Thursday 1900 EST

Group Overview

Places & Times

• Meeting Time: Thursdays, 7:00 EDT
• Meeting Place: Berkman Island in SL

• Group Wiki page: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/cyberone/wiki/Thursday_1900_EST

Members:

• Bridget Smith (Frappe Lapointe)
• Brien Walton (Blaise Syaka)
• Esmond Kane (Pere Utu)
• William James (USA Brody)
• Yvette Wohn (Yvette Kumsung)

Assignment: Interview a SL personality

Due Monday (Oct 9) at 10:55 EST (Assignment in Moodle)

Anyone know if this is a group Assignment?

Yes. Sign up for an Interviewee here

Project Discussion

Thursday 7pm Chatlog 20061019

Thursday 7pm Chatlog 20061026

Thursday 7pm Chatlog 20061102

Thursday 7pm Chatlog 20061109

Thursday 7pm Chatlog 20061116

Thursday 7pm Chatlog 20061130

Friday 7pm Chatlog 20061201

Also see Topics and Thesis discussion here

Project Thesis

Thesis candidates

• The integration of Voice in SL can result in varying degrees of discrimination against the residents, and this project will address issues regarding the impact of Voice on the social network.
• Ceding development to 3rd party voice tools and developers, cedes control over the content and introduces the risk of censorship and limits on expression. Linden must develop voice in-house with the same participatory, optional limitations used in the existing modes of expression.
• Linden must NOT impose their Western morality on the implementation of Voice in SL. Voice is a multi-cultural, international and liberating technology which must be implemented within the cultural and moral confines of the home country. This development is best left to 3rd parties in a similar manner to the existing cultural grids.
• Voice is a boundary shattering introduction to Second Life. Anyone who can speak and use a joystick has as much a right to participate in SL as the texting, literate, educated minority. Linden must not only encourage the rapid, accelerated development of Voice but also the development of translation engines in SL to embrace the developing world and encourage communication across borders and cultures.

Project Podcasts

Our podcasts are up here

Project Topics

Topics candidates

Heed Typers When Voice Comes

Hypothesis: Voice is coming to SL and will bring new capabilities

Problem: Discrimination of typers in type-voice coexsiting environment

1.Typers are slower, making it more difficult to fit into conversations

2.Voice users may feel annoyed by chat windows, or get used to minimizing the window

3.Clash of typing sounds with voice

Why should we think of protecting the rights of typers?

1. May not be able to speak (mute, soar throat)

2. Situation where you cannot use voice (office)

3. Personal reasons (Don't like sound of voice/doesn't suit identity of avatar/want to keep level of privacy/stutter,lisp, accent)

4. Multitasking (chat while listening to music, etc.)

5. Efficiency in certain situations(Group chats, lectures)

Questions to Ask Ourselves

1. Who should be given the right to decide whether the zone is voice, text, or voice-text?

2. How can we create awareness?

3. Are we calling for technical attention from Linden or social attention from residents?

Solution/Action: "Heed Typers" Campaign?

Presentation Method Ideas:

1. Create rooms with streaming audio boxes.

2. Create machinima

Machinima Script

Esmond

Content

Freedom of Speech

Swearing

Accents, Pitch, Cultural (Ebonics etc)

Disabilities (Stutter, Lisp)

SL vs RL (Gender, Voice Fonts)

Foreign Languages

Crosstalk

Latency

Text = Oration style

Real Name	SL Name	Thesis	For	Against	Conclusion	Machinima