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Int.Schs.Island
Organised Sport in SL
I've been giving a lot of attention to the Physical Education and Sports display on the 7th Floor of the Curriculum Tower.In particular ... organised Sports ... there is now quite a large display of information and links to places in S.L.
After research ... my favourite sport seems to be leaning towards "Giant Snail Racing" ... but I've yet to get my giant snail avatar ;-).
You can watch some of these sports archived at http://slcn.tv
Display SLURL http://slurl.com/secondlife/International%20Schools/71/18/83
Today was "Lip Sync" Day (for me at least)
Today I downloaded the latest S.L. viewer 1-20-15 and by clicking just one button the lips of all the avatars I view (including me) are now moving when they talk with voice.This is ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT and is going to completely change the social interactions in S.L. ... gone are the days of clay/wooden faces.
I'm over the moon about this ... in fact if you click on this photo to get a larger image ... look closely at my lips ... you can see them moving with a slight smile.
BTW the button to click is "Advanced" = > "Character" => "Lip Syn (beta)"
Another isi mini outpost ... OSU
Int.Schs.Island has another mini outpost, this time on OSU Medicine Island ...and what is special about OSU? ... 100+ metres up in the air is the 'giant testis' model that I wrote about in an earlier Blog posting.I'll resist the temptation to say that this island has the ----s to model simulations in Virtual Worlds.
(UUMMmmmm...)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/OSU%20Medicine/116/60/27
Auto Tours
I recently set up some automatic tours around isi ... there is a Pedal Balloon ride right around the Estate that takes 7 minutes. Others include riding on a broom stick (Harry Potter style) and some automatic walking tours around the Towers. I was pleasantly surprised how easy it was to set these up using the resources available at The Guided Tour Company. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Mocha/236/71/33 When you take any of these tours make sure your public chat window is open for a description of the tour as it takes place.It took a lot of self control not to have the tour ride on a dinosaur ;-)
Holodeck
Star Trek fans will be familiar with the concept of holodecks ... press a button on the wall and your classroom changes into a new environment ... a farm yard, hotel lobby, meeting room, tropical island ... these exist in S.L. and there are several available on the market, to buy.After some research I decided to buy the model available from HORIZONS ... they have been around for a while, seem stable and also have a professional version that allows you to build you own scenes.
vendor and details at ...
http://slurl.com/secondlife/International%20Schools/40/87/73
You can also buy scenes that other users have made.
The isi holodeck is floating about 100m up in the air above mountain top 2.
Ironically .... immediately after buying this version I found a cheaper one that plugs into the Mysti HUD ... so now have two ... this second one is carried about by my avatar who can throw up a scene at the press of a button ... providing he has building privaleges on the land.
Profile
- Your Institution:
- The Education Project Asia
- About Me:
- Living on International Schools Island in Second Life .... plus in R.L. in Thailand .... working across Asia .... on webby 2.0 stuff in Education (k-12)
- Website:
- http://www.shambles.net/secondlife
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