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Sixense represents a major next step in emerging technology for virtual reality gaming for the e-Generation of students. It's been said that the e-Generation of students are already proficient in Instant Messaging, Social Networking, and Gaming. And they will spend over 10,000+ hours performing these tasks before reaching the age of 21. Teachers familar with Second Life, Woozworld, Smallworlds, Imvu, and others know how these "avatars" and "virtual worlds" can be spun-off in creating interactive virtual worlds for educational use. I see this as an emerging trend in Education that will continue to grow exponentially in the near forseeable future in developing STEM Gaming and interactive avatars in teaching/learning virtual world environments.  A good example of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Gaming is Edheads (edheads.com). A good example in creating virtual worlds for Educational use is eXtension (extension.org/3d) for Second Life. A good example for creating virtual worlds in Teacher Education is VirtualPREX based in UK.

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