Giant panda is one of the endangered animals in the world. The ONLY place to see a real panda in Canada is the Calgary Zoo, while the ONLY place to hug a real panda in the world is the Dujiangyan Panda Base in China.
Pantopia Islands is a three-month project for educational purposes built by Wenyi Gong at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in 2018.
The platform is Virtual Commons for Education and Research (VCER @UBC), an online 3D virtual world similar to Second Life.
For virtual world users of all ages who are panda lovers but have not got a chance to see giant pandas, Pantopia Islands is a 3D educational and entertaining virtual world environment that provides opportunities to hug, hold, kiss, pet, feed, dance, swim, play, take photos, watch live videos, etc., with cage-free pandas. Unlike real-life zoos, Pantopia Islands enable users to learn knowledge about pandas, interact with pandas, as well as have fun!
The Pantopia Islands consist of 4 places:
01. Landing island
A round island in the air
Onboarding notecard
A welcome panda
Teleporting map
Bamboo trees
02. Pandastic island
Knowledge about pandas’ population, habitat, food, lifestyle, breeding and diplomacy
Videos about pandas’ life
Take photos with cute pandas
A welcome panda with notecards
Teleporting map
03. Playground
A welcome panda with notecards
Teleporting map
Bamboo forests
Swim with pandas
Play the swing with pandas
Feed pandas
Take photos with cute pandas
Pandas playing around
And some surprises!
04. Pandagarten island
A welcome panda with notecards
Teleporting map
Panda cubs!
Interact with panda cubs
24/7 live panda videos
Above all, the chance to “adopt” panda cubs!
Let’s start the journey!
© Wenyi Gong 2018
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