Tag Archives: Avatar

History of the Development of Max

Posted on October 15, 2023 by bat

Preparation for Panel Session at OpenSimulalator Community Conference 2023: Max – New Free Mesh bodies for OpenSim Avatar – History of the project, current Ruth2 and Roth2 avatars, testing models, managing artists and the community social media channels. Further resources … Continue reading →

Posted in OpenSim, Second Life | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on History of the Development of Max

Second Life – Senra Avatars

Posted on August 2, 2023 by bat

As part of improvements to onboarding new Second Life users, a project by Linden Lab known as the “New User eXperience (NUX)” a range of new mesh avatars and clothing has been created. A dev kit to allow content creators … Continue reading →

Posted in Second Life | Tagged , | Comments Off on Second Life – Senra Avatars

Avatar – Pandoran Ocean Creatures

Posted on April 11, 2023 by bat

Avatar and Disney Possible Planet are supporting The Nature Conservancy to protect 10 of Earth’s oceans’ animals and their habitats, connected to the beauty of the fictional Pandora moon. Up to July 31, 2023, create your own Avatar-inspired ocean creature … Continue reading →

Posted in Media | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Avatar – Pandoran Ocean Creatures

Converting Ready Player Me Avatars for Second Life and OpenSim (Bento Buddy)

Posted on October 3, 2022 by bat

Update August 2023: A big advantage of new PBR Viewers is that the Ready Player Me .gltf file can be used to load all the PBR materials, their properties and constituent textures in one bulk upload. Use Build -> Upload … Continue reading →

Posted in OpenSim, Second Life, Virtual World | Tagged , , | 4 Comments

SwiftXR – Resources

Posted on September 16, 2022 by bat

SwiftXR lets a user create a project, drag and drop 3D objects into it, personalize it, and deploy cross-platform 3D, WebAR, and WebVR experiences. A basic project can be tried with an initial 5 credits given when you first register … Continue reading →

Posted in 3D, Web | Tagged , | Comments Off on SwiftXR – Resources

Ready Player Me Fashion

Posted on September 13, 2022 by bat

Ready Player Me (https://readyplayer.me) allows the creation of cross platform avatars that can be exported in .gltf format for use or conversion to a range of virtual worlds and metaverse platforms and many other purposes. A range of clothing, outfits … Continue reading →

Posted in Virtual World | Tagged , | Comments Off on Ready Player Me Fashion

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 →

Posted in Virtual World | Tagged , | Comments Off on aiaustin.readyplayer.me

Using Ready Player Me Avatars in Second Life and OpenSim (Bento Buddy)

Posted on September 8, 2022 by bat

This blog post is replaced by a later one here since developments have taken place in Ready Player Me and the Bento Buddy plugin for Blender. This blog post provides resources and information for a route to take Ready Player … Continue reading →

Posted in OpenSim, Second Life, Virtual World | Tagged , , , , | 12 Comments

Parallel by Tommy Hilfiger

Posted on August 21, 2022 by bat

Matching Virtual and In Real Life Outfits by Tommy Hilfiger – https://www.paralleltommyhilfiger.com/ Outfits Redeemed in Wardrobe

Posted in Virtual World | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Parallel by Tommy Hilfiger

Make Avatar – Resources

Posted on January 22, 2022 by bat

This blog post is to provide resources and access links for Make Avatar (MakeAvatar™) by Haptic Monkey – a tool to create an avatar and its clothing which can be exported as a JSON (.json) file or to .glb (binary … Continue reading →

Posted in Virtual World | Tagged , | Comments Off on Make Avatar – Resources

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 →

Posted in Virtual World | Tagged | 1 Comment

Abba Avatars

Posted on September 2, 2021 by bat

50 years after their initial formation and 40 years after their last performances together, Swedish super-group Abba are back with a new album and a virtual reality concert planned to start in London’s Olympic Park in May 2022. Avatars created … Continue reading →

Posted in Media | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Abba Avatars

Blender Avatar Rigging – Simple Guide

Posted on November 5, 2020 by bat

Update 17-Apr-2021: Ada Radius has improved the armatures and documentation and has removed the sample armatures in RuthAndRuth/Reference/Ada Radius that are referred to below. Look instead to use SLAvatar.blend in Ada Radius’s GitHub RuthAndRoth References area. The readme gives the … Continue reading →

Posted in OpenSim, Second Life | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Ruth2 Mesh Clothing in OpenSim

Posted on October 12, 2020 by bat

Now that Ruth2 v4 is released (see this blog post), it may be time to explore some of the clothing options available for her. Ruth2 is a low-poly open source mesh avatar for OpenSimulator and Second Life. Remember Ruth2 v4 … Continue reading →

Posted in OpenSim | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Ruth2 v4

Posted on August 30, 2020 by bat

Ruth2 v4 Revision 2020-09-02 Based on Blender Mesh from https://github.com/RuthAndRoth/Ruth2 (was Ada Radius Draft 11). Use a viewer which supports Bakes on Mesh, e.g. Firestorm. Ruth2 is a low-poly mesh body specifically designed for OpenSimulator and which can also be … Continue reading →

Posted in OpenSim, Second Life | Tagged , , | 5 Comments

Roth2 v2

Posted on May 24, 2020 by bat

Roth2 v2 Revision 2020-05-24 Based on Blender Mesh from https://github.com/RuthAndRoth/Roth2 (was DRAFT8_4) Use a viewer which supports Bakes on Mesh, e.g. Firestorm. Roth2 is a low-poly mesh body specifically designed for OpenSimulator and which can also be used in Second … Continue reading →

Posted in OpenSim, Second Life | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Roth2 v2

Ruth 2.0 LuvMyBod – Resources

Posted on December 29, 2019 by bat

Hyacinth Jewell, a content creator in OpenSimulator, has provided a revised higher definition version of the open source Ruth 2.0 avatar mesh. This post provides some resources and links for this. hop://grid.hgluv.com:8302/Luv Plaza/78/138/28

Posted in OpenSim | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Ruth 2.0 LuvMyBod – Resources

Ruth2 and Roth2 Statistics

Posted on October 21, 2019 by bat

Ruth2 and Roth2 are low-poly mesh avatar bodies, specifically designed for Opensimulator and second Life. They are built to use standard Second Life UV maps using scratch-built open source mesh bodies by Shin Ingen with other open source contributions from … Continue reading →

Posted in OpenSim, Second Life | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Ruth2 and Roth2 Statistics

Ai Austin Mk 2

Posted on September 2, 2019 by bat

A bit of a refresh of the Ai Austin avatar which I have been using in Second Life and OpenSim since 2006… Ai Austin Mk. 1 Ai’s original skin was a gift back in 2006 from a fellow educator who … Continue reading →

Posted in OpenSim, Second Life, Virtual World | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Ai Austin Mk 2

Ruth2 and Roth2

Posted on January 21, 2018 by bat

Ruth2 and Roth2 are low-poly mesh avatar bodies, specifically designed for Opensimulator and Second Life. They are built to use standard Second Life UV maps using scratch-built open source mesh bodies by Shin Ingen with other open source contributions from … Continue reading →

Posted in OpenSim, Second Life, Virtual World | Tagged , , , | 7 Comments

FrancoGrid Fest’Avi 2016

Posted on September 11, 2017 by bat

I recently took a tour of the OpenSimulator-based FrancoGrid on its Fest’Avi 2016 region – as it prepares its 2017 festival. This involves the creation of open source avatars in a show case area. A very nice visual feast. FrancoGrid … Continue reading →

Posted in OpenVCE | Tagged , , | Comments Off on FrancoGrid Fest’Avi 2016

Sansar Name Label

Posted on August 11, 2017 by bat

Avatar name labels are not yet included in Sansar. They are useful as a means to recognise others and initiate social communication with them. Some users have taken to creating an avatar attachment with their avatar name as a label. … Continue reading →

Posted in Virtual World | Tagged , | Comments Off on Sansar Name Label

Second Life – Bento Avatars

Posted on July 5, 2017 by bat

Trying the new richer Bento skeleton avatars… which were released as starter avatars by Linden Lab on 5th July 2017 (see this announcement). Thomas with my old Ai Austin skin and shape works great as “Strider”… and I even get … Continue reading →

Posted in Second Life, Virtual World | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Second Life – Bento Avatars

Sine.space – Creating Avatar Attachments

Posted on January 11, 2017 by bat

As a trial, and to provide space related outfits for the Space Station/ISS experience in Sine.space, I followed the instructions on the Sine.space wiki to create avatar clothing and attachments… I used the freely available NASA 3D models for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Virtual World | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Sine.space – Creating Avatar Attachments

Second Life Starter Avatars

Posted on September 1, 2016 by bat

Second Life provides a wide selection of avatars to select from when you first join, and these are all available in the Avatar Picker tool or the Inventory “Library” to pick later. Its also possible to mix and match to … Continue reading →

Posted in Second Life | Tagged , | Comments Off on Second Life Starter Avatars

Ai Austin @ 10

Posted on August 6, 2016 by bat

Ai Austin is 10 years old in Second Life today (joined on 6th August 2006)… Here are Ai’s outfits built up over the period in Second Life… Ai’s skin was a gift back in 2006 from a fellow educator who … Continue reading →

Posted in Second Life, Virtual World | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Ai Austin @ 10

Second Life Visual Outfits Browser

Posted on June 16, 2016 by bat

A version of the Second Life Viewer which support a visual gallery of avatar outfits is being tested. The Outfits tool is extended to include a “Visual Outfits Browser” (VOB). Thumbnails (typically 256×256 or 128×128 images) can be created in … Continue reading →

Posted in Second Life, Virtual World | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on Second Life Visual Outfits Browser

Avatar JellyDolls

Posted on May 18, 2016 by bat

From Second Life Viewer 4.0.5 (18-May-2016) a capability to increase performance by rendering some highly complex avatars as “JellyDolls” was introduced. When set appropriately, the viewer will render avatars with a complexity score that are over some preset limit as … Continue reading →

Posted in Second Life, Virtual World | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Avatar JellyDolls

Unity, Photon MMO and IMVU Avatars

Posted on May 3, 2016 by bat

There are Unity3D packages available to add Photon multi-user networking support and IMVU avatar connections. Photon Realtime multiplayer networking support is available using their Photo Cloud free for up to 20 concurrent users, or you can host a Photon MMO … Continue reading →

Posted in 3D, Virtual World | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Unity, Photon MMO and IMVU Avatars

Second Life Avatars

Posted on November 8, 2015 by bat

Second Life has a new set of “mesh attachment” avatars called “Classic” available through the initial account creation page at http://join.secondlife.com and through the “Me -> Choose an Avatar” in the viewer. It is interesting that Linden Lab chose to … Continue reading →

Posted in Virtual World | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Second Life Avatars