What about the virtual campus of a real university established on the virtual world of the Internet such as "classroom in a pirate ship"?

The virtual world that exists on the Internet composed of 3DCG born in 2003 is "Second life"is. In Japan, it became a boom around 2007, before beginning Japanese language serviceLarge enterprises set up virtual shops in Second Life one after anotherIn addition, topics were called up, and domestic and overseas universities sometimes conducted classes with virtual campuses. Although these virtual campuses gradually decreased in number with the passage of time, there seems to be some still remaining even as of 2015, and the state of this few existing virtual campusesFusionWe are publishing it collectively.

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Second life started service in 2003, in 2006Business weekofDecorate cover page, Famous companies attracted a great deal of attention globally by setting up virtual shops on the virtual world of Second Life. At that time, many universities established virtual campuses in Second Life as in the case of companies, and classes were sometimes held inside this virtual campus.

Most of such virtual campus seems to withdraw as the maintenance cost rises. Indeed, as of 2015 it will be on Second LifePrivate RegionIf you want to have, you will need 1000 dollars (about 120,000 yen) to purchase the land and $ 295 (about 37,000 yen) for the monthly maintenance fee.

However, it seems that some of the university's virtual campuses are still in appearance at the time, and it is a reporter of Fusion, a virtual campus that is as good as a ruin with no onePatrick HoganActually took screenshots around and released it.

◆ Arkansas State University
One of the most well-organized campuses of the existing virtual campus is that of Arkansas State University. Mr. Patrick actually has never visited the campus of Arkansas State University in the real world, but he commented that "The virtual campus on Second Life seems to be a typical university courtyard."



Huge vacant room. Making is solid and looks like a campus in the university.


There were also mysterious terrible objects in the university campus. It seems that it was necessary to go up the rope to see this, but its use is unknown.


◆ East and Carolina University
Impression that the virtual campus of East Carolina University is flat and opened. On the virtual campus there are mysterious flower-like objects ......


The pirate ship is anchored.


And in the pirate ship there was a dubious room where laptops were lined up. Is this the classroom, is not it ...?


A warning message on easy-boarding chairs and tests is displayed on the ship, and it seems that there is no mistake that it was established by the university.


◆ Northern Virginia Community College
At the Northern Virginia Community College there was still evidence that it seemed that he was actually carrying out classes on a virtual campus on Second Life.


A place like the lecture hall is like a PowerPoint slideshow displayed on a big screen.


Furthermore, there was an area written as "business hours", where a bonfire and an easy chair were placed to surround it. It is unknown what he was operating.


In addition, a lot of sofas written only as "Get comfy" are installed in green covered places in the virtual campus. Is it a consideration of the school that "students will get tired if they receive lessons even though the virtual world is ...?


◆ University of Ohio
When I go to the University of Ohio's virtual campus, there is a screenshot dedicated to prove that the University of Ohio's virtual campus was opened near the entrance.


University courtyard. It seems that the following warning sentences were posted at several places in the virtual campus, but I could not encounter rare things that can not be seen at other universities.


If you sign the alert sentence of the image above, it seems that the avatar will teleport to the floating island which is far above the virtual campus. "I felt this mechanism very cool, but in fact this island was a very boring place," Patrick said.


◆ University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
The virtual campus of the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee has dubious green lights and there are mysterious balloons, buses, dance floors and so on.


Mr. Patrick who surrounded multiple virtual campuses said, "If there is any opinion,Dance floor at the University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeI can find myself with. "