In a presentation where we will talk about virtual worlds
we can't forget the most popular virtual worlds
nowadays: video games.
So what we are proposing is to play a video game together.
All of us at once.
I will tell you how we will do it. We are going to use mobile phones.
Here on the screen you have the address
where you have to connect with your mobile.
To do so you can use
either the 3G network, the data network,
there is access to it in some areas, but not in others,
it depends on where you are sitting; or you can also connect
through the available Wi-Fi networks.
If you have Eduroam, a username and a password,
you can connect to this website.
You have a website where the username isn't required,
which is the WiFi-UC3M.
There's another website
we cannot use, the auditorium website,
which is only for internal use, for people who work here.
So start connecting to this website with your mobile phones,
and you will see either a green screen
or a red one.
If it shows the green screen what you will have to do then
is to control the first character,
a green elf as you will see.
If you get the red screen,
what you will have to do is to control the second character,
a red fireman as you will see.
The way you will control them is collaborative, among all of us.
Each one of us indicates the movement,
where we want them to go,
and we will press repeatedly in that direction.
Wherever we all decide our character must go,
there he will go.
Is it ready?
OK, are you ready? Do you have access?
(Arcade music)
As you can see, for once the game
won't take place in the virtual world,
but we will bring the characters to the real world.
(Arcade music)
Here we have this character...
player 1, the green one.
And somewhere, in this corner,
we have player 2. You will have to press the buttons
and indicate where you want them to move.
The red one will have to go to the right,
and we have few people connected to the green one so far.
I think most of you are still accessing the network.
As you join the game, your votes will appear there.
(Arcade music)
Can you see it?
(Arcade music)
How is it going?
(Arcade music)
What about now?
(Arcade music)
(Game over music)
It seems we have accessed at once and the system is a bit collapsed.
Let's try it again, wait a second.
Come on, another attempt,
let's see if we can access and take control of the characters.
Yes.
(Arcade music)
OK,
well...
There you are.
You know, you have to collect all those coins
before the time runs out.
You have the green one trapped against the corner,
move it to the right.
(Arcade music)
Come on! The red one is winning
by a wide margin.
(Arcade music)
The red one is well coordinated.
(Arcade music)
It is stuck, move it a little to the right.
It is hitting the corner.
(Arcade music)
If there are the same votes for both sides,
the system will choose a random direction
among the most voted.
(Arcade music)
The green! It also needs to get the hang.
(Arcade music)
Move up the green one. It seems to be stuck in the stairs.
Move it up a little, that's it!
Come on!
(Arcade music)
The green one is much better coordinated now!
(Arcade music)
The time is running out!
(Arcade music)
15 seconds!
Nine...
seven, six...
Time is up.
Well,
the winner is:
player 2, the fireman.
(Applause)
Do we have time for...
one last game?
(PUBLIC) Yes!
OK, let's...
try another game.
The green one has to collect coins again
and the red one will be that kind of fish
that will try to eat it.
Go for it!
(Arcade music)
The red one has gone too straight.
(Arcade music)
The green one is stuck in 16. You need to move it to the right.
(Arcade music)
Has it jammed again?
It's jammed again, everything is still.
(Arcade music)
It's jammed again.
We will try it again with a new game.
Reboot it.
We will also reboot it here.
(Arcade music)
Click on 'refresh',
let's see if we are now...
lucky with the server and connection.
It seems we are not.
Let's see.
(Arcade music)
That's it!
(Arcade music)
(Game over music)
(PUBLIC) Oh!
In this case it has been quite direct.
(Applause)
Player 2 has won again.
That's all.
Well,
goodnight,
I hope you have enjoyed this experiment.
Enjoy the rest of the talk as well.
European Night of Researchers
Communication and Culture Vice-Chancellor
Institutional Communication Service Scientific Information Office