Second Life and Virtual Worlds
Marriott Hotels has began using VR to take people to destinations around the world. It is much more than just a headset. Marriott presents a full body experience; temperature, humidity, ground texture, and scents.
Learn more here: Marriott hotel brand unveils Oculus Rift technology in New York.
There aren’t that many fashion blogs for guys. This one popped up in Plurk: Pixel Phashion 4 Men. Which it appears from time to time is definitely NSFW. I suppose that is one way to keep guys reading… For guys that want fashion news it is probably a good choice.
This is a famous place in Second Life. If you are wanting to learn about making particles, this is the place to check out. It changes from time to time and different example-devices are used. It also seems to always have the latest information on particles. Visit The Particle Laboratory.
Gaia Clary has posted in-world the following survival guide. You might miss it if you are not a member of the Blender-Avastar Group. So…
The Lindens have a new post in the SL Forum titled: An Update on Several Improvements to Second Life™ (9/30 9:36AM SLT).
The first thing they mention is their changing the viewer from using a list of graphics cards to determine what settings to use to using a benchmark process to test the installed video card. Based on the tests they estimate what the card is capable of doing.
The viewer that has this change is a Project Viewer and can be found here: Second Life RC Viewers. I would call this more of a beta version than an RC version. Whatever it is, the Lindens could use some help testing it, especially if you have one of the newest video cards out.
The AvaStar RC has finally moved out of RC status to final version. You can read the details here: Avastar-1.2 is Out. Gaia is linking to an older video that givs an overview of AvaStar 1.1. I found it surprisingly up to date with the current AvaStar release.
The information on AvaStar 1.2 says it runs on Blender 2.70 and newer.
The listed new changes are:
I find it easier to use YouTube when I want to find a particular AvaStar tutorial. See: Gapa Clary.
Word is out that October 1, 2014 Microsoft will release Windows 10 Beta. This is said to be an early version. It may have features that will not be in the official Release 10 and lack features that may show up in the final release. But, for those that want to see the next Windows, you’ll be able to chase down some form of it tomorrow. See: Microsoft Announces Windows 10.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84NI5fjTfpQ