Comments on OpenSim on USB Stick Chosen Over Google SketchUp for Real World Product Placement ProjectTypePad2012-04-13T09:03:26ZSLHamlethttps://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2012/04/opensim-on-stick-used-for-rl-product-placement/comments/atom.xml/Ener commented on 'OpenSim on USB Stick Chosen Over Google SketchUp for Real World Product Placement Project'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef01630434f27b970d2012-04-15T16:13:16Z2013-05-08T06:55:22ZEnerhttp://iliveisl.comw00t! nice post Hamlet and yay for my subQuark! *very proud gloating* sim-on-a-stick has been downloaded about 8,441 times since...<p>w00t! nice post Hamlet and yay for my subQuark! *very proud gloating*</p>
<p>sim-on-a-stick has been downloaded about 8,441 times since it came online back in december of 2010 and it very much has been a collaborative thing but clearly by a tiny niche within a niche!</p>
<p>on the SoaS site there is a link to blog posts (like subbie said above) and that should be helpful to see use cases and mods to it</p>
<p>one thing David did not mention was the cost of the project - $250K! a lot of that was because it involved physical site checking and a certified accuracy of one inch for each of the 100 lobbies! but it was a company project, not big $$$ directly to subQ</p>David Miller commented on 'OpenSim on USB Stick Chosen Over Google SketchUp for Real World Product Placement Project'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef01630433bf62970d2012-04-15T13:51:27Z2013-05-08T06:55:22ZDavid Millerhttp://subquark.comThank you Hamlet, nice piece about what was a very fun project. The viewer can 100% be run from the...<p>Thank you Hamlet, nice piece about what was a very fun project.</p>
<p>The viewer can 100% be run from the stick, however, it will try to look at your User > Application Data folder for viewer config files. That's only an issue if you only want the SoaS localhost and OSGrid in the Imprudence 1.3.2 grid manager.</p>
<p>I use Imp 1.3.2 because it is simple and for complete newbs, it is easy to get them up to speed.</p>
<p>Dave - you are correct, this was only used as a 3D application for doing screenshots and video - no concurrency. Although, SoaS can be configured to allow a class to network into one stick.</p>
<p>The stick is a "live" USB meaning it is running as a server - Apache, MySQL, PHP, and OpenSim.</p>
<p>Ener Hax has the site <a href="http://simonastick.com" rel="nofollow">http://simonastick.com</a> in which she keeps SoaS up to date and most helpful is the link to "blog posts" for how people have extended it, etc.</p>
<p>OpenSim used like this is just an easy 3D app that can be taught to anyone in a matter of hours. The trade off for photo-realism is that someone can build representative models that get 80% of the concept across.</p>
<p>While Unity would be much nicer, I know that I could not teach anyone Blender in a day!</p>
<p>YouTube is the number one eLearning source in the world and it's all about content and not slick presentation - I'll leave that to the Robert Jackson's of the world!</p>Graham Mills commented on 'OpenSim on USB Stick Chosen Over Google SketchUp for Real World Product Placement Project'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef01676519335d970b2012-04-14T12:29:01Z2013-05-08T06:55:22ZGraham MillsIt's normally called SoaS, I believe.<p>It's normally called SoaS, I believe.</p>Dave Bell commented on 'OpenSim on USB Stick Chosen Over Google SketchUp for Real World Product Placement Project'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef016304215eb7970d2012-04-14T03:56:14Z2013-05-08T06:55:22ZDave BellMy reading is that they create images and videos to show to customers, rather than having them visit the OpenSim...<p>My reading is that they create images and videos to show to customers, rather than having them visit the OpenSim world. But I also see a couple of different levels of "customer". There's the marketing company, who employs the contractors to produce the images, etc., and there is the product company. I can see the marketing company having staff who could benefit from walk-through access, to get a better advertising display.</p>Desdemona Enfield commented on 'OpenSim on USB Stick Chosen Over Google SketchUp for Real World Product Placement Project'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef0168ea13422b970c2012-04-13T21:08:21Z2013-05-08T06:55:22ZDesdemona Enfieldhttp://aetherialplane.blogspot.com/Hi Doug, Some versions include imprudence. The startup script runs the viewer as well. Desde<p>Hi Doug,</p>
<p>Some versions include imprudence. The startup script runs the viewer as well.</p>
<p>Desde</p>Douglas Story commented on 'OpenSim on USB Stick Chosen Over Google SketchUp for Real World Product Placement Project'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef0163041c87cf970d2012-04-13T19:47:40Z2013-05-08T06:55:22ZDouglas StoryDoes the SL client also live on the stick? Or does the client have to be installed on the customer's...<p>Does the SL client also live on the stick? Or does the client have to be installed on the customer's computer in order to demonstrate the build?</p>foneco zuzu commented on 'OpenSim on USB Stick Chosen Over Google SketchUp for Real World Product Placement Project'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef0163041ac7c5970d2012-04-13T17:59:45Z2013-05-08T06:55:22Zfoneco zuzuAnd its so simple and easy to use it as the name says. http://simonastick.com/ And btw: http://metaverseink.com/blog/?p=357 Vivox is not...<p> And its so simple and easy to use it as the name says.<br />
<a href="http://simonastick.com/" rel="nofollow">http://simonastick.com/</a><br />
And btw:<br />
<a href="http://metaverseink.com/blog/?p=357" rel="nofollow">http://metaverseink.com/blog/?p=357</a><br />
Vivox is not longer SL exclusive:)</p>