AFRICA INFOSPHERE Virtual Reality Situation Room Point of Contact Jaque Davison (703) 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 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 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 Necessary Display and Navigation Objects Dynamic Pictures Signs activating web addresses Signs to transport/teleport to other information rooms VR Situation Room Layout Cylindrical Construction Signs & Pictures arranged in hoops Subjects color coded (4096 colors available) Command platform in the center simple navigation Picture Ring Sign Ring Web Links Command Platform Issue Room Functional Areas Disease outbreaks Aid Organizations Weather for the continent Current levels of rainfall Flood info Drought info Various maps Open Conflict Peace organizations Piracy Population centers Religion Culture Language Natural Forests Peace Park Preserves Animal migratory patterns Natural Resources Coastal degradation Water/Lake degradation Nubian Underground Water Aquifer Fisheries Conflict Agriculture Maps Water Weather Eco Treasure Population Disease Ground Zero Crop production Arable land Insect migrations Hunger relief Economy Darfur Sudan Somali Pirates Information Density Overwhelming current information and facts delivered in seconds or just one click User submitted changes instant updates African Nations in Conflict Major Piracy Risks Landmine Density Refugee Web Sites 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 Web Page Development Tool FileMaker Pro Database Back up documentation URL testing out of world Preformatted scripting Picture signs Text Signs Teleports Modes of Communication Between Avatars Chat Open discussion seen by all avatars present Privileged Private between only 2 avatars Telegram Likebut within the VR WorldInvite Join CHAT WHISPERTelegram 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 ActiveWorlds User Interface 2D Web Page3D 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 Features Start-Up Icon Point of Contact Jaque Davison (703) New Avatars Version 4.2 of the AW browser is in operation New customizable avatars Equal to or better than Second Life Avatars Africa InfoSphere Pavilions Ground ZeroConflict Conflict Issue Room on DafurMaps Africa InfoSphere Pavilions AgricultureWater Eco TreasuresWeather Africa InfoSphere Pavilions DiseasePopulation Population Economy Issue RoomVOIP Facility (Separate World) Floating Windows and Simple Object Syntax Uses a web site picture on a 3D object Activates a web site when clicked Weather Center Weather Center Northern Virginia with hot updates from the web & showing multiple radar images at the same time with live dynamic updates Operations Center for a Virtual Reality Community Police Force When is Virtual Reality Applicable? 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 CriteriaComment