Digital Delights - Avatars, Virtual Worlds, Gamification

The Open Wonderland Foundation, launched in 2010, provides an open source platform for developers who are interested in building 3D virtual applications, particularly those designed to be used in educational settings. The platform is based on technology that was originally developed at Sun Microsystems to meet the specific needs of Sun employees. Jeanne Heston recently had an opportunity to catch up with Nicole Yankelovich, who led the platform’s development team since the very beginning, to learn more about the set of needs that inspired its development, applications in the education community, and her thoughts on how the technology will be leveraged for education purposes in the future.