Sunday, June 25, 2017

2017 HOBBY: PEOPLE: Kayaker builds a horse, problems and solutions at the WIP meeting

Kayaker builds a horse, problems and solutions
at the WIP meeting
Video:  At a recent WIP meeting Kayaker Magic demonstrated a horse he was scripting, this one in western tack.  He showed how he created reins to go from the rider's hands to the bridle by using the target feature of the particle system.  He also described a problem he was having with the animation of the legs, apparently caused by the large number of instructions required to animate legs and the other parts of the horse and the western tack. 

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  • The problem described here may call for IMA TestWG to develop a problem analysis test suite.
  • This may be the best horse for city boys
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WIP meeting today

    • Sunday June 25, noon SLT (California) time
    • Cookie II location (fourth Sunday of the month)
    • HG address below: paste into the World Map next to Find. Click Find, TP
    • grid.kitely.com:8002:Cookie II 
    • The Hypergrid WIP is a one hour "show & tell" of works in progress. 
    • Everyone is invited.  Building, scripting, entertainment-- whatever you are working on.

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      Saturday, June 24, 2017

      2017 OSHG: WRITE: Web-worlds as a place for storytelling

      Web-worlds as places for storytelling 
      Storytelling is popular is virtual worlds.  It requires mostly talk, scenery and possibly music.  All these can easily be provided in a web-world, where the access is much easier.   
      Mos Eisley Cantina 
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      • There are stories here at Mos Eisley.  We all remember one.
      • There are many more.  That old wizard, Obi-Won Kenobi has hundreds.
      • Can we go there again?  With less violence and more stories. 
      • Yes, we can go there through the virtual world portal in Kitely. 
      • Seanchai Library
      • But soon there may be an even easier route.  
      • We could go there through a portal in a browser.
      • We could even hear stories read:  StoryLink radio
      • We might meet other people who are as interested in stories as we are.
      • We could talk with them, chat about the stories.
      • Talk about new plots and characters we would like to see.
      • Yeah, I said soon. 
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      • Meanwhile, here is a web-world you can visit now.
      • Selby's nonprofit web-world.
      • You can log in as a guest, no registering.  See how easy it is.
      • Not Mos Eisley Cantina.  Just a little place to chat.  
      • I will be there almost every weekday at 10-10:30 AM California time.  
      • Soon I hope to show you instructions on how to start on your own web-world.
      • Some of my friends have imported parts of an OAR file into a web-world.
      • So importing the scenery is possible, but not yet easy.
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      Friday, June 23, 2017

      2017 SEE: Touring the Hypergrid: Metaverse tours. Tell us about your place.

      Touring the Hypergrid:  Metaverse tours. 
      Tell us about your place.
      Metaverse tours visits interesting places in the Hypergrid every Saturday.  Often we get a video and I post that in this blog.  
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      If you have a place of interest on the Hypergrid, post your invitation in Metaverse Tours, a G+ Community.  We may not have a large group, but we usually get a video and an article in Virtual Outworlding.
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        Tuesday, June 20, 2017

        2016 PEOPLE: SEE: HG Safari on tour

        HG Safari on tour
        HG Safari tours several destinations on the Hypergrid every week, starting at noon California time on Wednesdays.  I usually catch the first hour of the tour and often get a few pictures.  Here are some pictures from various tours.
        Dance venue

        • Yeah, in a virtual world you can make a record into a dance floor
        • Google Community: HG Safari
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          Monday, June 19, 2017

          2017 OSHG: IMA WG31 Test Management work group is organized

          IMA WG31 test management work group is organized
          IMA WG31Test Management work group is organized and has begun work.  One active project and two upcoming projects are described.  Current members are listed, along with an invitation to join.  The use of the IMA project management service is illustrated.
          TMFFail
          The defect appears in two prims on the right
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          Three test categories

          Current members

          Click the name of a person to find out what else that person is doing.  To join this group and start working on a project, contact Selby Evans -- or just mention your interest in a comment on this article.  
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            Sunday, June 18, 2017

            2017 ART: VIDEO: Pepperland II, Installation art, Surrealism, Psychedelic art, in a virtual world

            Pepperland II, Installation art, Surrealism, Psychedelic art, in a virtual world
            Pepperland in a 3D virtual world.  Pepperland II in Littlefield grid is based on the 1968 ground breaking animated cartoon, 'Yellow Submarine'.  This installation art recreates scenes from the 1968 musical fantasy Yellow Submarine, an animated film based on the songs of the Beatles. 

            Go there

            • Put the HG address in the Word Map, Find Bar.  Click Find, TP
            • HG Address:  lfgrid.com:8002:Pepperland II
            • In Littlefield grid, find Pepperland II on the world map, teleport.

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            Saturday, June 17, 2017

            2017 OSHG: Physics with ubODE. How does it do vehicles?

            Physics with ubODE in virtual worlds.   
            How does it do vehicles?
            A new physics engine, ubODE, has been introduced in the upcoming version of OpenSimulator (OS0.9.X).  Since some grids  are running OS0.9.x, it is possible to get video demonstrations of vehicle performance under ubODE.  Here are 3, showing that vehicle performance can be quite good.

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              Friday, June 16, 2017

              2017 EDU: VID: VWBPE 2017 Thinkerer Award

              VWBPE 2017 Thinkerer Award
              Presentation of the 2017 Thinkerer Award to Dr. Cynthia Calongne (avatar: Lyr Lobo).


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                Tuesday, June 13, 2017

                2017 HELP: TECH: Avatar Psoriasis, a search for the cause or at least some cures

                Avatar Psoriasis, a search for the cause 
                or at least some risk factors
                Updated 6/14/2017
                My avatar appearance got corrupted recently.  Two other people have had the same problem.  I found some fixes, short of a clean reinstall of Firestorm 64, and, with only 3 cases, I begin to speculate about risk factors.  
                My avatar with a skin disease

                SMS (160) Short Poetry Workshop - Tue 6/13, 7pm SLT

                This week the Short Poetry Workshop presents SMS-Poetry or 160 Poetry. If you’ve ever sent an SMS text message to someone here’s your chance to write some free style poetry, but limited to up to 160 characters - anything that would fit in an SMS message . U don’t need ur cell fones, just join us to learn, rite & share ur SMS poms. We’ll be w8ing 4 U @ E. Cookie 
                Update: Fred B. suggested that I rebake textures, but that does not fix it.  The only cure I know is to relog in Firestorm 32 bit and change avatars.  It is probably a bug introduced with the code that makes FS adjust to HD screens.

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                Monday, June 12, 2017

                2017 PEOPLE: HG Safari celebrates 3rd anniversary with a dance

                HG Safari celebrates 3rd anniversary with a dance
                What are virtual worlds?  Mostly people having fun together.   Maybe dancing together.   Lots of frivolous stuff.   Not what we learned in school.  Maybe what we learned after school.  Now do you see why we like to come to virtual worlds?
                Can you find the velociraptor?
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                • I think it beats dancing with wolves.  
                • These days, velociraptors are hard to find.  
                • Except in virtual worlds.  
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