OpenSim

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This series of posts is intended to be a comprehensive look at the use and development of Virtual Worlds on Open Source technologies in Schools

Overview of the state of virtual worlds in education.

Connecting Real and Virtual Worlds

Lumiya Viewer is a Second Life and OpenSim grid client for Android phones and tablets.

Description of how to export from Autodesk to OpenSim and Second Life.

A brief history of virtual world interoperability efforts including MMOX, OGP, VWRAP, Cable Beach, and the new push to bring them all together.

A comparison between Second Life and OpenSim

OpenSim collaborative region and buildings. Freeswitch instructions.

See some magnificent head shaking by Tommi Hollström, CTO Evocativi. I wonder how their head tracking code, compiled in collaboration with Playsign, would work with Lord playing Hard Rock Hallelujah - dig out your webcams!"

Staff ICT trainer at an independent K-12 school who had explored Quest Atlantis, OpenSim and Second Life Teen Grid. She has just esablished virtual 3D space for their school with OpenSim + ReactionGrid.

Wiki on OpenSim Tutorials

need i say more?

Running OpenSim and Imprudence on a USB Key

Index of Hypergrid Locations.

Installing OpenSim on Windows XP with MySQL

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

Good tool for accessibility or teaching students to read.

Let-Us-Learn is an international project that aims to investigate the potential of a 3D virtual learning environment (3DVLE) designed to engage learners in collaborative, creative problem solving activities in which numeracy, literacy, life skills and creative activities are embedded in a motivating game-like environment. The general idea is make OpenSim technology into a learning environment for students in countries such as South Africa and Uganda (among others). Teaching everything from farming techniques and household economics, to multiplication tables.

Have you ever had enough to create shortcuts again and again on your desktop, type and retype the login URIs again and again ? Just put them to the trash and install OpenSim Launcher ! Now you can choose the grid you want to connect to among dozens of others, and choose the viewer you want to use among Second Life viewer and RealXtend ! Never retype your avatar name again ! It reminds them for you. You may have different avatar names on each grid. Just select the grid and the corresponding avatar name shows up ! Your passwords are never stored anywhere for more security. You can also clear your stored identities.

This is a community of educators commenting on: Do you use OpenSim in your teaching? How?