Reinventing Yourself: A Virtual Harmony Collaborative Space
Wander to the edge of a secluded lagoon where reflections of fireflies and floating candles shimmer in the moonlight. Follow ancient trees to a mountaintop where body-shops, mind-spaces and soul-circles invite you to breathe, to feel calm, to heal, and to share the weight you’ve carried. Step into Polly’s Bagel Shop where time stops and bubbling potions for gentle magic turns you into an explorer of inner alchemy. Outside, the world stays loud – but here you find restoration, connection, release. You’ve wandered through countless worlds before – but never one like this
Speakers
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Andrew Stricker / Spinoza Quinnell (Poster Booth #3)Andrew Stricker serves as an innovation and strategy analyst for LeMay Center at Air University. Previously, Dr. Stricker served Vanderbilt University as associate provost for innovation through technology. He has also served 27 years as an Air Force officer and scientist specializing in learning sciences and human-factors engineering. His research is focused on modeling adaptive expertise and the design of learning technologies. His graduate work was conducted at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas and Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
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Cynthia Calongne / Lyr Lobo (Poster Booths #2 & #3)OSCC Co-Chair, ProfessorLyr is a Professor Emerita at Colorado Technical University, where she teaches doctoral AI classes and since 2005, 62 classes held in virtual worlds. A $25,000 Grand Prize winner for the Mars space simulation, she tests game simulations at Virtual Harmony. Lyr volunteers for AvaCon as a research scientist and is co-chair of the OSCC Organizing Committee
https://www.slideshare.net/lyrlobo/presentations
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JJ Jacobson / JJ Drinkwater (Poster Booth #3)Sci-Fi LibrarianJJ Drinkwater is a Virtual Librarian in a Real World, or a Real Librarian in a Virtual World, or both, or neither. Curatorial experience includes the real & imaginary 19th c, American Culinary History, and Speculative Fiction. Current research is Interactive/Immersive/Improvisatory Narrative in Virtual Environments.
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Francisca Yonekura / Frankie Antonelli (Poster Booth #3)Frankie comes from the higher education world where she specializes in instructional systems and emerging technologies in support of learning. Frankie is also known to be a curious traveler immersed in virtual worlds for empowering learning experiences in the company of kindred spirits.
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Dragon DoeI invent tools to help people navigate challenging life experiences!


