Creative Cuppa 6th Coffee Meetup

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Dear Everyone,

Many thanks for your coming today; we greatly appreciate Dr. Gillian Young for her wonderful talk in the meet-up. we would also express our special gratitude to Dr. Tracy Simmons for her coming and participation. Hopeful we will release the newsletter by next Monday. For the next time our discussion would be focusing on a certain topic related to 'the future mode of communication'. Thanks again for all your wonderful participation today. We are looking forward to seeing you all again next month.

Best regards,

Jin Shang
27/04/2009

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Creative Cuppa 6th Coffee Meetup
(Event completed & newsletter coming out soon ... )

Theme: Digital Avatar / Virtual Reality
Time: 12:00pm - 13:00pm (Monday, 27st April 2009)
Venue: 324 KEB (Ken Edwards Building), City Campus, University of Leicester
Guest Speaker: Dr. Gillian Youngs
Event Coordinator: Jin Shang
Event description: by Jin Shang

Along with the improving Interactivity of internet technology and increasing popularity of 3D applications such as computer games, more and more people are connected to a different 'life', by projecting themselves onto the Internet and creating their own virtual identities on the web; and this is what usually referred to as the making of 'digital avatar'. Some people predict that, with technology improvement, we human beings will be living in a virtual world in the near future, in which people, and animals, are mostly represented by animated avatars and do everything from social activities to shopping; and this may lead to another social revolution, in which avatars' society would dominate the world. Some other people, however, doubt the changes, and insist that even though people could create their lives and even their world on the web, they are still who they are in the real life, and will never be replaced by their avatars. This time, Dr. Gillian Youngs will share with us her initial experience in the virtual environment, and attempt to unveil a truth of her own thoughts about the 'virtual reality'. Come along and share your ideas with us. Everyone is welcome. Beverage & snacks are served for free. You can pop in and drop out anytime. The most important thing is that you feel fun, relax, and really enjoying being with everyone of us.

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Creative Cuppa
22/04/2009