IDEL11 Second Life Voice Meeting on Presence
Also see http://atate.org/mscel/img/2011-11-24-IDEL11-SL-Voice-2.jpg http://atate.org/mscel/img/2011-11-24-IDEL11-SL-Voice-3.jpg Space Navigator device I mentioned:...
View ArticleMoodle/SLoodle Experiments Issue 12 – Customised Inworld Object
With kind support from Edmund Edgar I have been experimenting with the “Demo Object” in SLoodle, which is a stub or template for developing customised objects in Second Life or OpenSim which can...
View ArticleNa’vi Clans in Second Life
Reading Kane (2005) and his reference to Sutton-Smith’s (1997) “rhetorics” struck some chords. Especially about the ancient and modern visions of learning. The description of an ancient “at the feet of...
View ArticleNa’vi Omatikaya Clan – Ai’tswayon initiation ceremony to join the path of...
Ai’tswayon (Ai Fly in the Na’vi language) has sought the blessing of Eywa and fellow clan members for his undertaking to begin the path of learning in the role chosen for him on Karyu (teacher). Clan...
View ArticleNa’vi Clans in Second Life – The Ikran Climb
Na’vi people challenge themselves in various ways. One ritualistic challenge (Kane, 2005, ancient vision of humanity and learning styles) taken by mature Na’vi males and females when they have attained...
View ArticleMoonWorld Mission – Team Pythagoras
Mission to Timocharis region on the Moon. Ai Austin – Team Captain KaronMcB – Explorer indrimagri – Explorer Kimberley Pascal – Explorer MoonWorld Virtual Field Work: http://moonworld.cet.edu/ and...
View ArticleGame Design Preliminaries
I have been thinking about the game design asessment since Christmas. It is my style to make notes and get ideas flowing early on and collect assets before seriously starting any work element. I had...
View ArticleSecond Life – Viewing in 3D with Red/Cyan Glasses
In mid 2011, “Kirstens Viewer” based on Linden Labs’ open source Second Life Viewer code, added support for 3D stereo vision using a variety of 3D methods, including simple red/cyan glasses. This...
View ArticleSecond Life – Holodeck at Portobello Beach Sandbox
The Introduction to Digital game-Based Learning class met Frank Lassard at the Virtual University of Edinburgh’s Sandbox in Second Life for a demonstration of Holodecks for creating scenes for role...
View ArticleSecond Life – IDGBL Tutorial on Augmented Reality Games
The Introduction to Digital Game-Based Learning class met Elena Northmead at the Virtual University of Edinburgh’s Vue South Beach Pavilion in Second Life for a discussion on Augmented Reality Games.
View ArticleMoon Bloom – The Legend of the Bloom of the Aligned Moons
For my MSc in e-Learning IDGBL Game Design exercise I have created an exploration style game with a Na’vi/Avatar theme. The web site for the game information and links to allow access to the areas in...
View ArticleMSc in e-Learning Dissertation Festival 2012
I will give a presentation on my MSc dissertation work to the MSc in e-Learning Dissertation Festival on 1st August 2012 at 4pm BST. This will take place on the Vue South region in Second Life. The...
View ArticleLinden Labs Patterns
Linden Labs, the Californian company behind Second Life are moving into more casual game-based products and especially ones that involve buidling worlds and interacting with them. The first of these is...
View ArticleVirtual World Open Source Collaboration Space Assets
I have set up an SL marketplace store to make available the (free) assets from the OpenVCE.net project. The store is at … https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/124830 This makes the items more...
View ArticleMoodle/SLoodle Experiments Issue 14 – OpenVCE.net Moodle and SLoodle 2.1 Beta...
We have now updated http://openvce.net/moodle from Moodle 1.9 to Moodle 2.2 since the appropriate up to date PHP version is available on the Linux server used for the site. The site is currently set...
View ArticleMoodle/SLoodle Experiments Issue 15 – a Custom SLoodle Demo Object
To provide a basis for custom facilities in a SLoodle classroom or virtual world meeting space, Edmund Edgar, one of the core SLoodle developers, has described how to add a new (demonstration or...
View ArticleAfter Tsunami 2013
Renewable Energy Symposium: Fundraising Event for Fukushima – 11 March 2013 Live event in Appleton Tower, live video stream and relay into Second Life at The Venue@Vue. See...
View Article3D Web Think Tank – Brainstorming – Kick Starting the Future of the Metaverse
Brainstorming session with the 3D Web Think Tank to look for ideas for kick starters to further the development of the Metaverse. Date/Time: 05 May 2013 @ 11 am PST/MVT/SLT Location: IEEE’s Artificial...
View ArticleDiscussion with Linden Labs on Upcoming Second Life Technical Features
Second Life meeting at 2pm SLT Monday 13th May at the “Designing Worlds” Second Life studio in the “Garden of Dreams” region, involving Oz, Brooke, Troy and Nyx Linden to discuss the issues of Server...
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