Tag Archives: Vue

Openvue grid goes behind Firewall

Posted on August 1, 2022 by bat

The Virtual University of Edinburgh “Openvue” grid on http://virtual.aiai.ed.ac.uk:8002 has been operating since 2007 on the OpenSimulator platform as an open Hypergrid accessible resource looked after by Prof. Austin Tate (avatar: Ai Austin) in the School of Informatics at the … Continue reading →

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Re-Vue

Posted on August 24, 2021 by bat

This blog post is to support a short project to have University of Edinburgh Information Services (IS) folks get started with (or return to) Second Life as part of the handover of some of the work with the Virtual University … Continue reading →

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GDPR for Vue

Posted on May 24, 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. The Vue web site is at http://vue.ed.ac.uk. More information on … Continue reading →

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Vue Virtual World Artworks

Posted on December 14, 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. A number of virtual world artworks have been created in … 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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Sinespace – Vue

Posted on September 18, 2017 by bat

The Virtual University of Edinburgh regions as they appeared in Second Life at their maximum extent and as they are replicated on the OpenSimulator-based Openvue grid have been converted via the OAR Converter into Unity3D and then provided into the … Continue reading →

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Significant Date

Posted on January 17, 2017 by bat

Retired, from full time work anyway. Returning part-time in March 2017 to continue to curate AIAI knowledge engineering resources and web site, and to coordinate the Virtual University of Edinburgh (Vue) facilities prior to handover to colleagues.

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Vue Landmarks Restored in Second Life

Posted on September 23, 2016 by bat

On the Virtual University of Edinburgh (Vue) regions in Second Life, some landmark buildings that were previously on the “Edinburgh University” region have been restored in world so that they appear in the distance when meetings are held at “The … Continue reading →

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OpenSimulator Varregion Tests

Posted on December 16, 2015 by bat

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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Second Life – Move from Edinburgh University to Vue

Posted on November 3, 2015 by bat

In early November 2015 the “Edinburgh University” region in Second Life was abandoned… with active facilities being moved to the Vue, Vue South and Edinburgh East regions. Edinburgh University was originally obtained as part of the Vue estate in June … Continue reading →

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Fish4Knowledge Virtual World Pavilion – Move to Vue

Posted on November 3, 2015 by bat

The Fish4Knowledge Exhibition Pavilion and Underwater Gallery is located on the OSGrid OpenSimulator grid via hop://hg.osgrid.org:80/Edinburgh University/96/201/25 It was originally on the Second Life “Edinburgh University” when it was created and later moved to the “Vue” region on Second Life … Continue reading →

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Vue Display in Maps of Second Life

Posted on November 3, 2015 by bat

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 →

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Virtual Reality in Second Life and OpenSim using the CtrlAltStudio Viewer

Posted on October 16, 2015 by bat

David Rowe’s CtrlAltStudio Viewer allows 3D stereoscopic and Oculus Rift Head Mounted Display (HMD) viewers of Second Life and OpenSim-based Virtual Worlds. It supports gamepad controllers too, such as the Xbox gamepad. Version 1.2.5.43397 (3rd October 2015) had been updated … Continue reading →

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Vue – Maps in Second Life

Posted on June 24, 2015 by bat

Vue – the Virtual University of Edinburgh – 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. Following separate developments … Continue reading →

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View over Vue

Posted on May 7, 2015 by bat

Here is a nice view from Ai Austin’s AIAI2 office on the second floor of the I-Room on the Virtual University of Edinburgh (Vue) region in Second Life. Must update the calendar 🙂 Here is an image of an I-Room … Continue reading →

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OSGrid – Vue and Expt Addon Regions

Posted on February 25, 2015 by bat

OSGrid, the grid used by many members of the OpenSimulator developers and users as a community hub, is back in service after a prolonged period of being unavailable due to a serious disk failure. The grid has been rebuilt to … Continue reading →

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IS Visit to Virtual Reality Facilities in Informatics

Posted on December 1, 2014 by bat

A visit to Informatics of those interested in virtual reality and virtual worlds for education in the University of Edinburgh Information Services (IS) took place on 1st December 2014. One of the visitors was Fiona Hale (nee Littleton) who helped … Continue reading →

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Dick Vet School on Vue

Posted on July 11, 2014 by bat

The University of Edinburgh Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies (Dick Vet) has for some time had a presence in the Virtual University of Edinburgh (Vue) regions in Second Life and has its base on the “Edinburgh East” region in … Continue reading →

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WhiteCore Version of OpenSim – Initial WhiteVue Grid Tests

Posted on May 2, 2014 by bat

The WhiteCore branch of AuroraSim, itself a development of OpenSim, has reached its first release 0.9.1. It includes a number of developments including a built in web interface for account creation and other facilities. It does not yet support the … Continue reading →

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2013 Virtual University of Edinburgh Graduation – School of Education

Posted on November 29, 2013 by bat

For five years since 2009 the University of Edinburgh has offered its distance education and remote new graduates the option to graduate in Second Life, alongside the real world ceremony in the McEwan Hall on Edinburgh’s campus. Such Virtual Graduations … Continue reading →

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Virtual University of Edinburgh Graduation – Vet School

Posted on November 29, 2013 by bat

The Vet School graduation ceremony in the morning of 29th November 2013 was streamed into Second Life…

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Virtual University of Edinburgh Regions in OpenSim

Posted on October 3, 2013 by bat

Following the upgrade of the Virtual University of Edinburgh OpenSim grid (Openvue) servers in May 2013, described in this post, some tidying up and improvement to the 3D models and visuals of the regions has taken place, and glitches that … Continue reading →

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