- About Virtually Olivia -

Welcome to the chronicle of places I go, and events I attend in my Second Life travels. I post lots of photos and landmarks to get to stops I recommend. Most of this blog - but not all - is dedicated to educational builds or places pertaining to education. I am an ardent Second Life traveler, and this blog reflects that. Olivia Hotshot. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr

26 December 2010

stockton is done!

All that is left is to show the client.

stockton

Olivia and Omen - another successful build - and in only 5 days - including Christmas.

22 December 2010

Stockton_12_21_10 Theater


stockton_12_21_10_010.png, originally uploaded by Olivia Hotshot.

stockton_12_21_10


stockton_12_21_10_004.png, originally uploaded by Olivia Hotshot.

theater is near completion, display prims for 13 disabilities are up and ready for media, plans for the small seating area are now set and will be up soon.

20 December 2010

19 December 2010

14 December 2010

Diigo Links 12/15/2010

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

17 November 2010

07 November 2010

VWER 11/4/10


vwer11_4_001, originally uploaded by Olivia Hotshot.

Talking to administrators about immersive education
(don't go dressed like Iggy or me!!! We are the "don'ts")

VWER Meeting


vwer_1-_28_010, originally uploaded by Olivia Hotshot.

Halloween attire was the norm

VWER Meeting


vwer_1-_28_008, originally uploaded by Olivia Hotshot.

Oct 23 - Tips & Tricks for Working In-world
Halloween attire encouraged.

02 November 2010

Diigo Links 11/03/2010


Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

October OpenSim Grid Statistics

To see the full set of stats go to Opensim Grid Stats


2lifeGrid 2lifegrid.game-host.org
3rd Rock Grid site.3rdrockgrid.com
AlphaTowne www.alphatowne.com
Annuna Grid www.annuna.net
AnSky grid.andsim.org
Anubia anubia.servegame.org
AtMeeting Grid grid.atmeeting.com
Austria Grid 62.40.147.45:9060
Avatar Hangout avatarhangout.com
Avination www.avination.net
Craft World craft-world.org
Cybergrid www.cybergrid.de
Dorena's World minden098.server4you.de
eceCloud ececloud.com
Emerald Network www.emeraldnetwork.com
Enclave Harbour e nclaveharbour.com
FrancoGrid www.francogrid.com
FunGrid www.fun-grid.de.tp
GerGrid www.gergrid.net
German Grid www.germangrid.eu
GiantGrid gianttest.no-ip.biz
GovGrid www.govgrid.org
Grand Central Grid www.grandcentralgrid.net
Heritage Key heritage-key.com
Hidden Realm www.hidden-realm.com
Hokie Grid hokiegrid.cs.vt.edu
Hyperica www.hyperica.com
InWorldz inworldz.com
Jamland www.jamland.de
JokaydiaGrid jokaydia.metaverseworlds.com
KorolovGrid grid.korolov.com
Land of Vikings landofvikings.de
Logicamp logicamp.dyndns.org
Meta7 www.meta7.com
MetaverseNexus metaversenexus.com
Metropolis metropolis.hypergrid.org
My First Life www.grabanickel.com
My3dWorld my3dworld.org
MyOpenGrid myopengrid.com
New World Grid www.newworldgrid.com
New Zealand Virtual World Grid www.nzvwg.org
NexXtLife www.nexxtlife.com
NorthGrid northgrid.net
Oasis World oasisgrid.com
Open Kansai os.taf-jp.com
Open Neuland open-neuland.talentraspel.de
OSGrid www.osgrid.org
OSVR wi.tugengine.org
Otherland otherland.dynalias.com
Pirate Grid pirategrid.net
Pixelpeach www.pixelpeach.de
Planet Liberty planet-liberty.de
PMGrid pmgrid.julpet.ath.cx
PrimSim primsim.com
Pseudospace www.pseudospace.net
Psychedelia 62.40.147.45:9061
ReactionGrid www.reactiongrid.com
Role Play Worlds roleplayworlds.net
ScienceSim sciencesim.com
Scorpion Networks www.scorpion-networks.de
Siberspace www.siberspace.org
SIM World sim-world.org
SpotOn 3D spoton3d.com
Tertiary Grid tertiarygrid.com
Tlön www.xn--tln-tna.net
Triton Grid www.tritongrid.com
Twisted Sky twistedsky.net
UFS Grid www.dsgrid.eu
Unica Universe grid.unica.it
VeeSome spoton3d.com
Virtual France www.virtualfrance3d.venez.fr
Virtual Gaming World img8888.com
Virtual RP www.virtual-rp.com
Virtual Univ. of Edinburgh vue.ed.ac.uk
Virtual Worlds Grid www.vwc.selfip.net
VirtualLife www.virtualife.it
Virtyou virtyou.com
Wilder Westen wilder-westen.talentraspel.de
World Galileo galileo.netbreakers.com
World of Eternity (formerly KS Grid) worldofeternity.com
WorldSimTerra www.worldsimterra.com
Your Alternative Life youralternativelife.com
YourSimSpot yoursimspot.com

28 October 2010

AIRE Ville Spatiale

the motion in this piece is simple and lovely.

Turing_Gallery


Turing_Gallery_001.png, originally uploaded by Olivia Hotshot.

the amazing Wizard Gynoid's worlk yet again.

16 October 2010

wizard's build in Burning Man v 2.0


wizard_BM2_001.png, originally uploaded by Olivia Hotshot.

House of Cards

miso's build in SL. My second stop after checking out Wizzy's build.

Oregon Immersive Education Days


oregon_008.png, originally uploaded by Olivia Hotshot.

the mascot for Oregon State University and Wainbrave Bernal

21 September 2010

Diigo Links 09/22/2010


Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

Hyper Grid Open Sim Stats

Hypergrid Business Article details Open Sim Stats

The full chart of the 81 public grids that were active this month, with grid addresses, is located here: September OpenSim Grid Statistics.
September Region Counts

September Region Counts

* OSGrid: 5668 regions
* InWorldz: 531 regions
* Virtual Worlds Grid: 493 regions
* New World Grid: 479 regions
* Metropolis: 289 regions
* Meta7 (K-Grid): 281 regions
* NexXtLife: 267 regions
* FrancoGrid: 195 regions
* WorldSimTerra: 187 regions
* 3rd Rock Grid: 185 regions
* MyOpenGrid: 180 regions
* ReactionGrid: 153 regions
* ScienceSim: 149 regions
* Avination: 126 regions
* Open Neuland: 117 regions
* Virtyou: 98 regions
* Role Play Worlds: 96 regions
* Oasis World: 96 regions
* AlphaTowne: 91 regions
* German Grid: 87 regions
* SpotOn 3D: 85 regions
* NZ Virtual World Grid: 84 regions
* PrimSim: 66 regions
* Avatar Hangout: 63 regions
* SIM World: 62 regions
* Twisted Sky: 61 regions
* SimValley: 59 regions
* PMGrid: 56 regions
* GiantGrid: 55 regions
* Pirate Grid: 52 regions
* Your Alternative Life: 47 regions
* Pseudospace: 47 regions
* Craft World: 47 regions
* Wilder Westen: 47 regions
* Triton Grid: 36 regions
* VeeSome: 33 regions
* NorthGrid: 32 regions
* GerGrid: 31 regions
* Ikincihayatim: 30 regions
* MetaverseNexus: 30 regions
* Tertiary Grid: 29 regions

17 September 2010

Diigo Links 09/18/2010

  • "Camera controls

    In the Viewer's user interface, there's the Camera controls. Like Move, all camera controls have keyboard equivalents. These shortcuts are more complicated than movement controls because they require pressing several keys (and/or the left mouse button) simultaneously, so there's a healthy proportion of Residents using one way or the other — or both.
    "Special keys" keyboard shortcut "Letter keys" keyboard shortcut Mouse-inclusive equivalent
    Change focus point and center it in the Viewer window n/a n/a Alt + left-click
    Zoom camera in Alt+↑ Alt+W Alt + hold left mouse button and drag up
    Zoom camera out Alt+↓ Alt+S Alt + hold left mouse button and drag down
    Zoom in
    (different than "Zoom camera" above, changes view angle, not distance) Ctrl+0 n/a n/a
    Zoom default
    (different than "Zoom camera" above, changes view angle, not distance) Ctrl+9 n/a n/a
    Zoom out
    (different than "Zoom camera" above, changes view angle, not distance) Ctrl+8 n/a n/a
    Orbit up Alt+Ctr+↑ Alt+Ctrl+W Alt+Ctrl + hold left mouse button and drag up
    Orbit down Alt+Ctrl+↓ Alt+Ctrl+S Alt+Ctrl + hold left mouse button and drag down
    Orbit left Alt+Ctrl+← Alt+Ctrl+W Alt+Ctrl + hold left mouse button and drag left
    Orbit right Alt+Ctrl+→ Alt+Ctrlk+S Alt+Ctrl + hold left mouse button and drag right
    Pan up Alt+Ctrl+Shift ⇧+↑ Alt+Ctrl+Shift ⇧+W Alt+Ctrl+Shift ⇧ + hold left mouse button and drag down
    Pan down Alt+Ctrl+Shift ⇧+↓ Alt+Ctrl+Shift ⇧+S Alt+Ctrl+Shift ⇧ + hold left mouse button and drag up
    Pan left Alt+Ctrl+Shift ⇧+← Alt+Ctrl+Shift ⇧+A
    (This conflicts with the shortcut for Debug Avatar Textures) Alt+Ctrl+Shift ⇧ + hold left mouse button and drag right
    Pan right Alt+Ctrl+Shift ⇧+→ Alt+Ctrl+Shift ⇧+D
    (This conflicts with the shortcut for enabling the Advanced menu) Alt+Ctrl+Shift ⇧ + hold left mouse button and drag left

    Another variant of the camera controls is found in Build menu > Focus Tool, where the keyboard shortcuts are different because of the following subtleties in build mode:


Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

14 September 2010

Short Presentation about Building at CLIVE

Avatar Design Using Mesh in Second Life

Read about mesh on the Linden blog:
http://blogs.secondlife.com/community/features/blog/2010/09/14/next-steps-for-mesh-import

Mesh: "allows content created in the mainstream 3D creation tools, such as Maya or Blender, to be imported directly into Second Life, in much the same way that animations and textures can be uploaded today. SL plans to provide support for the Collada file format."

Personally, i believe this is going to change the look and feel of Second Life. Also, importance of art and artistic abilities and artists and visions will be ever more critical in builds and other 3d creations.

I think that's a good thing.




A Brief Look at Second Life Mesh Support

12 September 2010

09 September 2010

Diigo Links 09/10/2010


Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

Terrence Linden


terrence_linden_001, originally uploaded by Olivia Hotshot.

Excellent interview with Terrence Linden at today's VWER meeting. About 70 people in attendance for this event.

26 August 2010

Deconstruction 101


Picture 9.png, originally uploaded by Olivia Hotshot.

tearing down more of CLIVE to ready for the rebuild.
the desk tops are gone!

Diigo Links 08/27/2010


Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.