Tuesday, December 17, 2019

2019 #VWEDU MUVE SceneGate improvements: Starting, voice, vision, performance, grid manager, button groups


SceneGate improvements: Starting, 
voice, vision, performance, 
grid manager, button groups

SceneGate improvements for beginning users and those with disabilities.   This article is explicitly licensed Public Domain (CC0). 
Scenegate full screen
Click image to enlarge
******************************

SceneGate Improvements

Cognitive load



  • simplified mode was developed for beginners. It is the default mode. 
  • This mode provides only controls needed to attend meetings and classes.
  • Thus the "steep learning curve" is left for when it is needed.
  • An Extended mode is available for experienced users.

Voice 

  • Hear voice equally from all positions (default=On)
  • Voice on (mic off) at start.
  • We can instruct new people in voice immediately. 
  • People with hearing problems need not cope with changing volume. 
  • TBD: Secure voice connections.

Vision

  • Wide range of color options for the UI. 
  • Instructions TBD

Performance

  • Dynamic texture loading times were greatly reduced. 

Grid Manager

  • Error checking for added URI blocks nonexistent addresses.
  • User is advised of error. 

Button grouping

  • Functional button grouping is the default.
  • Left: User's account
  • Right: Going places
  • Bottom: Frequently-used tools

Related

*********************************

Visit me on the web

  • Drop by my web offices Weekdays: 12:-12:30 pm Central time (US)
  • I am available for free consulting on any topic in this blog.
  • Cybalounge and 3DWebWorldz (Orientation room)
  • I will be in both places, so you may need to speak to get my attention.
  • Web-worlds, 3D virtual worlds running in a browser. Summary
  • And we can visit the Writer's Workshop on the Web
  • Don't register -- enter as guest.  
************************

License

  • Original text in this blog is CC By: unless specified public domain.
  • Use as you please with attribution: link to the original.
  • All images without attribution in this blog are CC0: public domain.
  • Second LifeLindenSLurl, and SL are trademarks of Linden Research Inc.
  • Annotated screenshots made with Jing
  • This blog is not affiliated with anything.   Ads are from Google.
  • Selby Evans in Kitely and hypergrid, Thinkerer Melville in Second Life.

1 comment:

  1. This will help so many individuals, I have a visual disturbance that causes me to see things "crooked" so if I build something correctly I have to adjust it to look correct for my vision, I need lots of help building in-world. A bit distorted :) Cannot use Mouselook at all. One day maybe they will have a viewer to compensate. Very interesting article.

    ReplyDelete

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.