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"Published on 10 Jul 2015 In this 8th tutorial Nara demonstrates how easy it is to make a NPC Mirror. Easy NPC Mirror Kit can be obtained from Nara's Nook Learning Lab: world.narasnook.com:8900:Pandora"

Owen Kelly, Lecturer in Online Media, Arcada University of Applied Sciences, Helsinki talks about: the origins of the idea of virtual worlds in science fiction; the launch of Second Life and what it set out to do; why people want to live a virtual life; buying and selling virtual goods; different identities with avatars; the US tax authorities' interest in gambling in Second Life; how OpenSim evolved as a competitor to Second Life; and the attempts to create a universal software (hyper grids) for virtual worlds.

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Teachers and librarians explore the potential for immersive learning in virtual worlds.

OpenSimulator.org Mega-RegionsThis is a bit of experimental code that developer Teravus has been working on, it allows you to 'merge' regions together into a...

Applying textures in Opensim + other great OpenSim tutorials from this page

Ce film a été réalisé dans le but de faire découvrir l'univers virtuel Second Life à des décideurs qui n'en ont qu'une connaissance "littéraire". This film was build to let french Ceo and top managers discovering the metaverses SL while they have got only some "literary" knowledge of it. Il a été diffusé lors d'une convention le 10 octobre dernier réunissant près de 700 dirigeants français. It was broadcast during a convention October 10th of this year assembling about 700 French leaders. Il aborde les usages professionnels des univers virtuels : réunions à distance, recrutement, e-commerce, e-learning mais aussi expositions culturelles, diffusion de médias, interactions diverses, etc… It mentions the professional customs of the virtual worlds: meetings, recruitment, e-business, e-learning and also art exhibitions, broadcasting of mass media, interactions, etc …