Understanding Virtual Worlds » tutorials http://9scape.com and other things that connect us Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:56:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 en Introduction to Second Life for GEO 493 http://9scape.com/2008/04/04/introduction-to-second-life-for-geo-493/ http://9scape.com/2008/04/04/introduction-to-second-life-for-geo-493/#comments Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:02:34 +0000 admin http://9scape.com/2008/04/04/introduction-to-second-life-for-geo-493/ Below are the presentation and links mentioned in my visit to John Bailey’s GEO 493 class:

Screenshot of the slideshow

The Presentation Images
http://9scape.com/slpres/demo.html

A Few Destinations:
Orange:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Orange%204/21/227/46
Vernian Sea (Airship Tower):
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Vernian%20Sea/204/65/106/
Sweden’s Virtual Embassy:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/swedish%20institute/70/212/30
GeoGlobe:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Commonwealth%20Island/193/83/315
Sculptie Earth:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Areumdeuli/111/121/214/
Top 20 List of Educational Locations in Second Life:
http://www.simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=Top_20_Educational_Locations_in_Second_Life

Learn To Build and Script:
Torley’s Video Tutorials:
http://www.youtube.com/user/Torley
Linden Scripting Language (LSL) Wiki:
http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/LSL_Portal
Learn to Do Stuff in Second Life With Tutorials:
http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Video_Tutorials

Links & Inspired Reading
The Congressional Committee Meeting on Virtual Worlds:
http://energycommerce.house.gov/cmte_mtgs/110-ti-hrg.040108.VirtualWorlds.shtml
Digital Urban Blog:
http://digitalurban.blogspot.com/
UgoTrade Blog:
http://www.ugotrade.com
Not Possible in Real Life Blog:
http://npirl.blogspot.com

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Runitai Linden wrote the controls for the Flycam feature and instructions for getting it to work with your SpaceNavigator can be found on the Second Life Wiki. To set to the Joystick Flycam config window you will first need to access the Client menu in the SL Viewer. If you don’t see it in the drop-down menu across the top of the window use the key combination CTRL+ALT+D and it should appear.

It took me a few tries to get my camera under control. After a combination of setting the Joystick Flycam settings according to the wiki, restarting the SL client, and re-enabling the Joystick Flycam feature I was able to get things working pretty well without causing the camera to spin wildly. If you happen to find yourself in a tailspin, simply hit the ESC key to return to your normal trailing camera view.

Don’t forget to check that you have a current version of the SpaceNavigator driver. The easiest way to do that is to use the Update Wizard installed with the 3Dconnexion software.

Happy panning/zooming.

Photo courtesy of Rev Dan Catt on Flickr

, , , , ]]> http://9scape.com/2007/07/27/configuring-the-3dconnexion-spacenavigator-for-second-life/feed/ Video Tutorials http://9scape.com/2007/02/28/video-tutorials/ http://9scape.com/2007/02/28/video-tutorials/#comments Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:01:52 +0000 admin communityeducationtutorials http://9scape.com/2007/02/28/video-tutorials/ Claudia Linden has pointed out that there are a number of video tutorials available on the SL wiki. I had forgotten about the wiki and am glad to see it is getting some attention. If you have one of your own, why not add it?

, , ]]> http://9scape.com/2007/02/28/video-tutorials/feed/ What Now? Learning to Build http://9scape.com/2007/02/03/what-now-learning-to-build/ http://9scape.com/2007/02/03/what-now-learning-to-build/#comments Sat, 03 Feb 2007 17:46:48 +0000 admin secondlifetutorials http://9scape.com/2007/02/03/what-now-learning-to-build/ There have been quite a few people I have talked to who claim to have simply lots interest in SL at some point. “Oh yeah, I’ve heard of Second Life. I logged in and looked around a bit, but there didn’t seem to be anything going on.” They initially had created an account, logged in and customized their avatar, walked around and explored a bit and talked to a few people and a few have complained they had been chased around by some crazy man wearing no pants (or some similar story of griefing). It is at about this time where they seem to begin asking themselves if if there is anything really going on there… where are all the people… and what is there to really do in here.

Well, the one thing SL is not is a game - in the sense that it isn’t a game unless you make it one. In fact, it isn’t really anything without its residents making it something and it is no surprise that some loose interest for this very reason. At some point you actually have to participate and contribute because it certainly isn’t a platform that can just feed people entertainment. It is simply too difficult to find things on the grid for that to be possible.

So what now? Well, maybe you would like to try your hand at building but aren’t sure where to start. There are three resources in-world I can think of off the top of my head that are great for learning building basics, from prims to textures to particle scripting. You can find these primers at the following slurls:

The Ivory Tower of Prims: The Ivory Tower is a great place to learn about how you can manipulate prims and even covers flexiprims.
Texture Tutorials By Robin: Robin’s tutorial explains manipulating textures on prims. The most useful thing I learned here is how to apply different textures to various faces of a prim.
The Particle Lab: Particle scripting can add interesting effects to your builds and there is a lot you can do with them. The Particle Lab explains how to customize a particle script and gives lots of examples that you can copy and play with yourself.
The Bromley College Scripting Tutorial: A self-paced introduction to Linden Scripting Language (LSL) - the native language of SL.

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