Future of Engineering
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Designing Real Life Engineering with Second Life Tools
Unlike Gravina Island, the Public Works Island in Second Life (SL) hosts an entirely different kind of bridge. Created for mere Linden dollars, Avatar TEEX Clary’s virtual bridge symbolizes a bridge that is going somewhere—perhaps the future of civil engineering—using 3D tools in SL for visualization.
The Public Works Island is the brainchild of avatar Pam Renior. In real life, Pam Renoir’s alter ego Pam Broviak is a registered, professional engineer in Illinois. According to Pam, Public Works Island “...has been developed to introduce general citizens to public works and show them what we do—educate them—then it is also a place for those of us in related fields to build community.”
She also sees the island as an on-the-job resource for members of the American Public Works Association and others, “... to train here and develop things we can use in real life on our jobs.”
Full report here
The Public Works Island is the brainchild of avatar Pam Renior. In real life, Pam Renoir’s alter ego Pam Broviak is a registered, professional engineer in Illinois. According to Pam, Public Works Island “...has been developed to introduce general citizens to public works and show them what we do—educate them—then it is also a place for those of us in related fields to build community.”
She also sees the island as an on-the-job resource for members of the American Public Works Association and others, “... to train here and develop things we can use in real life on our jobs.”
Full report here
Labels: Computer-Science, Design-Engineering
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