The proceedings of ASCILITE2015, a major Australian educational technology conference, includes a multi-author analysis of likely reasons for slow adoption of virtual worlds as well as an OpenSim-based occupational medicine simulation by Kitely resident Aaron Griffiths. Aaron is happy to talk about and demo the simulation so let us know if you are interested. LARGE PDF! … [Read more...]
Sign of the Kite Newsletter – 2015 December 11
What’s next for OpenSim?
OpenSim is undergoing a major overhaul with donated code from Avination being merged into the core to give version 0.9 (yes, a major undertaking). This will improve vehicle physics, fix the default sit position issue and allow parcel-level privacy (useful for avoiding chat overlap). Multiple groups are working on web-enabled browsers. Presentations at OSCC15 showed how you … [Read more...]
Kitely goes Var (regions)
Looking for your multi- or mega-region? As of 9th December these will be automatically replaced by VarRegions to improve compatibility with core OpenSim. This may affect OARs, terrain textures and landmarks. Otherwise it should be business as usual. See the Kitely blog for details. The update also fixed issues with searching for certain types of world name, speeded up loading … [Read more...]
It’s Winter
Love it or loathe it, the festive season is upon us and Kitely Market has specially tagged items for Christmas, Winterfest and New Year. Have you decked your halls with boughs of holly? Can we see? Here are some seasonal worlds to explore: Seanchai (Shandon Loring; also live readings of classic tales http://bit.ly/1Y3aMkk) Christmas Island: http://bit.ly/1NW1WFE Winter … [Read more...]