Monthly Archives: June 2013

Second Life at 10

Some statistics on Second Life’s 10th Birthday… Here is a video showing the very earliest stages around August 2001 of the development of “LindenWorld” which became Second Life..

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24th June 2013 OpenSimulator Community Conference Facility Load Test

OpenSim Developers Meeting on OSGrid Wright Plaza on 25th June 2013 OpenSimulator Community Conference Facility Load Test Web Interface OpenSimulator Community Conference Facility Load Test In World

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Grid Hopping – Multi-Grid and Hypergrid Teleport URI Scheme

There has been much discussion of the teleport addresses that can be used within virtual worlds browsers for OpenSim and the generalisation of the platform specific secondlife:// URI scheme handler that Second Life viewers have used, and that have been extended … Continue reading

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Update to OpenVCE Region on OpenSim Grids

The OpenSimulator-based OpenVCE region build has been fully checked and scripts improved (especially for presentation screens), the lighting made a bit more subtle to work better in recent browsers and with better GPUs, some problems with amphitheatre seats in one … Continue reading

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OpenSimulator Community Conference Research Track Submissions Site Opens

The first OpenSimulator Community Conference will be held on 7th and 8th September 2013 in an OpenSim virtual world facility with free attendance through an avatar and a schedule that tries to allow for world wide participation. http://conference.opensimulator.org/2013/ Attendance will … Continue reading

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OpenSimulator Conference Center Stress Test 4-Jun-2013

Stress test of OpenSimulator Community Conference 2013 Conference Center facilities. Using on four sim corners.

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Hedlamp Project Area in Second Life and OpenSim

Hedlamp is a joint EPSRC-funded project between Huddersfield University (Lee McCluskey and Lukas Chrpa) and the University of Edinburgh (Gerhard Wickler and Austin Tate). Its formal title is “Machine Learning and Adaptation of Domain Models to Support Real Time Planning … Continue reading

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VCE Region in Second Life Closes

The OpenVCE.net project region in Second Life – “VCE” – is now closed… and the final archiving of its contents has taken place and some snapshots in the sunset taken… The main I-Rooms and other collaboration facilities are still available … Continue reading

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