Future methods of holding conferences

[eyedrop]

http://convergentsystems.pbwiki.com/

Here is the first scientific conference held in WoW. Isn't it better to hold conferences in such environments when the conference can't be held in real life.


I wonder if the future of conferences will be held in virtual reality when a real life conference isn't practical. Why should people hold the conference in a boring chat-board (or whatever the normally use) when they can instead hold it in a more stimulating environment, both should include a voice program.

I wasn't sure to post it in Chit-Chat or here since it was a bit humouros. But I decided for here since I wanted a discussion of how conferences should be held when a physical conference is unpractical.

[Peacekeeper]

You have to pay for a subscription to WoW. How bourgeois. That would disenfranchise the very people you want to have input from.

[eyedrop]

You have to pay for a subscription to WoW. How bourgeois. That would disenfranchise the very people you want to have input from.

You have to pay for the internet connection you are using to access this side. How bourgeois. You have to pay for all conferential arenas. Haven't you noticed we are living in a capitalistic world? Besides they wanted input from invited informational scientists.

[MarxSchmarx]

I completely with eyedrop that they are a substantial improvement over this "webinar" nonsense.

IMO whoever coined that term should be on the list of those to be sent to "re-education camps" after the revolution.

I do wonder how impractical conferences irl really are. I think for some people, like activists in the third world, they truly cannot go to every other conference. But what's the point of having a conference on the web? It's unfortunate some can't make real conferences, but this seems like a very unfortunate alternative. The whole point of conferences is to establish that human connection, to get drunk, and to conduct one-on-one face to face conversations that can't be carried out readily. I think a plan like this strikes me as little better than a message board.