Tags
- 3D
- Avatar
- CtrlAltStudio
- DK2
- EDC11
- Edinburgh
- Fireball XL5
- Firestorm
- Gerry Anderson
- HiFi
- High Fidelity
- HyperGrid
- I-Room
- IDGBL
- Lifestream
- Linden Lab
- Mesh
- MOOC
- Moodle
- MOSES
- Motor Racing
- OAR
- Oculus
- Oculus Rift
- Oil Rig
- OpenSim
- OpenVCE
- Openvue
- OSCC
- OSCC13
- OSGrid
- RGU
- Rift
- Sansar
- Second Life
- Sine
- Space
- Supercar
- Unity
- Unity3D
- Virtual World
- VR
- Vue
- VWBPE
- World of Warcraft
Blog Operations
-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
- bat on Early Drag Racing in UK
- bat on Hubs by Mozilla
- bat on Lost Horizon – Music Festival in VR
- bat on 360° Snapshots in Second Life
- bat on Firestorm VR Mod 6.3.9 and 6.4.5
Archives
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- November 2012
- October 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- May 2011
- March 2011
- November 2010
- October 2010
- August 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- February 1995
Tag Archives: Virtual World
Hubs by Mozilla
Mozilla Hubs is a virtual collaboration platform that runs in a web browser on desktops, tablets and mobile devices. It can support wireless standalone VR headsets. Desktop VR setups like the Oculus Rift are supported via a WebVR compatible browser … Continue reading
AIAI Virtual World Social Space
Quickstart: Get an OpenSim avatar at http://osgrid.org if you don’t already have one. Download and install the Firestorm Viewer. Login and look round, you usually arrive at an OSGrid Plaza. Follow the arrows on the floor to get an orientation … Continue reading
Posted in AI, OpenSim, Virtual World
Tagged AIAI, OpenSim, Social, Virtual World
Comments Off on AIAI Virtual World Social Space
Sansar with Avatar 2.0
Linden Lab updated Sansar to use a new richer avatar skeleton referred to as “Avatar 2.0”. Sansar.com Website Sansar YouTube Channel Twitter Feed – @SansarOfficial Quests and Tutorials
Pangea Roleplay on OpenSim Metropolis Grid
I have blogged before about the Pandora Universe group in Second Life which offers role play based on the “Avatar” film directed by James Cameron and based on Pandora, a moon of Alpha Centauri and the Na’vi that inhabit the … Continue reading
High Fidelity – Load Test – 6 July 2018
A load test of the High Fidelity virtual world platform took place on 6th July 2018 and over 200 avatars were in world in the same location at peak.
Posted in Virtual World
Tagged High Fidelity, Virtual World
Comments Off on High Fidelity – Load Test – 6 July 2018
Virtual Worlds Technology for University of Edinburgh
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
Posted in Distance Education, Virtual World
Tagged Education, Virtual World
Comments Off on Virtual Worlds Technology for University of Edinburgh
Orcrist
Orcrist is an elf created sword found during the journey of Thoren Oakenshield, a dwarf, in Middle Earth… and features in the Hobbit movies. I handled the Orcrist prop used for the movie while on a visit to Weta Workshop … Continue reading
Somnium Space
Somnium Space (“Dream” or “Fantasy” from the Latin “somnus” for “sleep”) is a new virtual world from developers in Berlin aimed at virtual reality headsets.
Bank of High Fidelity
High Fidelity now has a cryptocurrency “Wallet” in which High Fidelity Coins” can be deposited, paid out and transferred to other avatars. To seed the currency early alpha tester users can obtain a starter amount of coins by visiting the … Continue reading
Posted in Virtual World
Tagged cryptocurrency, High Fidelity, Virtual World, VR
Comments Off on Bank of High Fidelity
Vue Virtual World Artworks
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. A number of virtual world artworks have been created in … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Virtual World
Tagged Art, Edinburgh, Virtual World, Vue
Comments Off on Vue Virtual World Artworks
Vue -> Openvue
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
Posted in Virtual World
Tagged OpenSim, Second Life, Virtual World, Vue
Comments Off on Vue -> Openvue
Sine.space – 2001: a Space Odyssey
As of September 2017, the 2001 Space Station and Orion III Shuttle can be found on the “Space Station” region in sinespace. You arrive at the International Space Station (ISS). It is quite a way off, so look around for … Continue reading
Posted in Space, Virtual World
Tagged 2001, Sine, Space, Virtual World
Comments Off on Sine.space – 2001: a Space Odyssey
Virtual World Platforms – CPU and GPU Load Comparisons
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
Posted in Virtual World
Tagged CPU, GPU, Virtual World
Comments Off on Virtual World Platforms – CPU and GPU Load Comparisons
Sine.space – Castle Region
Sine.space by Sine Wave Entertainment is a multi-user virtual world based on Unity3D. Another blog post gives details of the development process for a custom region using content created in OpenSim and brought across to Unity3D via the OAR Converter. … Continue reading
Posted in Virtual World
Tagged Castle, Epic, Sine, Virtual World
Comments Off on Sine.space – Castle Region
Sinespace – OpenVCE Region
Sine.space by Sine Wave Entertainment is a multi-user virtual world based on Unity3D. A previous blog post showed early experiments while the system was in test mode in 2015. The platform is now available to all, and users can add … 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
1 Comment
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
Posted in OpenSim, Virtual World
Tagged DreamGrid, DreamWorld, OpenSim, Outworldz, Virtual World
1 Comment
Ai Austin @ 10
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 Avatar, Second Life, Virtual World
Comments Off on Ai Austin @ 10
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
Posted in OpenSim, Virtual World
Tagged Halcyon, InWorldz, MOSES, OpenSim, Test, Virtual World
Comments Off on Halcyon MOSES Grid Testing
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
Posted in OpenSim, Virtual World
Tagged Database, Migration, MySQL, OpenSim, Openvue, Server, Virtual World
Comments Off on Migration of Openvue to a New Server
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
Comments Off on VRLand – A Community and Test Region for Virtual Reality in Virtual Worlds
Second Life Visual Outfits Browser
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 Ai Austin, Avatar, Second Life, Viewer, Virtual World, VOB
Comments Off on Second Life Visual Outfits Browser
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
Posted in OpenSim, Virtual World
Tagged MOSES, OpenSim, Virtual World
Comments Off on MOSES Office Hours 13-May-2016
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
1 Comment
Project Sansar – Alpha Signup
On 26th April 2016, Linden Lab invited developers to sign up for invitations for early alpha access to Project Sansar. Update 31st August 2016: Change of Logo and Domain Name Linden Lab announced in a press release on 31st August … Continue reading
Posted in Virtual World
Tagged Linden Lab, Project Sansar, Sansar, Virtual World
Comments Off on Project Sansar – Alpha Signup
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
Posted in OpenSim, Virtual World
Tagged OpenSim, Varregion, Virtual World, Vue
Comments Off on OpenSimulator Varregion Tests
OpenSimulator Community – Animation of Code Commits
Nebadon Izumi (Michael Emory Cerquoni) has created an animation of code commits to the OpenSimulator project for the OpenSimulator Community Conference 2015. It is produced from the OpenSim Git commit repository using Gource. The YouTube video of the commits in … Continue reading
Posted in OpenVCE, Virtual World
Tagged OpenSim, OSCC, OSCC15, Virtual World
Comments Off on OpenSimulator Community – Animation of Code Commits
Second Life Avatars
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 Avatar, Second Life, Virtual World
Comments Off on Second Life Avatars