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Virtual Worlds Presentation for 2012 Virtual Enterprise Conference at Glyndŵr...
The Virtual Enterprise Conference at Glyndŵr University brings together a diverse range of web entrepreneurs, students and academics to discuss the opportunities for e-entrepreneurship offered by...
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Institute for Digital Intermedia Arts – Virtual Broad Art Museum in Jibe
The Institute for Digital Intermedia Arts (IDIA) at Ball State University is a research and design studio exploring virtual reality, simulation, games and interactive interfaces. IDIA been commissioned...
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Presentation at 2012 Follow the Sun: “Integrated Reality and Next Generation...
Follow the Sun 2012 is a free online conference that runs from March 27-30. Here’s a summary from their website: “Digital Futures Institute, Beyond Distance Research Alliance, Athabasca University,...
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An Educator’s Field Trip to a Jibe Virtual World
Marianne Riis works at the Multi-User Virtual Environments Research (MUVER) Lab at Aalborg University Copenhagen in Denmark. She’s teaching a class focused on interpersonal Computer Mediated...
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“The effects of virtual space on learning: A literature review”
If you’re interested in the use of virtual worlds in education and immersive learning, it’s always a challenge finding good research papers on the subject. Which is why I was so excited today when I...
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Using Virtual Worlds to Reduce Stress
A fascinating paper was just published on the topic of using virtual worlds to train people in stress reduction techniques. Read the full paper here: “The Feasibility and Impact of Delivering a...
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Hypergrid Adventurers Club visits a Myst and Uru inspired world: Devokan...
Yesterday, the Hypergrid Adventurers Club visited OSGrid to explore Devokan Tao, the central hub of a collection of regions called Devokan Trust. The entire area is inspired by Myst and Uru. About 10...
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My Presentation at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology
The Department of Computer and Information Science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway is hosting a seminar this week on “Virtual Worlds & Educational...
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Speaking at the Academic Librarians 2012 Conference – Syracuse University,...
I’ve been invited to attend and speak at the Academic Librarians 2012 Conference at Syracuse University from June 12-13. This conference will be a great opportunity to connect with folks interested in...
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Video of panel on “Virtual Worlds Revisited” at the 2012 Chicago eLearning...
I just participated in a wonderful “Virtual Worlds Revisited” panel discussion as part of the Chicago eLearning and Technology Showcase. The panel was organized and moderated by Mike Kemmler, and...
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Speaking at “Train for Success” Panel on the Future of Virtual Worlds – Nov 8...
The Gronstedt Group hosts a weekly “Train for Success” speaking series, and this week I’ll be participating in a panel discussion on the State and Future of Virtual Worlds. The panel will be held in...
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How to Fix the Unity Asset Server error “Cannot Start Service” on Windows
The Unity Asset Server is a fantastic tool for version control and collaborating with a group of people on a project in Unity3D. Our customers at ReactionGrid Inc. primarily use Windows servers, and...
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How to embed and play a movie on an object in Unity3d and Jibe
Watching “Hedgehog in the Fog” in my Jibe world. Note: You’ll need the Unity Pro editor if you want to work with Movie Textures in Unity3d. Unity3d allows you to embed and play videos on any surface in...
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How to create Avatar Sit locations on any object in a Jibe world in Unity3d
Here’s a short tutorial video that will show you how to create avatar sit locations on any object in your Jibe world. It’s a very powerful and flexible system where you simply drag and drop sit...
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How to create multiuser networked events in Jibe and Unity3d using iTween
In Jibe 2.0 we’ve included an easy system that gives you the power to use iTween to create multiuser networked events. This allows you create shared experiences between avatars using interactive and...
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How to convert a prim-based object in Second Life or Opensim into a mesh...
ye olde prim This is pretty cool. The most recent version of the Singularity viewer (version 1.8.1) adds a particularly interesting feature: Wavefront (.obj) and Collada (.dae) Export by Apelsin,...
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OpenSimulator Community Conference 2013 – My Presentation and My Thanks to...
Attending the Opening Keynote Presentation This past weekend I attended and spoke at the very first OpenSimulator Community Conference (OSCC13). It was an amazing event full of outstanding...
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Getting Real World Terrains into OpenSim: A Tutorial by Brian A. White
This is recreation of a blog post by Brian A. White. Brian’s blog went offline sometime in 2009, and recently it was suggested that someone republish this useful tutorial to make sure it can be found...
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Rebooting the Hypergrid Adventurers Club and Thanking Latif Khalifa
If you’re a fan of the Hypergrid, you should definitely check out the new 1.8.3 release of the Singularity viewer for OpenSim and Second Life. In particular, take a look at this section in the update...
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Hypergrid Adventurers Club – Visiting the Center for Global Health’s East...
Wandering warthogs in the East Africa Traveler Safety Simulation Yesterday, the Hypergrid Adventurers Club (HGAC) visited the Center for Global Health’s East Africa Traveler Safety Simulation. About...
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