Interesting. I”ll be keeping tag on this and collect info, vid and all regarding Google Lively. Apparently there are great educ potentials for this.
in the meantime, come and visit me at Willow’s World. Currently, Le Petit Prince and the Rose are checking out the view.
great
This is so cool! Another great thank to Cathy Arreguin.
“Welcome to RezEd (BETA), an online hub providing practitioners using virtual worlds with access to the highest quality resources and research in the field to establish a strong network of those using virtual worlds for learning.”
It says that it launched in May, but we are still April 24th and there are already 165 members (I’m 163) and the copyrights start at 2008 for Global Kids Inc., so….creative dating? Anyway, this is really a nice exciting place. Forums, events, discussions, videos, network, ….oh the resources and the possibilities.
mmmmmmm, silly question: where on earth do i embed the badge on this blog?
…after watching “Why Egypt fell” on History Channel.
If the climate change is the reason for the collapse of the great egyptian civilization and that the dramatic drought resulting in the east of the mediterranean region is also responsible for the collapse of Ethopia, and crisis in the south of Greece, 4,000 years ago, + if this catastrophic climate change was a repeat of an older scenario which has desertified Africa into the present Sahara within ONE generation 6000 years ago….would it not be possible that the current climate crisis that we are seeing is a natural cycle (albeit quite possibly hurried by pollution), in which Earth will see again a 3rd ice age for the current cold and temperate countries and a desertification of the current warm and hot areas? Each previous crisis had happened within one generation. Each one was able to see the water disappear, the vegetation die, and the desert take over while the climate became colder in the other regions of the globe. So the next question is, in this natural cycle, what is the trigger that stops the winds to move the air?
Perception, Attention, and the four Theaters of the Brain.
? Neurobiological connection to the real and to the simulated reality and the nature or difference in the respective perception and/or attention of each reality. >>see virtual-reality treatment for acrophobia. The brain learns that the body won’t fall from the wall. Virtual reality treatments work which implies that the brain does not make the difference between the real and a simulated reality. The perception is the reality. (or for StarWars fans, as ObeWan Kanobe’s master says: “your focus is your reality.”) 
How Albert Einstein’s vision transformed our understanding of space and time.
I am still wondering about the implications of space contraction and expansion on time.
Moonriders: facts or fiction. Very nice suspense novel. Very interesting references to theories. Most of all, I really enjoyed Gregory MacAllister’s reflection titbits at the beginning of most chapters.
“The creative act requires both will and intelligence. Breaking things is easy. You only need a hammer.”
http://www.livescience.com/health/080404-bts-drineas.html
“Now, a group of computer scientists, mathematicians, and biologists from around the world have developed a computer algorithm that can quickly trace an individual’s genetic ancestry with only a small sample of their DNA. In fact, the program can trace the genetic ancestry of thousands of individuals in minutes, without any prior knowledge of their background.”
well….at least MY A to Z. I am usually a quick learner…but this thing…..intimidates me a bit. And I’ve got no time to bubble and ponder on how or where I should grab this beast and get started. So here is my dumpsite for my findings and I’ll periodically rearrange the resources in the order they should be (hence A (start with what) to Z (the movie)). This post collects all my readings while figuring out Machinima. This is still not the step-by-step final solution to filming. See “How-to: Record SL Movies” post for that.
Where to find classes and be on top of things/news:
http://machinimalibrarians.blogspot.com
Educational uses of video
http://www.umsl.edu/~tlc/Educast/Curriculum/ed_uses.htm
Machinima Librarians Blog (+Jan27, 08 chatlog, detials of workshop, etc.) http://machinimalibrarians.blogspot.com/2008/01/iste-machinima-workshop-jan-27-2008.html
Machinima Institute in SL: Eduisland 3 60,30,221
>to pick up the instructional slides for in-world quick reminders & the Machinima Starter Kit
Alt-Zoom Theatre: Lukanida 10,10,24
>to pick up the Machinima Starters Kit & try the tool in the theater (full-permissions)
Machinima wiki for software options for screen capture, editing, etc.:
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Machinima
Introduction to Machinima -Cheat Sheets-
http://www.flickr.com/photos/photolibraries/sets/72157603693424324/
Examples
Aimee Weber’s The Making of the Solar System: http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2006/03/her_worlds_her_.html
Wam7c Macchi’s Tibetan Lesson: http://wam7c.blip.tv/#646217
The Tools
Set Building: my booth at Info International
Storyboarding: Atomic StoryBoard Pro (http://movies.atomiclearning.com) -free
(Filming: BuhBuhCuh Fairchild’s Alt-Zoom camera (Lukanida 10,10,24) -free)
Screen-capture: FRAPS: http://www.fraps.com/ -$37
Compress: VirtualDub (free download at http://www.free-codecs.com/download/VirtualDub.htm); loading the FRAPS movie without compressing it straight to jumpcut takes a LONG time
Post-production editing & publishing: jumpcut; microsoft movie maker, blip.tv
Tutorials
How-to: Alt-Zoom Camera http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVzow1-Yh-w
Noob Be Gone Series: Second Life Camera Tutorial by NSS (*) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LMcryDCIYk&feature=related
(*): Contact NSS regarding voice-sync mouth animations of av.
FRAPS video capture: http://www.fraps.com/faq.php#videocap
VirtualDub explanation: http://www.free-codecs.com/download/VirtualDub.htm
See my post “How-to: make movies in SL” for my step-by-step solution. Notice that several tools listed here are not used in my final -and personal- Machinima technique. This is my solution. Others might have other techniques.
March 18, 2008
Jeremy Kemp promptly replied my SLED posting of “How-to: Make SL Movies” with his similar work. This is wonderful. I do wish I had found his post earlier. This would have saved a lot of time. Excerpt:
“…
Please see "Making Machinima in Seven Simple Steps" This slide show outlines the process of creating videos using 3D environments and video capture tools. http://www.slideshare.net/jeremykemp/making-machinima The seven steps: 1) Watch two documentaries; 2) Learn some history; 3) Gather your tools; 4) Choose a 3D platform; 5) Find Actors and Shoot; 6) Edit the Video and add Sound; 7) Distribute it on the ‘Net It explains and promotes the Alt-Zoom toolset among others. --J
(source: https://lists.secondlife.com/pipermail/machinima/2007-November/000182.html)
Record voice straight from SL & during filming:
Set up your voice-mic headset in Control Panel
Set up FRAPS accordingly
pro: good for short segments. Quick and easy
cons: not so good for longer segment / potential for differences in sound quality between different segments in final movie edit.
Post-production:
With standard / customized gestures
*with Audacity: http://youtube.com/watch?v=QBVmFafFatE&feature=related
*with Microsoft Movie Maker: standard post-production edit. Just set FRAPS so that there is no sound recording while recording video. Then in edit, create your audio track and add it to the video segment.
With lip sync technology
*Crazy Talk (http://www.reallusion.com/crazytalk/default.asp; free trial download: http://crazytalk.en.softonic.com/)
*DA Group (demo: http://dagroupplc.com/swf/vms/vms.swf)
Magic:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=AZyBNBW2yjI&feature=related
(lighting, odd angle…)
Shortcuts:
ctrl + alt: camera orbit
ctrl + alt + shift: camera pan
ctrl + 0 (zero): super duper close up on face (prblm with getting back to normal view though)
holding shift while on prim and drag: clone the prim (very useful for setting up waypoints!)
ctrl+alt+D: open Client and Server Menu (useful for setting up video preferences)
fog ratio: preference / advance graf / set it to 10 (prblm with trick: system goes only til 4.0. How did Torley do it?) -very important for clear backdrop for pictures. 10.0 would really be better.
-to archive
-to share
-to get and provide feedback
-to network
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Pictures:
www.flickr.com
Power-Point Presentations:
www.slideshare.net
Videos:
www.YouTube.com
http://blip.tv.com
more to come to complete the list.
LSL Wiki: http://www.lslwiki.net/lslwiki/wakka.php?wakka=HomePage
Second Life: LSL Wiki: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/LSL_Portal
Script Me! http://www.3greeneggs.com/autoscript/
