Tuesday, January 30, 2018

2018 GAME: TKR: Problems and the seven gates to solving them. Like a game. Coincidence? Or something else?

Problems and the seven gates to solving them.  
Like a game.  Coincidence?  Or something else?
The standard problem-solving routine recast in standard game format.  In this form, people familiar with games may find it easier to follow. 


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Monday, January 29, 2018

2018 WW: Cybalounge tutorial: Basic Avatar Animation

Cybalounge tutorial: Basic Avatar Animation
CybaLOUNGE supports key frame animations for the avatars.  Here I give the basic instructions.  This is probably enough information to let people experienced in key frame animation get started.  People with no experience in Key Frame animation will probably not be interested in this article.

CybaLOUNGE supports key frame animations for the avatars. This means that you can define key poses at certain points in time (the key frames) and later the animation will be interpolated between these poses. This way you can define complex animations with only a couple of key frames. 


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Sunday, January 28, 2018

2018 IMA: BIZ: EDU: The business meeting boards by Neovo in IMA Meet&Greet.

The business meeting boards 
in IMA Meet&Greet. 
Neovo Geesink has put out presentation boards at IMA Meet & Greet.  They are well designed to support planning meetings for business or business-like purposes.  You can put up an agenda, show a slide show, go through a web page, or share an interactive white board.  Fits common business and educational needs.
A presentation board at IMA Meet & Greet
It is the big thing way out there
  • HG address:  
  • hypergrid.org:8002:IMA Meet&Greet
  • Put the HG address in the Find bar of the World Map, click Find, TP
  • You can build there; it has 12 hour autoreturn.
  • It also has meeting areas with equipment commonly used in business meetings.
  • It is well suited for business meetings and educational classes.  
  • It is open to anyone.  No connection to IMA or to any group is needed to use it.
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Saturday, January 27, 2018

2018 PEOPLE: Boating with Bill Blight on OpenSim.Life

Boating with Bill Blight at OpenSim.Life
Video showing the performance of power boats, jet-skis, powered surf-boards, hang-gliders, seaplanes and party boats on ubODE.  

  • Watch on YouTube
  • Bill's scripts, OS 9.X running Ubit's physics: ubODE
  • HG address:  grid.opensim.life:8002:OSLA Open Water
  • Put the HG address in the Find bar of the World Map, click Find, TP

Party People

  • Kitty SweetKitty
  • TerriTam TT
  • JohnnyB.Good
  • Talia Sunsong
  • SingerGirl.Mode
  • Leighton Marjoram
  • Bill Blight
  • Jamie Jordan
  • Selby Evans
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Friday, January 26, 2018

2018 PEOPLE: EVENTS: Virtual Worlds Fair, Event Venue in OSL. Promote Hypergrid events

Virtual Worlds Fair, Event Venue in OSL  
Promote Hypergrid events
Plan for event promotion at the Event Venue of the Virtual Worlds Fair.  Performers, agents, venues, event managers and outfitters are invited to place kiosks promoting their offerings.  Instructions are given as to how to get authority to place the kiosk and where.  
VWF layout

VWF events venue

  • Objective:  Help people find, and visit Hypergrid events they like.
  • Symbiotic objective: Promote entertainment on the Hypergrid.
  • Virtual Worlds Fair: Events Venue

VWF events venue at OpenSim.Life

  • Bill Blight has generously provided a 2x2 region for the venue.
  • HG address:
  • OpenSim.Life:8002:VWF Events
  • Put the HG address in the Find bar of your world map.  Click FindTP
  • This venue is under preliminary development now. 
  • Exhibitors will have rez rights for the area.
  • If you are interested in helping to develop this event venue contact me.
  • I am Selby Evans in Kitely or OpenSim.Life.
  • This is a project of the Hypergrid Chamber of Commerce.



Tuesday, January 23, 2018

EDU: IMA: WW: SceneGate: updating the strawman model for education


SceneGate: updating 
the strawman model 
educational viewer

Updated 10/3/2018
A straw-man model for a virtual world viewer was presented with the objective of eliciting comments and suggestions for improvement.  Comments and suggestions are here used to produce a more refined model.  This article is explicitly licensed as public domain.
The future of education

Monday, January 22, 2018

2018 WW: Cybalounge Users' Manual, preliminary version, available in PDF

Cybalounge Users' Manual, preliminary version, 
available in PDF
Instructions on downloading the partly completed Users' Manual for Cybalounge' in PDF format. 
Download  Cybalounge Users' Manual,
preliminary version
Click image to enlarge
  • In Cybalounge, click question mark (upper left)
  • In the panel that opens, right click and select "Download as...:
  • PDF file will download.

Web-worlds


          Cybalounge Users' Manual

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          Sunday, January 21, 2018

          2018 WW: PEOPLE: Jamie and Selby continue to explore web-worldz and its potential as social media

          Jamie and Selby continue to explore web-worldz 
          and its potential as social media
          Web-worlds are 3D social virtual worlds that run in a browser.  They run in any computer or tablet that will run Chrome (the recommended browser).  Here Jamie and I talk about a professionally built world as we look around in that world.  Yes, talk.  I told you it was social.

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          Saturday, January 20, 2018

          2018 MUSIC: MadMax at 3rd Rock grid

          MadMax at 3rd Rock Grid
          Entertainment at the 3rd Rock Grid.
          Madmax Huet.   Max has been playing top quality Blues all of his life and in virtual now for over 10 years. Always creative, Max plays his own compositions. An expert blues guitar and harp player. Long term player on the London circuit, Max is still playing live as much as he can as well as in virtual.

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          Friday, January 19, 2018

          2018 WRITE: Build an effective community blog for 3D virtual worlds

          Build an effective community blog for 3D virtual worlds
          Some suggestions on building a blog to help grow and maintain a 3D virtual world community.

          What would you use a community blog for? 

          • Promote the community to the outworld, get new members.
          • Keep community members informed about happenings.
          • Support communication among members.
          • Answer questions for members, find out about new concerns.
          • Share promotional copy and graphics. 
          • Support collaboration among members.
          • Post/distribute news of interest to members.
          • Keep a record of previous events, pictures, and videos, for future use.
          • Hypergrid Writer's Community
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          Tuesday, January 16, 2018

          2018 THERAPY: Therapeutic applications in virtual reality


          Therapeutic applications
          in virtual worlds
          Updated 6/22/2018
          Social VR (virtual worlds) is increasingly being used to create therapeutic or helpful environments in connection with psychological problems.   Here I have collected some publicly available examples to suggest the possibilities.



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