Play2Train — Idaho Bioterrorism Awareness and Preparedness Program
Update (5/8/08) from presentation at Games for Health. The cost of this 3-year project was $28,810, which included developer costs, the purchase of 3 islands, working with subject matter experts. Maintenance cost approximatey $15K per year for Play2Train staff.
Play2Train is a virtual training space in Second Life that spans two islands; one boasting a virtual town and the other a virtual hospital. The developers of this space, Idaho's Bioterrorism Awareness and Preparedness Program, believe that this environment will provide opportunities for interactive training and role playing and will be the basis for future emergency preparedness training. Click here to view their video that does a great job highlighting the potential of Second Life for emergency and other medical training, as well as provides some practical discussion about scripting and utilization of detail and the absence of unnecessary detail in this environment. In about 15 minutes, you can really get a sense of the breadth of things that can be done around medical (and other) simulations. Play2Train also utilizes an open content approach, and will entertain applications to join its alliance, which provides for opportunities to use their training environment for your project.
