I had to read this story from Eloise Pasteur twice.
You know what a triathlon is, right? An event that involve swimming, cycling, and running a race? Surely, there is not much way to use virtual reality to train in this, is there? Don’t you just have to get out there and do it? (I don’t think I’m violating a trademark.)
You certainly have to get out and do it at some point, but apparently Second Life can help with the training. “Triathlon Comes to SL” gives an indication of how that happens.
The short version: triathletes spend a lot of time training on stationary bikes. Some of them use PCs while they do. Some of them have traditionally gathered numbers of stationary bikes in a big room, such as at a gym, to train together. By using SL, you can combine the latter two, in effect. Think about that and its implications for education.
