Lotusphere in Second Life blows the roof off!
January 23 2007 07:58:57 PM
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Wow, we had hoped this would be a success, but today goes beyond our wildest dreams. We had thousands (we're still getting the stats, but it looks like way past 7000) of people come to the IBM theatre today to watch the Lotusphere 2007 keynote in Second Life.
I only had a few minutes to be there between press interviews, but I had a great time while I was there. It was great to "meet" so many people, thank you for walking up and saying hi. I saw so many conversations going on, in a variety of languages. I was able to answers questions from several people while I was there. This was unlike any "standard web conference" I have ever attended.
The biggest set of questions where about how to watch the webcast. Along the bottom of your Second Life screen, you should see a button for "Movies". From there you press play.
If you do not see "Movies", you can enable it from the preferences screen. (CTRL+P). Go to the Audio & Video tab, and enable "Play Streaming Video".
You can use Second Life's camera controls to change your view however you'd like, but the easiest way to focus on the screen is to hold down the ALT key on your keyboard, and click on the huge IBM screen with your mouse. This will change your focus to the best possible angle from where you are standing. Don't forget, you don't have to watch from the ground, you can fly in Second Life!
I only had a few minutes to be there between press interviews, but I had a great time while I was there. It was great to "meet" so many people, thank you for walking up and saying hi. I saw so many conversations going on, in a variety of languages. I was able to answers questions from several people while I was there. This was unlike any "standard web conference" I have ever attended.
The biggest set of questions where about how to watch the webcast. Along the bottom of your Second Life screen, you should see a button for "Movies". From there you press play.
If you do not see "Movies", you can enable it from the preferences screen. (CTRL+P). Go to the Audio & Video tab, and enable "Play Streaming Video".
You can use Second Life's camera controls to change your view however you'd like, but the easiest way to focus on the screen is to hold down the ALT key on your keyboard, and click on the huge IBM screen with your mouse. This will change your focus to the best possible angle from where you are standing. Don't forget, you don't have to watch from the ground, you can fly in Second Life!
