Inside the Avatar Studio: Bernhard Drax & Daniel Moshel from Metaverse TV on Vimeo.

Kevin welcomes guests Bernhard Drax (aka Draxtor Despres) and Daniel Moshel, director of Login2Life.

About the film Login2Life:

Login 2 Life portrays people who have found an alternate home in an online world. This is the starting point of a journey into fascinating virtual realities, meeting diverse human beings in different parts of the world who have one thing in common – they are savvy in using virtual worlds as an extension of their real lives. The film premiered on German ZDF October 17th before heading onto the international festival circuit.

About Bernard Drax

Bernhard Drax (aka @Draxtor) writes music for TV, commercials and feature films.

In the virtual world “Second Life” Bernhard regularly files machinima reportages on social and political issues. His story on virtual Guantanamo won the 2008 Human Rights Media Awards from ‘Internews’ in France.

His series on “Public Good in Virtual Worlds”, co-produced with the Network Culture Project at USC has been used in many classrooms to illustrate the possibilities of immersive 3D platforms.

As news director at NPR member station KAZU in Pacific Grove, California – from 2002 to 2004 and as consultant from 2004 to 2006. Bernhard was instrumental in transforming the local news operation by producing high quality local content as well as training reporters and technical staff. A champion of non-commercial radio news and culture, Bernhard still develops formats for public radio and TV, in the US and abroad.

Sponsored by the US Department of State, Bernhard also finished up a video series showcasing the use of virtual worlds in public diplomacy, focusing on the 6-month collaboration between architecture students from Cairo and USC in Los Angeles.

More info about BD at http://www.draxtor.com

A playlist with machinima focusing on educational use of virtual worlds:http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=C505E316DB51834A

About Daniel Moshel:

Daniel Moshel is a gamer and an award-winning director. He was inspired to make this documentary by his personal experience. But this is about more than just gaming – this is about a new lifestyle, necessary for some, fun for most.

Bits and pieces of digital life, glimpses linked within a larger network, a personal view of what drives the people behind the screen to live, love and do business in a virtual world.

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Inside the Avatar Studio: Ian Hughes from Metaverse TV on Vimeo.

This week Kevin and Ian Hughes (epredator) discuss the various perspectives of how technology and social constructs are merging and how far we have still yet to go. Ian Hughes is a Metaverse Evangelist and founder of Feeding Edge Ltd ” Taking a Bite Out of Technology So You Don’t Have To” feedingedge.co.uk/​blog/​

Inside the Avatar's Studio: Tim Gorree from Metaverse TV on Vimeo.

On this edition, Kevin Feenan speaks with guest Tim Gorree (aka Digistar Brouwer in Second Life) who has been with Nokia since 1999 in various professional positions. Previously a Communications Officer for Nokia Online Services, he brought Nokia into Second Life during the second half of 2006. Tim is the chief evangelist for Virtual Worlds enterprise usage within Nokia.

Inside the Avatar Studio: Robert Bloomfield from Metaverse TV on Vimeo.

Robert Bloomfield, professor at the Cornell University Johnson Graduate School of Management, discusses the past, present, and future implications of what the first 2500 days of Second Life has meant in terms of social change, market-dynamics and impetus for innovation as we proceed into the next 2500 days with Kevin Feenan.

Inside the Avatar Studio: Wiz Nordberg from Metaverse TV on Vimeo.

Treet TV CEO Wiz Nordberg and host Kevin Feenan (Phelan Corrimal) discuss the growing relationship between broadcasting and virtual environments and what this means in the light of increasingly mobile communications where the market is as much a producer of video content as it is a consumer.

Inside the Avatar Studio 11/3/2010 from Metaverse TV on Vimeo.

This month’s guests are Chris Collins (Fleep Tuque) and Andrew Hughes from the University of Cincinnati. They will be discussing the current state of education and the social dynamic surrounding emerging trends in technology, active learning, simulation, their challenges and the benefits that working within a virtual environment adds to the learning experience.