Internet Users Will Have A ``Second Life'' in the Virtual World by the End of 2011

"By the end of 2011, 80 percent of active Internet users (and Fortune 500 enterprises) will have a “second life,” but not necessarily in Second Life, according to Gartner, Inc."

A new internet is coming, and it is important to make it as accessible as possible!

Read the web article.

Video Workshop with Daniel Huebner

Ok, this workshop has nothing to do with Accessibility for 3D environments or video games, but it provides some information and background on Second Life. Daniel Huebner Linden Lab’s Director of community affairs. The video is mainly questions and answers format, so sometimes the sound is bad.

How They Got Game Workshop #1

The Accessibility Island Education Center is Open

The education center on the island is open for business. Most of the information comes from Game Accessibility.com web site. The purpose of center is to provide information about game accessibility inside of a 3D environment. I design the center as open platforms, so the users can see rest of the island. There is 3 platforms or classrooms that is dedicated to a specific disability.

Here are the specific disabilities:

• Gaming with a visual disability - read the page and look at the recommended games information.
  

• Gaming with an auditory disability - read the page and visit the different links for more information.
  

• Gaming with a physical disability -read the page and visit the different links for more information.