The Virtual Worlds Roadmap seeks to increase the success rate of virtual world-based ventures and the productivity of investment through the publication and distribution of state-of-the-art thinking and analysis on 1) visions of what value virtual world technology will bring to specific applications, 2) technical and business barriers to achieving that value, 3) case studies on successes to date and finally 4) a roadmap and timeline for achieving mass adoption of specific applications. The Virtual Worlds Roadmap is a commons-based peer production effort. Everyone is invited to take part by commenting on published drafts, volunteering as an author or working group participant, and attending workshops.

 

Speaker’s bio:

 

Seung Wook (Sean) Kim from Samsung R&D Center (San Jose, CA) is a senior HCI engineer within Computer Science Laboratory. Seung Wook is researching on the next generation natural UI for consumer electronics, particularly mobile and nomadic platforms. Before joining Samsung in 2008, Seung Wook received both doctoral degree (Architecture) and master’s degree (Computer Science) at UC Berkeley. His research interests include 3D user interaction, virtual world, augmented/mixed reality, and design collaboration.