Virtual(ly) Thursday - SHOOOT to Stardom
Virtually Thursday is an initiative of Virtual Worlds and includes Twinity, Second Life, HiPiHi, Magma Studios,
The Pacific West Communications, Illka Gobius and Dream Axis. SHOOOT hosted September's Virtual Thursday with
invited speakers from the Education and Virtual Worlds industry in an afternoon session at *SCAPE Youth Centre
to exchange their experiences on creating 3D worlds and Machinima movies.
Festival Di'Arts
SHOOOT exchanged an Expression of Understanding with the Media PlayLab International
Network, supported by the Ministry of Education, on 7 Sep in promoting Virtual World
Education. We believe in working with Educators of the Network to achieve the pedagogical
goal of New Learning through New Media. Visit Media Playlab.
The Games Xpo (TGX09)
We have a line-up of programmes specifically for teachers and students on 3 July at
SHOOOT Pavilion during the TGX event, as follows:
Where: Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre Hall 4
Date: 3rd July, Friday
Time: 11am - 6pm
1. See how learning space can be developed on virtual world for lessons to come alive
Witness the new media functions of Virtual World bring ideas to reality. Create new geographical
wonders and rewrite history. Embrace critical issues from national education to global youth
trends from a whole new perspective. Lessons will never be the same again!
2. Learn how to make films/movies in the virtual world platform using Machinima techniques
Experience the wonderful creative applications in teaching and learnings that Machinima
brings to a classroom, a technological tool that can be readily adapted to student
use and projects. Start recording your adventures in the Virtual World and direct your
own Machinima films.
3. Gain first-hand experience on Second life, the world's leading Virtual World environment
Be amazed at the power of the virtual world, where students can let their creative talents flow to
create anything imaginable. Follow our simple instructions and witness as basic blocks turn into
intricate structures or objects instantly!
Cosplay Parade - What To Expect
Where: Ngee Ann City Civic Centre
Date: 27th June, Saturday
Featuring Avatar V - our very own in-house Mascot - at the Mascot Parade, there will be a lot of
excitement. Come down for the launch of the Shine Festival. Look out for the dances and more
importantly, check out our booth. Sign up for our SHOOOT Fiesta as well as our Academy! We will be
waiting for you!
We have also been involved in the following projects:
Machinima Symposium 2008
The Machinima Symposium was held from 12 to 13th December 2008 at the Suntec Singapore International
Convention and Exhibition Centre. It featured top metaverse gurus, Friedrich Kirschner, Director,
Academy of Machinima Arts and Science; Professor Keiji Mitsubuchi, Digital Hollywood University;
Ricard Gras, Founder and Creative Director, Inter-Activa and Director, Machinima Europe Board; and Xu
Hui, Founder and CEO, HiPiHi, as our key note speakers. Intriguing ideas were proposed and discussed,
showing the great potential of this new technology reaching new pinnacles. Participants were also
rewarded with exclusive behind-the scenes experience of Machinima productions.
SHOOOT Media Launch
The SHOOOT Media Launch was held on 8th May 2009, at the National Library. SHOOOT is a new virtual
world educational programme, an initiative which received support from the Ministry of Information,
Communications and the Arts (MICA) and Creative Community Singapore. SHOOOT provides a complete
learning ecosystem that sustains the processes of "Learn. Create. Collaborate". The first of its kind
in the region, SHOOOT consists of imparting the necessary skills to youths at the Academy level which
aims to train youths to use and create content in online 3D virtual world environments, organizing
Festivals to recognize outstanding works, and giving youths the opportunity to participate in
industry-sponsored projects at the Lab level.
SHOOOT Camp, South 1 Cluster
The 1st SHOOOT Camp was conducted from 1st to 4th June 2009 at Yuying Secondary School for the South 1
Cluster. Teachers and students from 3 primary and 3 secondary schools were empowered with virtual
world technology for their very first time. Based on a National Education game development theme, the
enthusiastic participants proposed various prototypes, with 2 selected for future developing. The camp
was well received and set a new milestone in this young project.
