CAIN in Second Life

CAIN in Second Life

Currently (2009) CAIN only has a minimum presence in Second Life. This presence was achieved in collaboration with INCORE and the School of Computing and Intelligent Systems at the University of Ulster. CAIN has a funding bid under consideration which would expand the information presented by CAIN in Second Life. The outcome of this bid will not be known until January / February 2010.

With previous funding from the HEIF (Higher Education Innovation Fund), INCORE established a space in Second Life where an INCORE virtual building was designed which provides information on INCORE's work, as well as seminar rooms for virtual discussions.

A section of this building is dedicated to the promoting the work and activities of ARK and CAIN. Next to the building INCORE built a virtual peace wall, a mural gallery and flag park. A number of videos are also featured which provide background on the Northern Ireland conflict and a number of issues including peace walls, flags, murals, and victims.

The project was run by Dr Brandon Hamber and Mike McCool from INCORE. Design work and building was undertaken by Kerri McCusker from the School of Computing and Intelligent Systems. The peace wall component of the project was built in partnership with Professor Arthur Aughey and Dr Cathy Gormley-Heenan at the University of Ulster.

Second Life users can located INCORE, ARK and CAIN at this address:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ulster Magee 2/74/175/22