AFRICA INFOSPHERE Virtual Reality Situation Room

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AFRICA INFOSPHERE Virtual Reality Situation Room
Point of Contact Jaque Davison (703)
644-7312 VR4YourPC_at_aol.com
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Purpose

• To establish requirements for a Proof of Concept
  (VR) Environmental Security Situation Room for
  Non-Government Organizations with an interest in
  Africa
• To enable social networking
• To provide a place to trade information and
  facilitate coordination

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Dynamic Data

• The VR Africa InfoSphere is not an analytical
  tool - It is a capstone
• Provides a synergism by putting people and data
  in the same place
• Search once then publish for all
• Any web based application will function in the VR
  Situation Room

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Six Degrees of Separation

• Six degrees of separation is the theory that
  anyone on the planet can be connected to any
  other person on the planet through a chain of
  acquaintances that has no more than five
  intermediaries.
• VR enables people oriented data mining

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Necessary Display and Navigation Objects
Dynamic Pictures Signs activating web
addresses Signs to transport/teleport to other
information rooms
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VR Situation Room Layout

• Cylindrical Construction
• Signs Pictures arranged in hoops
• Subjects color coded (4096 colors available)
• Command platform in the center simple
  navigation

Sign Ring Web Links
Command Platform
Picture Ring
Issue Room
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Functional Areas
Darfur
Sudan

• Open Conflict
• Peace organizations
• Piracy

• Disease outbreaks
• Aid Organizations

Somali Pirates
Conflict
Economy

• Various maps

Maps
Disease
Ground Zero

• Population centers
• Religion
• Culture
• Language

• Crop production
• Arable land
• Insect migrations
• Hunger relief

Agriculture
Population
Eco Treasure
Water
Weather

• Natural Forests
• Peace Park
• Preserves
• Animal migratory patterns
• Natural Resources

• Coastal degradation
• Water/Lake degradation
• Nubian Underground Water Aquifer
• Fisheries

• Weather for the continent
• Current levels of rainfall
• Flood info
• Drought info

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Information Density
Major Piracy Risks
Refugee Web Sites
Landmine Density
African Nations in Conflict

• Overwhelming current information and facts
  delivered in seconds or just one click
• User submitted changes instant updates

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Six Degrees of Separation

• Six degrees of separation applies to data as well
• Every capstone page is a search another does not
  have to do
• Good data mining is essential

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Development Tool

• FileMaker Pro Database
• Back up documentation
• URL testing out of world
• Preformatted scripting
• Picture signs
• Text Signs
• Teleports

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Modes of Communication Between Avatars

• Chat
• Open discussion seen by all avatars present
• Privileged
• Private between only 2 avatars
• Telegram
• Like email but within the VR World
• Email
• Invite
• Join

CHAT
WHISPER
Telegram
EMAIL
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Activeworlds Vs Second Life

• Close to Cutting Edge
• Will run on a modem
• Will run on older machines
• Will run standalone even if the server is down
  has a local cache
• Built in 2D web browser strong integration with
  MS internet explorer
• Supports Multimedia
• Floating windows
• Easy to build and change content
• Object scripting is easy
• Affordable scalable
• Can be Army owned

• Graphic Cutting edge
• Requires broadband as all content is streamed
• Will not run with server down - no local storage
• Requires high end computers and graphic cards
• No built in 2D web browser
• Poor interface to the 2D web
• Supports Multimedia
• Hard to build in or easily change content
• Object scripting is hard
• Expensive
• Lease only

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ActiveWorlds User Interface
Features
2D Web Page
3D Collaboration

• Contact List (who is on-line)
• Telegrams (instant messaging)
• Worlds (Access controlled segments and where the
  users are)
• Teleports (saved 3D destinations similar to
  favorites in 2D )
• Public and private chat boxes/Telegrams
• Active URLs in chats
• internal or external web display
• Multiple points of view
• Floating windows

Uses Microsoft Explorer technology - the
standard web browser Anything that works on the
web works with this product
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Start-Up Icon
One Touch Access
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Point of Contact Jaque Davison (703)
644-7312 VR4YourPC_at_aol.com
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New Avatars

• Version 4.2 of the AW browser is in operation
• New customizable avatars
• Equal to or better than Second Life Avatars

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Africa InfoSphere Pavilions
Ground Zero
Conflict
Conflict Issue Room on Dafur
Maps
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Africa InfoSphere Pavilions
Agriculture
Water
Eco Treasures
Weather
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Africa InfoSphere Pavilions
Disease
Population
Population Economy Issue Room
VOIP Facility (Separate World)
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Floating Windows and Simple Object Syntax

• Uses a web site picture on a 3D object
• Activates a web site when clicked

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Weather Center Northern Virginia with hot
updates from the web showing multiple radar
images at the same time with live dynamic updates
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Operations Center for a Virtual Reality Community
Police Force
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When is Virtual Reality Applicable?
Criteria
Comment

• Centers on a decision makers
• A consequence of inadequate Performance
• Existing Reporters
• Existing Data
• Database
• Documents
• Web sites

• The Non-Government Organizations
• Lack of coordination communication
• Lost opportunity money
• Workers changing web content
• Data
• Issues Database
• Knowledge Centers