Virtual Worlds require an avatar to interact with the local environment – a digital representation of yourself. Below is a sample of my friends at International Preparedness Network and their avatars created by Rj Kikuchiyo:
Gallery: SL™ Solution Provider Expo 2010
SPExpo is starting tomorrow, a virtual world trade show for content developers, project management, specialty application providers and more! Come visit at the SLURL in-world. This will be on semi permanent display until further notice.
Happy 2010!! New Years Thoughts
A community of artisans welcoming 2010 with a Samoan fire dance.
E ala e is a Hawaiian phrase which is used in a song to greet the sunrise and enchants the vision of new beginnings. It is roughly translated in common use as “WAKE UP!” and has a deeper meaning, which is explained at this link. Continue reading →
Gallery: HR MS Büffel Long Room in SL™
A customer requested a meeting room for at least 10 avatars with a nautical theme. With some research the Long Room of the museum ship in Rotterdam’s Maritime Museum was chosen. Elegant, stylish, and definitely nautical in flavor, the long room was the perfect setting for meetings in Second Life. Continue reading →
Gallery: USS Helena CA-75 in SL™
The USS Helena was commissioned in 1945. It is a Baltimore Class Heavy Cruiser, or “Pocket Battleship.” Extensive research has been done to faithfully bring this ship to SL. The deck gun is to 1/2 scale, and the model of the whole ship is a sketch for progress tracking. A full size Helena will take about 9 months to work up, to CAD quality detail.
Gallery: Owl’s Head Week 1
Had some time to work on this more, a 1/4 scale section of Maine Downeast Coast, near Rockland. Prim trees were replaced with Linden pines since they are 1 prim each (prim saving factor 8:1)
Gallery: Owl’s Head in SL™
Owl’s Head Maine is South of Rockport and a picturesque little slice of the coast. I thought about it for a while and decided to make not the typical SL-scale build, but one for scenic display, at less than 1/4 scale. This allows for a panorama of the setting without the large real estate investment (between 75-300 USD per month per sim, 256mx256m). Continue reading →
Gallery: Ernestina in SL™ v1.25
The Schooner Ernestina is a turn-of-the-century Grand Banks Fishing vessel, a rare example of the classic vessel used in the age of sail out of New Bedford, Massachusetts. It is a predecessor to the kind of fishing fleet in the movie “The Perfect Storm“, and had to deal with weather of a similar kind in an age when steam power was just beginning to displace these majestic and hand-crafted wood sailing craft.
This version is not yet distributed, as work to reduce prims continues. Geek technocrati: Sculpty prims will replace the existing build where praticable. In turn, this will allow for further detailing the deck hardware, as well as adding the running rigging (particle rope script).
Gallery: Nice Photos by Prandi Capalini!!
I was delighted to see these wonderful photos of my recent work taken by Prandi Capalini on SLUniverse!
