Opensim Cannon Script
The original script and background information can be found at http://www.schome.ac.uk/wiki/script_cannonball_cannon. Cannon instructions Construct a cannon like structure inside the virtual world (make sure the cannon is phantom) Place the following script in the cannon Cannonball instructions Next, create a physical object that resembles a cannonball and name it “dead_blob” in the virtual world Place the following script in the cannonball Finally, drag the cannonball into the canon’s inventory Click the cannon to fire!...
Jamestown Virtual Learning Environment
The Jamestown Virtual Learning Environment is an immersive learning experience created for middle school students. The environment is based on the OpenSim software and provides middle school teachers with a interactive way to teach colonial history. Essentially, students find themselves on Jamestown island and are required to build a fort and shelter utilizing the resources throughout the land. Students are visited by several native americans throughout their journey. Students and teachers can run the virtual world from a single flash drive. No additional software is...
Opensim – Firearm/Object Launcher Script
Visit http://opensimulator.org/wiki/User:Allen_Kerensky/Myriad_Lite_Preview_5/Firearm for all documentation First, create an object that resembles a firearm or object launcher in the virtual world Place this script inside the gun Next create an object that resembles the desired physical projectile and name it “Myriad Lite Bullet v0.0.3 20110813” Finally, fire your...
SOAS (EDU version) Benchmarks
Below you will find some benchmark statistics from running various virtual worlds on Microsoft Azure’s platform. AZURE VM 2 cores 3.5 GB of Ram The benchmarks below were for a 6 region world with roughly 20 concurrent users creating and navigating the world. 2 of the 6 regions were heavily populated with prims. One region contained the Epic castle OAR. Another contained the Lost City OAR. The last few regions were sandboxes left for students to build in During log-in CPU spiked at 90% After logins completed, memory was steady at 49% CPU during work time varied between 15% and 75% Estimated peak ram 55% AZURE VM 4 cores 7 GB of Ram The benchmarks below were for a 25 region world with roughly 31 concurrent users creating and navigating the world. 14 of the 25 regions were heavily populated with prims. During log-in CPU spiked at 90% After logins completed, memory was steady at 65% CPU during work time varied between 30% and 75% Peak am usage was 93%!! AZURE VM 4 cores 7 GB of Ram (statistics were actually due to a memory leak from a bad script) The benchmarks below were for a 25 region world with roughly 31 concurrent users creating and navigating the world. 14 of the 25 regions were heavily populated with prims. During log-in CPU spiked at 90% After logins completed, memory was steady at 65% CPU during work time varied between 30% and 75% Peak am usage was...
Virtual World Advice for Teachers
The following suggestions were taken from a variety of sources and from my person classroom experiences with virtual worlds. act as a facilitator students learn by doing allow them to explore create a welcome area or foyer to introduce new visitors to the virtual world this area could house virtual world tutorials this area could also host clothing and new avatars create a sandbox where students can build place tutorial videos in world near sandbox and in a general world discuss virtual world citizenship respect other avatars (bullying) respect other people’s property scaffold building activities Start by having students add missing walls to a incomplete structure or house This allows students to master duplicating and moving existing objects to complete a structure Next, have them build their own structure or house Finally, have them recreate a real world or historical object explain the importance of having the students spread out their creations this will avoid lag! consider promoting experts student builders to coach positions make sure the world is interactive and immersive have students use their real names so it’s easier to identify structures...
Enabling Flash in a OpenSim or SOAS Virtual World
To enable flash video in a OpenSim or SOAS Virtual World: Go to http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/ Select your operating system Select the Flash Player for Other Browsers 4. Finally, install the plugin Sometimes, even after Flash installation, videos will still not play. Below you will find some additional troubleshooting that should help with that...