Re: 5 reasons Kitely regions are real OpenSim regions
I've already answered that question, see: http://www.hypergridbusiness.c...
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Another option: You know how the Start at area gives you a choice between Last Location, Home, or lets you type in your own region name? Why can't the grid selector work the same way -- choose from the...
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I like the DIY version. $20.00. I've been putting one together and it does give the 3d sense, although not total immersion. http://www.roadtovr.com/diy-gu...
View ArticleRe: Companies, schools look for custom viewers
Just use a hop://customgrid:port/region/x/y/z link to launch the viewer fio your community and the viewer is launched, the custom grid is automatically added to the grid list, and you are teleported to...
View ArticleRe: 3 reasons not to meet in a virtual world
Virtual meetings work very well for our small non-profit (New Media Arts, Inc.) and its projects, primarily for reporting on projects to each other and doing group planning in Talk. We use both Second...
View ArticleRe: Companies, schools look for custom viewers
Just think of all the steps you have to tell someone totally new to this how to come visit your sim, let's see what they are:1) Go to grid bla bla dot com2) Find the registration link and register for...
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When I try it in Chrome, I get a blank popup window with the "OK" button.Firefox asks me to choose an application... I pick Firestorm, the only option -- then the same blank popup window comes up.IE...
View ArticleRe: Vivox voice alternatives
I expect that, if Whisper/Mumble did get serious development, Vivox would be motivated to be more responsive to smaller users.
View ArticleRe: Craziest Oculus ripoff yet
Oculus ripoff? They didn't invent dual screen 3D effect. Remember the View Master, a toy from over 40 years ago.
View ArticleRe: Craziest Oculus ripoff yet
Yes, I remember well the View-Master; I had one. It was my introduction to 3D images. Later I went on to explore 3D photography - I took a tour of the Kodak lab in Hollywood where they used to process...
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Except this thing isn't any of that. It's just a clamp! They should be selling it in the phone stand category -- not as a virtual reality display!That's the crazy part. That they're trying so...
View ArticleRe: Craziest Oculus ripoff yet
Ah, yes Maria, that's clearly the case. And it's really so lame, it's a wonder they even bothered!
View ArticleRe: Craziest Oculus ripoff yet
I was referring to the idea of using 2 images, (one for each eye) to get the 3D effect, that is all that Oculus does. It uses mini computer screens instead of images, the content of the videos games...
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I would contribute to a crowd funded effort for such a viewer.
View ArticleRe: 10 ways in which hype cycles aren’t all bad
I have two concerns about hype cycles (but taking the hype cycle process as a given, these are more rhetorical concerns than anything which can be directly changed or fixed).In the first place, some...
View ArticleRe: Craziest Oculus ripoff yet
As I understand it, however, the Oculus Rift isn't just a 3D (split image viewer). But if it was just a split image viewer, it would have the quality of working with a computer, which a View-Master...
View ArticleRe: Rotating regions coming to OpenSim 0.8
Nice stuff, but even though it is especially nice to be able to manipulate region wide objects, without the terrain, it is not to terribly difficult to rotate the terrain while there, also. The command...
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