Monthly Archives: October 2014

Happy Halloween 2014

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Ai Austin
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OpenSim Arriba

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Ai Austin

Arriba is a code fork off the main OpenSimulator master code. I discovered it via a visit to the Shin Ingen’s iTEC Ingen-Lab grid. See this article for more information on Arriba and advice on setting up and using it … Continue reading →

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OpenSim – Visit to Ingen Labs – Vehicles, Phsyics and Varregions

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Ai Austin

Title corrected… go to OpenSim – Visit to Ingen Labs – Vehicles, Physics and Varregions

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OpenSim – Visit to Ingen Labs – Vehicles, Physics and Varregions

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Ai Austin
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Unity Project – OpenVCE and I-Room

Posted on October 29, 2014 by Ai Austin

In preparation for some testing of the free version of Unity 4.5.5 and the Oculus Rift integration, I have updated some of my earlier tests of Unity3D from 2010-2011. Several of these builds are demonstrated at http://www.aiai.ed.ac.uk/~ai/unity/… OpenVCE The OpenSim-based … Continue reading →

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OpenSim Pirate Lands

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Ai Austin

Several OpenSim artists have created pirate themed regions and made them available in the form of OpenSim Archives (OARs)… Cove on OSGrid uses the OpenSim Creation “Stonehaven – Port Aurora” OAR previously described in this blog post from July 2014. … Continue reading →

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RGU Diver Avatar on AiLand

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Ai Austin

Colin Hetherington, who produced the Robert Gordon’s University (RGU) oil rig training facility, has also created mesh attachments and a diver wet suit for OpenSim and Second Life. 3D mesh parts are imported to the virtual world platform via the … Continue reading →

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High Fidelity Alpha Tests – Importing the Tuscany Villa Demo

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Ai Austin

An alpha test of importing the Oculus Rift Unity3D-based Tuscany Villa Demonstration to the hifi://alpha/TuscanyAlpha location proved very successful. As Tuscany Villa Appears in Oculus Unity Demo As Tuscany Villa Appears in High Fidelity (27-Oct-2014) HiFi Snapshot including Window Surround … Continue reading →

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Oculus Rift DK2 – Helix Roller Coaster

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Ai Austin

Helix in VR image above by The Virtual Dutchmen For those with the stomach, there is a well modelled VR experience of riding the Helix Rollercoaster situated at Liseberg’s amusement park in Gothenburg, Sweden, produced by the Virtual Dutchmen (part … Continue reading →

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Oculus Rift DK2 – Oil Rig on OpenSim in CtrlAltStudio Viewer

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Ai Austin

Using David Rowe’s CtrlAltStudio Viewer (1.2.2.41206 Alpha 3), a variant of Firestorm 4.6.5 with added Oculus Rift DK1 and DK2 and Stereoscopic 3D display modes, on the AiLand grid based on OpenSimulator. hop://ai.vue.ed.ac.uk:8002/Oil%20Rig/128/128/20 Visiting the Robert Gordon’s University (RGU) oil … Continue reading →

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