. Lowell Cremorne's comment is 100% correct - this is a prototype intended mostly for internal Telstra use, but based on the existing real world Telstra Experience Centre in Sydney.<BR/><BR/>My team figured Second Life was the perfect place to trial building our new Telstra Executive Briefing Centres. We figured it would be pretty cool to take a 2D plan at the concept stage, create 3D version in Second Life and then use that environment for 2 purposes:<BR/><BR/>1. to test out the environment, eg, size of rooms, furniture, finishes, LCD placement etc<BR/><BR/>2. for stakeholder engagement, a place where we could take project stakeholders so they could experience the proposed centre before it gets built. <BR/><BR/>A novel approach for us on both dimensions which has worked really well in terms of designing a better customer experience for the real world. The second centre is not yet open to the public as we have yet to finalise the design.LeonieVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00844296627384945314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7151616810519208803.post-22927226725483163282008-03-21T22:21:00.000+00:002008-03-21T22:21:00.000+00:00Hi LowellActually that reminds me of another "oddi...Hi Lowell<BR/><BR/>Actually that reminds me of another "oddity" - the height of the doors made it feel that I had to limbo-dance to get thru them --- and Al is not a particularly tall avatar. <BR/><BR/>I think the island should probably be open only to internal Telstra groups - not to the wider SL audience - while they sort out how they want to finish it. And, indeed, decide on which of the buildings they want to use.Timbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04943524641618211239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7151616810519208803.post-91788968372610446432008-03-21T21:52:00.000+00:002008-03-21T21:52:00.000+00:00Hi Aleister,Congrats on the continuing great work ...Hi Aleister,<BR/><BR/>Congrats on the continuing great work on the site btw. I agree totally with your assessment of the Telstra site - the corridors even messed around badly with my camera view etc. <BR/><BR/>As far as the public goes, my guess is Telstra see that build as very much a prototype, hence no real promotion of it aside from it appearing in search results.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com