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) [mbridgetsmith@hotmail.com]
- 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
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
Project Responsibilities
| Real Name | SL Name | Introduction | For | Against | Conclusion | Machinima |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esmond Kane | Pere Utu | Yes | ||||
| Bridget Smith | Frappe Lapointe | Yes | ||||
| William James | USA Brody | Yes | ||||
| Brian | Blaise Sydake | Yes | ||||
| Yvette Wohn | Yvette Kumsung | Yes |
Project Deliverables (Tentative)
- Saturday Dec 2 7pm: Text
- Sunday Dec 3 7pm: Audio
- Thursday Dec 8 7pm: Project Draft
- Tuesday Dec 12 7pm: Project Presentation
Project Script/Detail
Please edit your own section only. It'll get reaaal messy if we all edit the main page. Remember, this is about Voice discrimination and SL!
Outline
Esmond
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
we are arguing for the choice of the avatar to be able to toggle voice integration
Intro:
- Scence setting
- Mention of broad possibilities for discussion
- narrow focus
- thesis
Intro: Draft
Cave paintings, stone and paper etchings, wax and clay records are now mere nano-scale metal etchings, polarised atoms, insubstantial radio waves, beams of light, electrons and Quantum signatures. The new technology and the new media marketplace of the 21st century has greatly changed the nature of information exchange and the very framework for communication. We stand on the precipice of a convergence of all human communication into a single datastream and the development of an Electronic Human network.
The grand debates which predominated previous communication frameworks, the Economic, Political, Scientific, Religious debates, the Historical and Educational imperatives have excluded the greater population from active participation in favour of proxies, designated champions, sporadic polls and backroom negotiation. Now the greater populace, the everyday actors, participate in the recording of thought, the dialogue, discussion, the narration, negotiation, the persuasion, compromise and consensus, Human communication in all its facets is no longer the preserve or the arena of an elite minority. (1 minute 20)
Bridget
For: why voice is not discriminatory or it doesnt matter
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William
Against: why text is less discriminatory
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Brian
Summary and Conclusion
- 'give us the choice'
- "it is open for all to decide what they want ot choose"
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