Tag Archives: HiFi

High Fidelity – Load Test – 7 Sept 2018

Posted on September 7, 2018 by Ai Austin

A load test of the High Fidelity virtual world platform took place on 7th September 2018 and at least 356 avatars were in world in the same location at peak. A lot of different tests and exercises were run, including … Continue reading →

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High Fidelity – Chat and IM

Posted on December 2, 2015 by Ai Austin

High Fidelity themselves have decided (at the moment) to not include a text chat/IM tool directly into the Hifi Interface. Third party solutions can be added. This note is to keep a record of the URLs used and other information. … Continue reading →

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High Fidelity – One Year In

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Ai Austin

Its now over a year since I joined in the High Fidelity (HiFi) on 15th May 2014. Here are some images of the current status at 16th June 2015… Interface (Windows Build 2650) Stack Manager (Windows Build 86) and Openvue … Continue reading →

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High Fidelity – At the Cafe

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Ai Austin

hifi://cafe is a place where High Fidelity users are gathering to discuss developments and socialize. Avatar Marketplace The avatar can now be selected via the Interface -> Preferences and using the Marketplace… Avatar Animation Avatar animator can be added to … Continue reading →

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High Fidelity – Goes Open Alpha

Posted on April 1, 2015 by Ai Austin

On 1st April 2015, High Fidelity was opened to anyone interested in an open “early alpha” stage following the developments over the last year with a smaller group. See this invitation blog post. I joined the High Fidelity alpha on … Continue reading →

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High Fidelity Public Tests – Place Directory

Posted on January 16, 2015 by Ai Austin

High Fidelity’s virtual world has been in closed alpha test to invited individuals since May 2014, but occasionally some parts are made public. One is the introduction of a publicly accessible directory of “Places”… part of the commercial model for … Continue reading →

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High Fidelity Alpha Tests – Public Place Names

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Ai Austin

On 9th January 2015, High Fidelity opened up the facility to register “public” metaverse names that can be associated with high fidelity domains and locations. The fee will be $20 US per place name per annum. Just beforehand HiFi alpha … Continue reading →

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High Fidelity Alpha Tests – Introductory Videos

Posted on December 16, 2014 by Ai Austin

High Fidelity is currently in its alpha test stage. Although a number of public demonstrations have been shown and press articles have appeared, the main discussions between alpha testers and developers are taking place on a closed alpha test discussion … 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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High Fidelity Alpha Tests – Metavoxels

Posted on October 8, 2014 by Ai Austin

High Fidelity supports a general object placement facility called “metavoxels” which allows a brush shape (sphere or cube, etc) to be used to place a voxel of a given size and shape with a given texture on a plane (such … Continue reading →

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