Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Virtual Worlds: more mainstream by the day : The Metaverse Journal - Australia’s Virtual World News Service
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Second Life: Making the Real World a Better Place
SilverAndGoldie wrote: "The first-ever Congressional hearing on virtual worlds took place on April 1, 2008 in Washington, D.C. Linden Lab® CEO Philip Rosedale testified before the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet. As part of his presentation, Mr. Rosedale presented a seven-minute machinima scripted, shot and edited by Silver and Goldie with additional footage provided by Torley Linden...."
Monday, August 25, 2008
Sunday, August 24, 2008
2008 METAVERSE TOUR - THE SOCIAL VIRTUAL WORLD'S A STAGE
The 'Social Virtual' World's A Stage
A Film by Gary Hayes © Personalizemedia 2008
http://www.personalizemedia.com
"Over 50 virtual worlds featured including:
Second Life, HiPiHi, Kaneva, Twinity, ActiveWorlds, LagunaBeach vMTV. There.com, Habbo, Google Lively, FootballSuperstars, Weblin, AmazingWorlds, CyWorld, Whyville, Gaia Online, RocketOn, Club Penguin, YoVille, Webkinz, BarbieGirls, Prototerra, IMVU, Spore, vSide, Tale in the Desert, SpineWorld, Stardoll, The Manor, There.com, ExitReality, Vastpark, Qwaq, PS3Home, GoSupermodel, Grockit, Croquet, Metaplace, Coke Studios, Dreamville, Dubit, Mokitown, Moove, Muse, The Palace, Playdo, Sora City, Voodoo Chat, TowerChat, Traveler, Virtual Ibiza."
A Film by Gary Hayes © Personalizemedia 2008
http://www.personalizemedia.com
"Over 50 virtual worlds featured including:
Second Life, HiPiHi, Kaneva, Twinity, ActiveWorlds, LagunaBeach vMTV. There.com, Habbo, Google Lively, FootballSuperstars, Weblin, AmazingWorlds, CyWorld, Whyville, Gaia Online, RocketOn, Club Penguin, YoVille, Webkinz, BarbieGirls, Prototerra, IMVU, Spore, vSide, Tale in the Desert, SpineWorld, Stardoll, The Manor, There.com, ExitReality, Vastpark, Qwaq, PS3Home, GoSupermodel, Grockit, Croquet, Metaplace, Coke Studios, Dreamville, Dubit, Mokitown, Moove, Muse, The Palace, Playdo, Sora City, Voodoo Chat, TowerChat, Traveler, Virtual Ibiza."
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Friday, August 22, 2008
Thursday, August 21, 2008
CrazyKinux's Musing: World War CG Animation Video | An EVE Online blog
Tumansky Heavy Industries Blog: How to Texture in SL Like a Pro: Part 1
Karl Reisman of Tumansky Heavy Industries, wrote a blog post about texturing in SL. The object is a WW2 Era British Spitfire, but the post should be of interest to builders across the grid and not just those of us in the aviation community.
Tumansky Heavy Industries Blog: How to Texture in SL Like a Pro: Part 1
Karl wrote: "Well in truth you can't, because professional 3D tools allow you to edit UV maps, and assign texture coordinates to individual frames.. However that issue aside, you can come to a professional level if you approach your link sets as a single object, and the maps in a consistent layers based method. First build the object as you see fit.
This is an example of a 3 view plan. This one was found on the web, not only is it useful for building, but it's also useful for placing details on the textures after you build the object in prims.
I would suggest highly that you build to a plan, Even if it's a fictional draw the front side and top views of the item to keep control of the project. There are plenty of sites that have quality blueprints of cars, tanks, aircraft, and buildings that you could use for your project. But sometimes it's fun to roll your own. Just make sure the design is solid and consistent between the front side and top views, or you will go crazy. once the prims are arraigned.
Collecting reference is necessary for a successful historical replica. (This is "Blue Peter" , from the battle of Britain Memorial Flight and the "model for this project.) For a fictional or fantasy project, making or collecting a lot of concept art serves the same function.
If you are building a historical object its very important to find as much reference as you can and duplicate the look from the reference without copying it exactly. Exact coying is considered plagiarism, and is frowned on, as well as being a reason for having the item deleted and your SL account locked. The quality Aircraft makers on SL make their own textures...."
Click the link to view the entire post....
Tumansky Heavy Industries Blog: How to Texture in SL Like a Pro: Part 1
Tumansky Heavy Industries Blog: How to Texture in SL Like a Pro: Part 1
Karl wrote: "Well in truth you can't, because professional 3D tools allow you to edit UV maps, and assign texture coordinates to individual frames.. However that issue aside, you can come to a professional level if you approach your link sets as a single object, and the maps in a consistent layers based method. First build the object as you see fit.
This is an example of a 3 view plan. This one was found on the web, not only is it useful for building, but it's also useful for placing details on the textures after you build the object in prims.
I would suggest highly that you build to a plan, Even if it's a fictional draw the front side and top views of the item to keep control of the project. There are plenty of sites that have quality blueprints of cars, tanks, aircraft, and buildings that you could use for your project. But sometimes it's fun to roll your own. Just make sure the design is solid and consistent between the front side and top views, or you will go crazy. once the prims are arraigned.
Collecting reference is necessary for a successful historical replica. (This is "Blue Peter" , from the battle of Britain Memorial Flight and the "model for this project.) For a fictional or fantasy project, making or collecting a lot of concept art serves the same function.
If you are building a historical object its very important to find as much reference as you can and duplicate the look from the reference without copying it exactly. Exact coying is considered plagiarism, and is frowned on, as well as being a reason for having the item deleted and your SL account locked. The quality Aircraft makers on SL make their own textures...."
Click the link to view the entire post....
Tumansky Heavy Industries Blog: How to Texture in SL Like a Pro: Part 1
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
New World Notes: Battlestar Briefing: *Galactica* Roleplaying In Second Life With Physics-Enabled Dogfights And Planetary Combat
Monday, August 18, 2008
Sunday, August 17, 2008
VNV Nation - Illusion
elektricc wrote: "It's a mix between the great animotion of Andy Huang`s dollface and a new Song of VNV Nations CD Judgement. Even if it`s not a official Version it looks like it belong together...greetings from a fan."
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Accenture recruiting in Second Life cost-effectively targets the “Facebook audience” « ThinkBalm: Immersive Internet insights & expertise
Dusan Writer’s Metaverse » Harvard Shares Philip Rosedale’s Angst: Opening Second Life, Virtual World Case Study
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Second Life Library Project » Blog Archive » Consortial collaborative virtual reference in Second Life
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