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Category Archives: OpenSim
Sinespace – Vue
The Virtual University of Edinburgh regions as they appeared in Second Life at their maximum extent and as they are replicated on the OpenSimuator-based Openvue grid has been converted via the OAR Converter into Unity3D and then provided into the … Continue reading
OAR Converter
OAR Converter can take an OpenSimulator Archive (OAR) and from it create textures, meshes and terrain suitable to import into a Unity scene. The converter has been created by Fumikazu Iseki (Avatar: @Fumi.Hax – @fumi_hax) and his colleagues at the … Continue reading
OpenSim – Metropolis Grid
Metropolis is an OpenSimulator-based grid open to anyone to create a (free) avatar, rent land or (at no cost) add on their own hosted regions (similar to OSGrid in that resepect). Resources and Links Metropolis Web Site – http://hypergrid.org/ Metropolis … Continue reading
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Tagged HyperGrid, Metropolis, OpenSim
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OpenSim – Resources
OpenSimulator (often shortened to OpenSim) is an open source virtual world platform which implements most of the Linden Lab Second Life virtual world protocols and extends it in some ways convenient for educational and other extended uses. This blog post … Continue reading
Virtual Oil Rig – Enhancing Higher Education
A poster of the work on the RGU Virtual Oil Rig and related educational experiences to enhance learning and training for offshore oil rig workers was presented at the 3rd International Enhancement in Higher Education Conference: Inspiring Excellence – Transforming … Continue reading
Fairy Tree House
OpenSimulator Fairy Tree House and Accessories by Ada Wong on Whimsical Isle, LFGrid… hop://lfgrid.com:8002/Whimsical Isle/245/93/23
OpenSimulator Community Conference 2016
The OpenSimulator Community Conference 2016 (#OSCC16) took place over the weekend of December 10th to 11th 2016 on the OpenSim-based OpenSim Community Conference grid (grid URI http://cc.opensimulator.org:8002 and WiFi front end http://cc.opensimulator.org:8005/wifi). My report on the experience of attending OSCC13 … Continue reading
Van Gogh at Arles on OpenSim
The OpenSimulator-based Littlefield Grid (LFGrid) has a wonderful “Arles” area created by Mudpuddle Cleanslate. It can be visited by any avatar from any Hypergrid-enabled OpenSim grid (such as OSGrid) via this location… hop://lfgrid.com:8002/Arles/177/129/22 Mudpuddle Cleanslate wrote: … Van Gogh’s Virtual … Continue reading
Posted in OpenSim, Virtual World
Tagged Art, LFGrid, Littlefield, OpenSim, Van Gogh, Virtual World
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DreamWorld – Outworldz OpenSim Installer
DreamWorld is an OpenSimulator world to demonstrate an easy to use OpenSim setup program called the “Outworldz Installer” created by Fred Beckhusen, aka Ferd Frederix. It includes MySQL, the Diva Distribution (“D2”) of OpenSim 0.8.2.1, Diva’s WiFi admin interface and … Continue reading
Ferd’s NPC Dog Avatar for OpenSim
Fred Beckhusen (aka “@Ferd_Frederix” of http://www.outworldz.com/) has provided many fine open source contributions in OpenSim, including a range of animated non-player characters (NPCs). One is a dog called “Cindy”, which can be used as an NPC or avatar. It is … Continue reading
Supercar in Second Life through VR
CtrlAltStudio viewer 1.2.6.43412 has provided 3D/VR access for the Oculus Rift in Second Life and OpenSim. VR Performance using Oculus Debug Tool With “Ultra” graphics levels (including shadows) and 256m view distance, the performance is excellent and with exterior or … Continue reading
Posted in Gerry Anderson, Oculus, OpenSim, Second Life, Supercar, VR
Tagged Gerry Anderson, Oculus, OpenSim, Second Life, Supercar, VR
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Halcyon MOSES Grid Testing
Halycon is the virtual world server code base used by the InWorldz grid. The code is a branch of the OpenSimulator code, and has been contributed back to the wider OpenSimulator community (see this InWorldz blog post). Halcyon is being … Continue reading
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Tagged Halcyon, InWorldz, MOSES, OpenSim, Test, Virtual World
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Second Life and OpenSim in VR using VorpX
While CtrlAltStudio viewer 1.2.6.43412 has provided 3D/VR access for the Oculus Rift in Second Life and OpenSim, there is another way to explore virtual worlds in VR – through VorpX. VorpX allows some applications and games not specifically designed for … Continue reading
Posted in Oculus, OpenSim, Second Life, Virtual World, VR
Tagged Oculus, OpenSim, Rift, Second Life, vorpX, VR
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Roller Coasters in VR using CtrlAltStudio
Now here is a nice test of the CtrlAltStudio viewer 1.2.6.43412 for Oculus Rift DK2 and CV1 for Second Life and OpenSim. On OSGrid’s Cuteulala Park region which includes a range of theme park rides and roller coasters. hop://login.osgrid.org/Cuteulala Park/148/81/22 … Continue reading
Posted in Oculus, OpenSim, Virtual World, VR
Tagged CtrlAltStudio, Oculus, OpenSim, Rift, Roller Coaster, VR
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Migration of Openvue to a New Server
These notes are to document the steps taken to migrate an existing OpenSim grid (Openvue) to a new Windows server. There are basically two mechanisms: Via a SQL transfer (mysqldump and load) which is the method documented here. Via OpenSim … Continue reading
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Tagged Database, Migration, MySQL, OpenSim, Openvue, Server, Virtual World
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VRLand – A Community and Test Region for Virtual Reality in Virtual Worlds
“VRLand” is a region on the OpenSim-based OSGrid provided to act as a meeting place and community hub for those wanting to test virtual reality in virtual worlds like OpenSimulator (OpenSim) and Second Life. hop://hg.osgrid.org:80/VRLand/128/128/20 You can visit over the … Continue reading
Posted in Oculus, OpenSim, Virtual World, VR
Tagged Oculus, OpenSim, Rift, Virtual World, VR, VRLand
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VR Campfire in OpenSim
A number of “Social VR” applications like vTime are now appearing for the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive which provide a meeting space in which a small number (4 to 8 typically) people can meet via avatars in a scene … Continue reading
Posted in Oculus, OpenSim, Virtual World, VR
Tagged Campfire, CtrlAltStudio, Oculus, OpenSim, VR
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Oil Rig Training Environment in VR
To be honest, this blog post started out as a test of the performance with various graphics options to try CtrlAltStudio viewer with an NVidia GTX1080 GPU. But the performance even on maximum “ultra” graphics settings with shadows was so … Continue reading
Posted in Oculus, OpenSim, Second Life, VR
Tagged CtrlAltStudio, Oculus, Oil Rig, OpenSim, RGU, Rift, Second Life, VR
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CtrlAltStudio Viewer 1.2.6.43412 Performance Testing
As noted in an earlier post CtrlAltStudio Viewer 1.2.6.43412 was released by David Rowe on 18th July 2016 to allow VR access to Second Life and OpenSim via the Oculus CV1 and DK2 using Oculus SDK/Runtime 1.5.0/1.6.0. This blog posts … Continue reading
Posted in Oculus, OpenSim, Second Life, VR
Tagged CtrlAltStudio, Oculus, OpenSim, Performance, Rift, Second Life
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Testing CtrlAltStudio Viewer 1.2.6.43412
CtrlAltStudio is a version of the virtual worlds viewer for Second Life and OpenSim created by David Rowe. It has been updated to CtrlAltStudio 1.2.6.43412 to run with the Oculus Rift CV1 (as well as the previously supported DK2) under … Continue reading
Posted in 3D, Oculus, OpenSim, Second Life, VR
Tagged CtrlAltStudio, Oculus, OpenSim, Rift, Second Life, VR, X-Box
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Testing CtrlAltStudio Viewer 1.2.6.43402
CtrlAltStudio Viewer 1.2.6.43402 is an early test version that has been replaced with the updated CtrlAltStudio Viewer 1.2.6.43412 to address some issues, support the X-Box One controller, and provide further graphics experimentation options for the Oculus Rift. These notes were … Continue reading
Posted in Oculus, OpenSim, Second Life, Virtual World, VR
Tagged 3D, CtrlAltStudio, Oculus, OpenSim, Rift, Second Life, VR
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Sim-on-a-Stick for OpenSim Development and Testing
Ener Hax’s “Sim-on-a-Stick” (http://simonastick.com) is a very useful prebuilt setup that allows a local copy of OpenSimulator to be quickly used for a new development or test environment. It can be used to create a fresh setup each time tests … Continue reading
MOSES Office Hours 13-May-2016
The MOSES military metaverse grid members hold regular weekly “office hours” presentations and discussion meetings. At this specific meeting there was a discussion of the “Redmine” Wiki used for development and community contributions within team members of the MOSES project, … Continue reading
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Tagged MOSES, OpenSim, Virtual World
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OpenVCE Region on MOSES Grid
The OpenSimulator-based OpenVCE region has been reactivated on the MOSES Military Metaverse OpenSim grid to make this example of a virtual collaboration environment accessible for demonstrations to US federal and other agencies. The region contains a range of meeting facilities … Continue reading
Posted in OpenSim, OpenVCE, Virtual World
Tagged MOSES, OAR, OpenSim, OpenVCE, Virtual World
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MOSES OpenSim Assets
The MOSES (Military Metaverse) Project has produced some assets, sample regions in OpenSimulator Archive (OAR) format, avatars and wearables. They are licenced under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. LIDAR Scanned Region Creation The US Army Research Labs Simulation Technology and Training … Continue reading
MOSES Office Hours 29-Apr-2016
The MOSES military metaverse grid members hold regular weekly “office hours” presentations and discussion meetings. At this specific meeting there was a discussion of using virtual environments for training and review of training exercises, and giving greater training time in … Continue reading
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Tagged MOSES, OpenSim
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Fish4Knowledge at Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education 2016
Jessica Chen-Burger (as avatar Skye Gears) presented the Fish4Knowledge project outreach pavilion and underwater aquarium project in Second Life and OpenSim at the Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education 2016 online conference (VWBPE-2016). More details of the F4K Exhibition gallery … Continue reading
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Tagged F4K, Fish4Knowledge, VWBPE
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Roller Coasters in OpenSim
I previously wrote about the roller coasters on OSGrid’s Recreation Plaza created by Cuteulala Artis and colleagues. Cuteulala has also provided a free access roller coaster that anyone can use. But everyone is asked to respect the open source nature … Continue reading
OpenSimulator Varregion Tests
Normally Second Life and OpenSim have regions which are 256m X 256m in size. Regions can be placed alongside one another to make up larger land masses, as is done with the Virtual University of Edinburgh (Vue) regions which can … Continue reading
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Tagged OpenSim, Varregion, Virtual World, Vue
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Vue Display in Maps of Second Life
The Maps of Second Life Pavilion is accessible at New Kadath Lighthouse Art Gallery, New Kadath (34, 51, 22) – http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/New%20Kadath/34/52/23. It is curated by Juliana Lethdetter, a member of the Second Life Historical Society, and shows maps and information … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, OpenSim, Second Life, Virtual World
Tagged History, Maps, OpenSim, Second Life, Vue
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