Undersea Observatory Available for Download and Featured at VWBPE
Version 0.9 of my Undersea Observatory for OpenSim is available for download. It’s available as a standalone OAR, which can be imported into your own OpenSim server, or another OpenSim host like Kitely. There’s also a standalone version packaged with Sim-on-a-Stick that you can basically just unzip and run. I’ve noticed a few bugs already in the sim, which I’ll fix. The permissions seem to be incorrect for the mini-submarine, so I don’t think visiting avatars can use it. Somehow my install got corrupted, and I can’t even modify the submarines, so I’ll have to figure something out. And I’m still working on scripting the squid and the kiosks, so I removed those from this version. They will be added in the 1.0 release.
I have a poster session exhibit set up at the VWBPE 2012 Conference, too, which is running from March 15-17: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/EduCommons%20Bravo/84/41/26
UPDATE 2012-03-16: My exhibit was nominated for the award for Best Example of Educational Practices in a Virtual World!
Justin–
It’s a great region. I am currently hosting it as our Virtual Islands for Biology Education (VIBE) grid’s showcase OAR. If you or anyone want to visit, go to our HQ grid and then click the poster that says OAR Showcase and it will take you there. Directions for registering an avatar at our grid or hypergriding in are found on our wiki.
Cheers.
Stephen Xootfly in SL and Opensim grids.
I just downloaded the file and took a wonder around. It’s lovely. We will definitely surprise our students one of these days. Thank you.
Thank you! I’m glad you like it, and hope your students do, too.