Edusim

From FAS Virtual Worlds Almanac

Cobalt-Edusim Edition
Developer(s)	Cobalt Workgroup & Greenbush ESC
URL	http://edusim3d.com
Software license	BSD
Engine	Cobalt/Croquet
Status	In Development
Platform	PC, Mac, Linux
Type	Educational Virtual World
Minimum Subscription Cost	Free Subscription
Avatar-based	Yes
Multiuser	Yes
Interactive	Yes
Immediate	Yes
Persistent	Yes

Use and Demographics
Primary use(s)	Education
Type	Educational Virtual World
Registered users	1,990
Target Audience(s)	Children, Pre-teens, Teenagers
Language(s)	English

Features

Graphical and Content Features
Complex 3-D, such as a realistic human body	Yes
Object creation toolkit	Yes

Communication
Text Chat	Yes
Private Messages	Yes
Can block users in text chat	Yes
Voice Chat	Yes
Identification of voice chat speakers	No
Multiple channels of voice chat	Yes

Management and Privacy

Theme
Level : Elementary
arts

Cobalt - Edusim is a slimmed down verion of the core Open Cobalt Metaverse Project. Cobalt - Edusim is a 3D multi-user virtual world platform and authoring toolkit intended for your classroom interactive whiteboard (but equally powerful on the students laptop or desktop computers !). Cobalt - Edusim has been tested and works on the Smartboard, Activeboard, Interwriter, Polyvision, Mimio, eBeam, and even the Wiimote Whiteboard. Edusim is extendable allowing multiple classrooms to connect their interactive whiteboards for collaborative learning session.

Contents 1 Screenshots 2 References 3 External Links 4 In the News 5 Scholarly Research

Screenshots

References

External Links

• Cobalt - Edusim edition

In the News

Scholarly Research