I’ve been falling behind in documenting the progress of the Hub2 Project, so to play some catch up, I’ve posted an update to my official class blog. Read more about Hub2 completing the (I)magine phase and moving on to the (D)esign phase.
This workshop demonstrates how communities can reimagine public and civic spaces using virtual environments and other new media. As a participant, you will research andvredesign your own local neighborhood within the virtualvenvironment of Second Life. In the process, you will develop your own understanding of how public spaces shape civic life and propose ways to […]
Journalist Misa Kurasawa from the Weekly Toyo Keizai met with a number of us a few weeks ago for a cover article about Second Life. The issue is finally out, and I think it covers the CyberOne and Hub2 courses. I can’t know, because the Toyo Keizai doesn’t publish the full article online, but the […]
Hub2 grabbed front page coverage today (slow day for the Globe, apparently). The article necessarily, but unfortunately, takes off with the gee-whiz breathlessness typical of most mainstream coverage of virtual worlds. Unfortunate, in part, because it seems to premise the value of virtual worlds on their novelty — which inevitably fades — rather than their […]
And now, to follow up my earlier teaser: I’m excited to announce that my colleague Eric Gordon and I will be teaching a new, experimental class at Emerson College on exploring, imagining, and building civic places in real and virtual spaces. The class was born of an idea hatched by the City of Boston to […]
