Project Status

Island 1 development completed:

• IEEE.tv Tower
  • IEEE.tv episodes can be viewed in four separate theaters
• IEEE Sandbox
  • Allows avatars to practice their building, scripting, and texture work
  • Area open to all visitors of IEEE Island
  • Developers resources area provided as a learning resource on building, texturing and scripting
• IEEE Amphitheatre
  • Common area for large presentations and movies
• IEEE Informational "pods"
  • Area for staffers and specific sections of the IEEE to advertise and promote their activities within the organization.
• IEEE Telehub
  • Starting location of IEEE Islands
  • Tutorial information provided on how to navigate Second Life

Island 1 development in process:

• Staff Pod Content
• Orientation Center
• IEEE Conference Center
• IEEE Human Resources Center
• Teleportation Nodes and Island Directory
• Redesigned bridge from Island 1 to Island 2

Island 2 development completed:

• Basic island infrastructure
• Tutorial Dome
  • Central location for beginner and advanced tutorials on how to use Second Life
• Robotics and Automation Society
  • First society to take advantage of IEEE’s parcel system
  • Constructed a building which houses general information about RAS
  • Events, public activities
  • Provide tutorials on how to create and program robots in Second Life
  • Theater/meeting room on the 3rd and 4th floors of the RAS building
  • Students created four robot installations that demonstrate the interactive capabilities of Second Life.
• Parcels
  • Available to sections and societies within the IEEE
  • Provides an opportunity to develop one’s own presence on IEEE islands
  • Create a building(s) or campus to promote an organizations activities or research
• Villas
  • Twelve villas open to student groups from all nine regions
  • Provides an opportunity for student groups to occupy and create their own presence on IEEE Islands without the heavy involvement of creating their own building.
  • Pre-made assets provided to occupants allowing them to populate the villa with content easily.

Island 2 development in process:

• IEEE New York Section
  • First section to take advantage of IEEE’s parcel system.
• Guadalajara Section
• IEEE TCDL
• Creation of a villa directory
• Tutorial installations inside the central dome
• Creation of a pre-made objects package for villa occupants
• Population of remaining villas and parcels