2021年09月17日
SL University
I found that UTSA（University of Texas at San Antonio）has been still there, so I searched SL university again. In earlier times, there were many universities in SL including Japanese ones. There were for not only presentations and exhibitions, but also real studies and lectures in classrooms. Still there are some of them. The below is the Red Wood Pavilion at Stanford University Libraries in Second Life, established in 2009.
SUL: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Stanford%20University%20Libraries/162/227/33
Let me introduce some from the explanation. “Stanford University Libraries was created in October of 2007. The goal is to explore the potential of virtual worlds in the discovery and presentation of information. It also offers support for education and research in the Stanford community, such as hosting or streaming classes into Second Life.”
An autumn-like corner in the above pavilion. There have been many kinds of types in SL universities. Some of them are simulating the real campus and activities for introduction and promotion, but the basic policy might be the same as that of Stanford shown above.
Among the archives, I found pictures of Japanese associates. The middle is the dorm, and the left is the tennis team. Since they have a cup, they could have won some event. It says 1925~26, so they should be the great Senpai of the foreign students from Japan.
Even with the name of “university”, some of them look like a social place, club or bar. This is “Dream River” where I took some pictures.
In the same SIM above. My old gallery had a glass piano that had more than 90 prims. My former boyfriend played it for me. He has not been IN for a long time, I hope he is doing well in RL…
In front of my gallery with glow of the sunset, there were my private beach and pear with yachts at anchor, a simple building made of cubes only but made myself at the least, a cool boyfriend took me along many places… That might be the happiest period in my SL life.
Even now, there are more than 100 landmarks hit under search with the word university. I checked all of them but most of them are not available. Only 10 of them had emblems of university. I miss the age when there are a large number of campuses in SL. I had meant to keep getting materials for my blog by visiting various universities as I had done before…
SUL: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Stanford%20University%20Libraries/162/227/33
Let me introduce some from the explanation. “Stanford University Libraries was created in October of 2007. The goal is to explore the potential of virtual worlds in the discovery and presentation of information. It also offers support for education and research in the Stanford community, such as hosting or streaming classes into Second Life.”
An autumn-like corner in the above pavilion. There have been many kinds of types in SL universities. Some of them are simulating the real campus and activities for introduction and promotion, but the basic policy might be the same as that of Stanford shown above.
Among the archives, I found pictures of Japanese associates. The middle is the dorm, and the left is the tennis team. Since they have a cup, they could have won some event. It says 1925~26, so they should be the great Senpai of the foreign students from Japan.
Even with the name of “university”, some of them look like a social place, club or bar. This is “Dream River” where I took some pictures.
In the same SIM above. My old gallery had a glass piano that had more than 90 prims. My former boyfriend played it for me. He has not been IN for a long time, I hope he is doing well in RL…
In front of my gallery with glow of the sunset, there were my private beach and pear with yachts at anchor, a simple building made of cubes only but made myself at the least, a cool boyfriend took me along many places… That might be the happiest period in my SL life.
Even now, there are more than 100 landmarks hit under search with the word university. I checked all of them but most of them are not available. Only 10 of them had emblems of university. I miss the age when there are a large number of campuses in SL. I had meant to keep getting materials for my blog by visiting various universities as I had done before…
2021年09月13日
Art SIM 2, SnowScape
In the SIM as the last article, I visited the art “Snowscape” by Rebeca bashly. I have taken many photos at Rebeca’s great arts, such as Dante’s Devine Comedy, Circles within Circles, and The Tower. Unfortunately, I was not able to contact her and to have a chance to get her comments this time.
The stage covered by soft snow with dancing Pegasus is so romantic that could be used for a wedding ceremony.
Might be too cold, or the Snow Queen got jealous, I was coming out cold in his arms.
In the fascination of happiness, I was rising to heaven feeling as if I were over the moon, is this not a suitable expression? It is OK for me to go away, but it should be sad for him left behind. I wish I could come together with him at any rate...
Found the beautiful flower that I saw at Rebeca’s Ice Gallery before. Nostalgic! It is one of my joys to shoot pictures wearing clothing that I have seldom chance to use, under the cover of arts.
There were some dark images in the Rebeca’s previous arts, I found myself following my poor taste. But actually it is rather blight world this time, like a snow globe that keeps snowing without shaking
Snowscape: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/TejanoTech/86/39/280
The stage covered by soft snow with dancing Pegasus is so romantic that could be used for a wedding ceremony.
Might be too cold, or the Snow Queen got jealous, I was coming out cold in his arms.
In the fascination of happiness, I was rising to heaven feeling as if I were over the moon, is this not a suitable expression? It is OK for me to go away, but it should be sad for him left behind. I wish I could come together with him at any rate...
Found the beautiful flower that I saw at Rebeca’s Ice Gallery before. Nostalgic! It is one of my joys to shoot pictures wearing clothing that I have seldom chance to use, under the cover of arts.
There were some dark images in the Rebeca’s previous arts, I found myself following my poor taste. But actually it is rather blight world this time, like a snow globe that keeps snowing without shaking
Snowscape: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/TejanoTech/86/39/280
2021年09月09日
ArtSpace
After a long interval, I ran into an art SIM, Tejano Tech that is a part of the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). There are many presentations by various artists. I was not able to find any explanatory note for the arts, so I cannot see the title or background, but I found several famous names who took an active part at UWA and LEA projects.
There is a free-ride glider by Ballyhoo for flying around freely, bit it was hard to shoot SS while flying.
It looks like the glider by Wright Brothers. It can be controlled freely, but the sitting posture is awesome.
An art by Artistide Despres. In slowly rotating cubes, a figure is dancing passionately.
Beside the moving pictures, it might be interesting to see a snap shot that cut out an instant of a pitching and tossing object. While searching photo opportunities, I took snapshots tens of times.
The body with specular reflection has an athlete type shape that is my dream. It could be seen in the movie “The Terminator”. I looked for the mirror skin, but was not able to find. If it were possible to put on an avatar, please let me know.
Ar Space: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/TejanoTech/110/39/67
There is a free-ride glider by Ballyhoo for flying around freely, bit it was hard to shoot SS while flying.
It looks like the glider by Wright Brothers. It can be controlled freely, but the sitting posture is awesome.
An art by Artistide Despres. In slowly rotating cubes, a figure is dancing passionately.
Beside the moving pictures, it might be interesting to see a snap shot that cut out an instant of a pitching and tossing object. While searching photo opportunities, I took snapshots tens of times.
The body with specular reflection has an athlete type shape that is my dream. It could be seen in the movie “The Terminator”. I looked for the mirror skin, but was not able to find. If it were possible to put on an avatar, please let me know.
Ar Space: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/TejanoTech/110/39/67
2014年05月16日
Pyramid 3
I did not mention it considering someone might visit this URL shown here that there are many gizmos like dungeons in adventure games. Some walkway will move, and some marks on floor should not be stepped on. But if you have done some games, it might be easy to manage them. These tables go down if you did not go through quickly.
Pyramid: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Kalepa/97/137/1966
The things wiggling around are all scorpions, but they do not do any harm here.
A coffin opens and this comes out. I would not be frightened if I am a skeleton too.
Some mummy or bats are following you. They do nothing though.
The goal is a coffin of the king. The lid opens automatically. Golden décor is dazzling. How was the excitement of the person who found this in RL at the first time?
There is a palace outside the pyramid, teleporting from the king’s tomb.
There is a gorgeous beauty at the reception. I cannot be equal to her with the outside, so I tried to have a match with the inside. Unfortunately this lady can be seen only from front side and it was impossible to see her profile.
The inside of the pyramid with the shell removed. We will walk through it from the entrance on the right.
Under structure seen from below. This is set on a skybox and there is no water under the surface. I have visited several pyramids in SL but this one was the most interesting. Thank you Aska^-^
Pyramid: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Kalepa/97/137/1966
The things wiggling around are all scorpions, but they do not do any harm here.
A coffin opens and this comes out. I would not be frightened if I am a skeleton too.
Some mummy or bats are following you. They do nothing though.
The goal is a coffin of the king. The lid opens automatically. Golden décor is dazzling. How was the excitement of the person who found this in RL at the first time?
There is a palace outside the pyramid, teleporting from the king’s tomb.
There is a gorgeous beauty at the reception. I cannot be equal to her with the outside, so I tried to have a match with the inside. Unfortunately this lady can be seen only from front side and it was impossible to see her profile.
The inside of the pyramid with the shell removed. We will walk through it from the entrance on the right.
Under structure seen from below. This is set on a skybox and there is no water under the surface. I have visited several pyramids in SL but this one was the most interesting. Thank you Aska^-^
2011年11月01日
UWA 3D Arts
The final series of UWA 3D Art Challenge that has been held every month. This time there were ninety nine applicants.
UWA: http://slurl.com/secondlife/UWA/91/128/248
The first one that caught my eye was this one, "Sea Horse Merry Go Round" by Alizarin Goldflake. The mermaid is me. The gazebo uses 22 prims, and the sea horse is only 20 prims.
It lets me ride, a bit rugged though. It reminds me of the flyable Shachihoko (tiger fish monument on the roof in old Japanese buildings) circulated at Edo SIM. I think I still have it.
There are many paintings this time, but as 3D arts, many of them have some trick. "Drawn to the dream" by Spiral Silverstar. The wavelet and reflection are moving elegantly.
There are some pictures made of several thin layers that provide different picture according to the view angle. This is "Look at me" by Ha Imako. This is rotating slowly and a sharp picture comes out suddenly when all layers become in line.
This could be the first time to see nude photos in this challenge. "Wheatfield Collection Exposed" by Dusty Canning. Thirty beautiful nude photos are presented one by one. Among pictures of avatars, surprisingly one of them is real. Although I got permission to shoot SS, I hesitate to put it here. Please visit the site.
There are many arts that let audiences enter to view them. This is "Big Winter" by Miso Susanowa. This is similar to "White room of visual disorientation" at University of Southern Denmark. Only this figure is set in a white-outed zone. It looked cold and I wore a ski ware.
This is also in a space. "The Quantum Encabulator" (cannot see the meaning ; ;) by Thoth Jantzen. Later I found that the person standing next to me when shooting was the artist himself. I should have asked the meaning! Dots of light and fine lines fly away and create feeling that my body is also in flight.
There are many spaces with moving background. This is "The Wild Wild World of Illusion" by Razorz & Olga Soulstar. The ground, trees, and cactus are flying away, and the background is also moving. The stage coach with horses in running animation and curl of a cloud of dust create a feeling of speeding.
"In Dreams" by Blue Tsuki. On beds in line, there is something like souvenirs. Are they commemoratives of the deceased? Each bed has various pose balls.
The picture of dog on the left bed is moving. On the right bed, a boat is rotating. I wore a nurse uniform, but it might be better with mourning attire.
One of the jouful things in this event is that there are many arts that allow audience enter and see inside. This is "Salvation or............" by Toughlove Sabra. When standing in front of it, you are struck by lightning. To shoot the lightning was not so easy since it is impossible to wait for it with shutter opened as in RL.
A litthe long animation, be shocked, wobble, fall down, throw out chest, and go limp. It may be an original animation. There is a branch shop(?) of Angel next door, where you can get revived.
"Death dance" by Nexuno Thespian. It may depict the harm of smoking. The artist put features such as a shade of human in the smoke and the stub made as a corpse, but I laid down frivorously, which may ruin the art. Sorry for that.
"The Witches Workplace Health and Safety" by Faery Sola. Stood on it for mother’s help, but this also could profane the art. Please forgive me since I voted for it.
When I am shooting SSs, I am selecting the camera angle to get one-point perspective projection, but it was impossible in this case. "Wonderland Hall" by Ginger Lorakeet. As you see on the right, it intentionally disarrange the perspective. I would like to see more like this in 3D arts utilizing this effect, like the world of Escher, as the one introduced before, “Behind columns” by Harter Fall.
The last but not the least, "Too Much Caffeine" by Thoth Jantzen. This is the largest and most beautiful kaleidoscope that I ever saw in SL. The artist said "This work is the result of a combination of insomnia, an overactive imagination, a compulsion to build, and too much coffee". He is the artist of "The Quantum Encabulator". In time to rhythmical music, colors are changing dizzyingly. Various patterns can be seen by changing position and it keeps amuse us until getting giddy or taking too much coffee.
From slow change to speedy flowing, the variation is so much that I cannot tell whether it is random or not.
Inside of the right ball, there is another pattern. There was a scene like busy traffic in a futuristic city but I missed to shoot it and it did not come back again.
After a series of aggressive movement, it makes gentle pattern for a while. It reminded me of my childhood watching an advertising tower with electric spectaculars. I was reluctant to move until all patterns were repeated.
Thank the UWA 3D Art Challenge and all artists, for letting us enjoy for long period. Please hold another wonderful event in future!
UWA: http://slurl.com/secondlife/UWA/91/128/248
The first one that caught my eye was this one, "Sea Horse Merry Go Round" by Alizarin Goldflake. The mermaid is me. The gazebo uses 22 prims, and the sea horse is only 20 prims.
It lets me ride, a bit rugged though. It reminds me of the flyable Shachihoko (tiger fish monument on the roof in old Japanese buildings) circulated at Edo SIM. I think I still have it.
There are many paintings this time, but as 3D arts, many of them have some trick. "Drawn to the dream" by Spiral Silverstar. The wavelet and reflection are moving elegantly.
There are some pictures made of several thin layers that provide different picture according to the view angle. This is "Look at me" by Ha Imako. This is rotating slowly and a sharp picture comes out suddenly when all layers become in line.
This could be the first time to see nude photos in this challenge. "Wheatfield Collection Exposed" by Dusty Canning. Thirty beautiful nude photos are presented one by one. Among pictures of avatars, surprisingly one of them is real. Although I got permission to shoot SS, I hesitate to put it here. Please visit the site.
There are many arts that let audiences enter to view them. This is "Big Winter" by Miso Susanowa. This is similar to "White room of visual disorientation" at University of Southern Denmark. Only this figure is set in a white-outed zone. It looked cold and I wore a ski ware.
This is also in a space. "The Quantum Encabulator" (cannot see the meaning ; ;) by Thoth Jantzen. Later I found that the person standing next to me when shooting was the artist himself. I should have asked the meaning! Dots of light and fine lines fly away and create feeling that my body is also in flight.
There are many spaces with moving background. This is "The Wild Wild World of Illusion" by Razorz & Olga Soulstar. The ground, trees, and cactus are flying away, and the background is also moving. The stage coach with horses in running animation and curl of a cloud of dust create a feeling of speeding.
"In Dreams" by Blue Tsuki. On beds in line, there is something like souvenirs. Are they commemoratives of the deceased? Each bed has various pose balls.
The picture of dog on the left bed is moving. On the right bed, a boat is rotating. I wore a nurse uniform, but it might be better with mourning attire.
One of the jouful things in this event is that there are many arts that allow audience enter and see inside. This is "Salvation or............" by Toughlove Sabra. When standing in front of it, you are struck by lightning. To shoot the lightning was not so easy since it is impossible to wait for it with shutter opened as in RL.
A litthe long animation, be shocked, wobble, fall down, throw out chest, and go limp. It may be an original animation. There is a branch shop(?) of Angel next door, where you can get revived.
"Death dance" by Nexuno Thespian. It may depict the harm of smoking. The artist put features such as a shade of human in the smoke and the stub made as a corpse, but I laid down frivorously, which may ruin the art. Sorry for that.
"The Witches Workplace Health and Safety" by Faery Sola. Stood on it for mother’s help, but this also could profane the art. Please forgive me since I voted for it.
When I am shooting SSs, I am selecting the camera angle to get one-point perspective projection, but it was impossible in this case. "Wonderland Hall" by Ginger Lorakeet. As you see on the right, it intentionally disarrange the perspective. I would like to see more like this in 3D arts utilizing this effect, like the world of Escher, as the one introduced before, “Behind columns” by Harter Fall.
The last but not the least, "Too Much Caffeine" by Thoth Jantzen. This is the largest and most beautiful kaleidoscope that I ever saw in SL. The artist said "This work is the result of a combination of insomnia, an overactive imagination, a compulsion to build, and too much coffee". He is the artist of "The Quantum Encabulator". In time to rhythmical music, colors are changing dizzyingly. Various patterns can be seen by changing position and it keeps amuse us until getting giddy or taking too much coffee.
From slow change to speedy flowing, the variation is so much that I cannot tell whether it is random or not.
Inside of the right ball, there is another pattern. There was a scene like busy traffic in a futuristic city but I missed to shoot it and it did not come back again.
After a series of aggressive movement, it makes gentle pattern for a while. It reminded me of my childhood watching an advertising tower with electric spectaculars. I was reluctant to move until all patterns were repeated.
Thank the UWA 3D Art Challenge and all artists, for letting us enjoy for long period. Please hold another wonderful event in future!
2011年10月25日
Univ. of Newcastle
A university in East Australia. A simple one using only one SIM and this is the only class room.
University of Newcastle: http://slurl.com/secondlife/University%20of%20Newcastle/110/185/28
Could be a part of the university, there is a village in a sky box. It seems a habitation of native tribes. I knew that Aborigine has very nice art, so looked after some folk clothing. I have gathered many kinds of ethnic costumes but none for Australian. I found on the net that there is no native costume for Australia, and they were embarrassed when there was a summit conference. To stretch a point, it could be a red loincloth, headband and white paint on body. In any case, Aborigine does not like to be imitated, so that could be a reason why there is none in SL.
There are several animations such as milking or potter's wheel. There is an animation for washing feet. Is it for footman or for a fat lady who cannot reach for her foot?
There is a slit on a tent that makes easy to look out... no way. The tent is phantom and can stick out body freely. With this look, I have some breasts.
University of Newcastle: http://slurl.com/secondlife/University%20of%20Newcastle/110/185/28
Could be a part of the university, there is a village in a sky box. It seems a habitation of native tribes. I knew that Aborigine has very nice art, so looked after some folk clothing. I have gathered many kinds of ethnic costumes but none for Australian. I found on the net that there is no native costume for Australia, and they were embarrassed when there was a summit conference. To stretch a point, it could be a red loincloth, headband and white paint on body. In any case, Aborigine does not like to be imitated, so that could be a reason why there is none in SL.
There are several animations such as milking or potter's wheel. There is an animation for washing feet. Is it for footman or for a fat lady who cannot reach for her foot?
There is a slit on a tent that makes easy to look out... no way. The tent is phantom and can stick out body freely. With this look, I have some breasts.
2011年10月22日
Medical School 2
There is a program in which if students forget to wash their hands before visiting a patient, their investigation is halted. The right is a fire extinguisher that is located at many places. Is there a training program for that?
Medical School: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Medical%20School/101/99/23
A corridor just like a real hospital (matter of course). This might be a model of real one.
The ceiling is transparent from the top and whole layout can be seen from the gangway. There is no handrail so it is easy to fall down.
There is a beautiful townscape outside of the hospital. The floating construction is a cluster of hospital rooms. A pier is on the left, which is common in California. On the real ones, there are a lot of shops and is busy at night. Sorry to say, there is nothing in these buildings.
Medical School: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Medical%20School/101/99/23
A corridor just like a real hospital (matter of course). This might be a model of real one.
The ceiling is transparent from the top and whole layout can be seen from the gangway. There is no handrail so it is easy to fall down.
There is a beautiful townscape outside of the hospital. The floating construction is a cluster of hospital rooms. A pier is on the left, which is common in California. On the real ones, there are a lot of shops and is busy at night. Sorry to say, there is nothing in these buildings.
2011年10月20日
Medical School
Close to the JPL SIM, there was a virtual medical training center. Managed by Imperial Collage London, Department of Biosurgery and Surgical Technology. Beautiful buildings not like a hospital.
Medical School: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Medical%20School/101/99/23
Pioneering work on surgical skills through simulation, virtual reality, telemedicine and robotic surgery, established in 2009. The theme would be "Can Second Life help teach doctors to treat patients?" At first, the visitor is asked to change clothing to free uniform at this changing room next to the entrance.
Reception desk? The chair takes 54 prims. There are plenty of basic prims used for the medical machines, so it is good that there is little lag to read them.
I learned that the corner of patient is called "bay". The right might be doctor's round visits. Trainees wear a different uniform.
Operating room? The white box in the air will show the name and function of the machine by touching it. The explanation document says, "These prospective doctors are treating virtual patients in Second Life. The third-year med students are taking part in a pilot program for game-based learning, which educators believe can be a stimulating change from lectures and textbooks."
Medical School: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Medical%20School/101/99/23
Pioneering work on surgical skills through simulation, virtual reality, telemedicine and robotic surgery, established in 2009. The theme would be "Can Second Life help teach doctors to treat patients?" At first, the visitor is asked to change clothing to free uniform at this changing room next to the entrance.
Reception desk? The chair takes 54 prims. There are plenty of basic prims used for the medical machines, so it is good that there is little lag to read them.
I learned that the corner of patient is called "bay". The right might be doctor's round visits. Trainees wear a different uniform.
Operating room? The white box in the air will show the name and function of the machine by touching it. The explanation document says, "These prospective doctors are treating virtual patients in Second Life. The third-year med students are taking part in a pilot program for game-based learning, which educators believe can be a stimulating change from lectures and textbooks."
2011年10月09日
UWA Award
Visited the UWA September round announcement of winners. This is the 11th of 12 monthly rounds for the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge. October will be the final monthly round and this is followed by the Grand Finale across the month of November. Monthly awards of L$100,000, and the total year awards of L$1,400,000! Since all this started in August 2009 more than 400 artists from more than 40 countries have been involved. There were 65 entries for September round. All photos of arts can be seen at the URL below, but it is recommended to see them at the site since many of them are moving.
https://picasaweb.google.com/101346148377346006512/UWA3DOpenArtsChallengeSeptember2011
UWA: http://slurl.com/secondlife/UWA/65/130/249
The stage was simply set at a corner of the usual gallery with some balloons. Together with the top price announcement, they were released and flew away like all guests from the world returning home. I was reading the chat intently and missed to shoot the release moment and balloons flying away into the sky. This 3D Art Challenge will end with the final October round, but the gallery will remain and there will be some event commemorating 100 anniversary of UWA. Now a new Full-SIM art series has started. Let me introduce them next time.
https://picasaweb.google.com/101346148377346006512/UWA3DOpenArtsChallengeSeptember2011
UWA: http://slurl.com/secondlife/UWA/65/130/249
The stage was simply set at a corner of the usual gallery with some balloons. Together with the top price announcement, they were released and flew away like all guests from the world returning home. I was reading the chat intently and missed to shoot the release moment and balloons flying away into the sky. This 3D Art Challenge will end with the final October round, but the gallery will remain and there will be some event commemorating 100 anniversary of UWA. Now a new Full-SIM art series has started. Let me introduce them next time.
2011年07月01日
University of Idaho
Many SL universities seem to have started from building appearance. This clock tower is just like the SL one. But it is like a movie set and nothing inside. There are six SIMs including annex, but not so much function I saw.
University of Idaho: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Idahonia/138/235/37
A building for commons. There are so many gray surface that I thought it was reading delay. This SS was taken for the most monotonous picture.
There is a school room in skybox. The main building with wall only can be seen below. Successfully I got in touch with a manager of the university and he kindly offered me Friend, but it has been hard to see each other due to the time difference. Anyway it seems that there are few activities now.
It is the first time for me to see a raising hand animation. It will be very effective when there are many attendants.
There were several spots where I fall down. An octopus was there. I thought it was some error but there was a sign, “Fell into the water? Click here to teleport to the commons.” Could it be a tricky pit?
University of Idaho: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Idahonia/138/235/37
A building for commons. There are so many gray surface that I thought it was reading delay. This SS was taken for the most monotonous picture.
There is a school room in skybox. The main building with wall only can be seen below. Successfully I got in touch with a manager of the university and he kindly offered me Friend, but it has been hard to see each other due to the time difference. Anyway it seems that there are few activities now.
It is the first time for me to see a raising hand animation. It will be very effective when there are many attendants.
There were several spots where I fall down. An octopus was there. I thought it was some error but there was a sign, “Fell into the water? Click here to teleport to the commons.” Could it be a tricky pit?
