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Van Gogh at Arles on OpenSim

Posted on November 3, 2016 by bat

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 →

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InSpace Gallery – January 2007 Artists Walkway

Posted on October 19, 2015 by bat

OpenSimulator-based Openvue grid Informatics virtual InSpace gallery with images and art from the external walkway that was in place in January 2007 during construction of the Informatics Forum. Visit with any OpenSim hypergrid enabled grid avatar, e.g. one from OSGrid. … Continue reading →

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PBR Materials on OpenSim

Posted on August 28, 2023 by bat

This blog post reports early testing of the use of a virtual worlds viewer capable of rendering Physically Based materials (PBR) in OpenSimulator (as well as Second Life). A blog post describing PBR and giving some resources is available here. … Continue reading →

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Inworld Review with Ai Austin and Humbletim

Posted on February 26, 2023 by bat

Talk from and about virtual worlds & immersive spaces. With Mal Burns, Thirza Ember & James Atlloud. Produced by Metaworld Broadcasting. The 26th February 2023 edition had guests Ai Austin and Humbletim. The intended discussion topic was Virtual World Viewers, … Continue reading →

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Crystal Frost – Unity Viewer for Second Life and OpenSim

Posted on September 21, 2022 by bat

GitHub JennaScvl (Berry Bunny in Second Life, Kallisti#2038 on Discord) recently announced work on a Unity-based viewer for Second Life and OpenSim using LibreMetaverse. This blog post provides resources related to the development of Crystal Frost which is still at … Continue reading →

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aiaustin.readyplayer.me

Posted on September 8, 2022 by bat

This blog post describes experiments with embedding the Ready Player Me Avatar Creator into an application. Initially I wanted to create a reliable and repeatable workflow to take Ready Player Me avatars into Second Life or OpenSim. This process used … Continue reading →

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360° Snapshots in OpenSim

Posted on February 1, 2022 by bat

We have had the capability to create 360° Snapshots in Second Life since 2016 and the full release of the capability in the default viewer from 2021. Now Firestorm 6.5.3 is incorporating the same capability, allowing 360° Snapshots in both … Continue reading →

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Ready Player Me – Resources

Posted on January 7, 2022 by bat

Cross-game Avatar Platform for the Metaverse – https://readyplayer.me/ Based on a selfie or start out from scratch. Customize your avatar Export your avatar in .glb (the binary, textures included form of the glTF 3D data exchange format). Use the avatar … Continue reading →

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OpenStorm – Resources

Posted on October 2, 2019 by bat

Update: 15-Jan-2020 – OpenStorm has not been made available in binary form for some time and it was last updated on GitHub back in November 2019. OpenStorm should not be used as it does not have necessary Bakes on Mesh … Continue reading →

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Virtual Worlds Technology for University of Edinburgh

Posted on April 27, 2018 by bat

Vue is a virtual educational and research institute bringing together all those interested in the use of virtual worlds for teaching, research and outreach related to the University of Edinburgh. This post summarises some of the virtual worlds technology that … Continue reading →

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Vue -> Openvue

Posted on November 30, 2017 by bat

Vue is a virtual educational and research institute bringing together all those interested in the use of virtual worlds for teaching, research and outreach related to the University of Edinburgh. Second Life is a virtual worlds platform provided by Linden … Continue reading →

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Virtual Oil Rig – Enhancing Higher Education

Posted on June 7, 2017 by bat

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 →

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Virtual World Platforms – CPU and GPU Load Comparisons

Posted on January 9, 2017 by bat

I have done some performance monitor and CPU/GPU load comparisons for established virtual worlds like Second Life (Linden Lab viewer 5.0.0) and OpenSim (Firestorm Viewer 5.0.0) and emerging virtual world platforms like High Fidelity and Sine Space. Windows 10 Xeon … Continue reading →

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Testing CtrlAltStudio Viewer 1.2.6.43412

Posted on July 18, 2016 by bat

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 [Codeplex Archive] to run with the Oculus Rift CV1 (as well as the previously supported … Continue reading →

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Testing CtrlAltStudio Viewer 1.2.6.43402

Posted on July 12, 2016 by bat

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 →

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Virtual Reality for Gerry Anderson Locations

Posted on October 16, 2015 by bat

Gerry Anderson locations for the TV series Supercar, Fireball XL5 and Stingray have been recreated using fan produced 3D models of the buildings, scenery and vehicles used in the TV shows. These have been used in OpenSimulator to create 3D … Continue reading →

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Oculus Rift DK2 – Oil Rig on OpenSim in CtrlAltStudio Viewer

Posted on October 27, 2014 by bat

Using David Rowe’s CtrlAltStudio Viewer (1.2.2.41206 Alpha 3), a variant of Firestorm 4.6.5 with added Oculus Rift DK1 and DK2 and Stereoscopic 3D display modes, on the AiLand grid based on OpenSimulator. hop://ai.vue.ed.ac.uk:8002/Oil%20Rig/128/128/20 Visiting the Robert Gordon’s University (RGU) oil … Continue reading →

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Oculus Rift DK2 – CtrlAltStudio Viewer Tests

Posted on August 20, 2014 by bat

David Rowe (twitter: @CtrlAltDavid) has released an early experimental version of his CtrlAltStudio Viewer for Second Life and OpenSim which can support the Oculus Rift DK2. The viewer already supported 3D stereoscopic displays for the NVidia 3D Vision (with active … Continue reading →

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