On Monday I wrote about Lumiya, the app that runs SL on Android phones and tablets, and now here's Wolden Avro taking it for a test drive on a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1:
Frame rate and display ain't super great, but as Lumiya creator Alina Lyvette told me, it's not about creating a full immersive experience, but "more about getting rid of that feeling of being blind and stuck" while running SL on a mobile device. For that matter, while I like the ability to pan the camera with the touchscreen, that's also immersion breaking, in my opinion: The effect makes it less about being in a virtual world, and more about looking through a world behind a layer of glass.
Go here to get the Lumiya for your own Android. And if you're inclined to shoot a demo video like Mr. Avro above, please send me the YouTube link, I'd love to see.
Thanks to Ms. Alicia Chenaux for passing along the link!
I am also truly on top of the virtual world with this app on my samsung galaxy 10.1
I see so many uppertunities indeed when you are on the road you can still be part of an event inworld.
Also as organizer of reallife virtual world events I can easily walk around the room virtual and realmto great and keep an eye.
This is really heavenly. Even though had to create a special avie for it as my oldie has a heavy suitecase to carry with / download.
And yes sorry as a female hope we can soon make a choice or wil automatic have a female siluet.
But realy a heavily app...
Hope and wish all best of luck with development....
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Posted by: JoJa Dhara | Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at 12:47 PM
I loaded it on my Transformer TF201. No great shakes, but it does run. Great when you can't get inworld on your computer, but not something I would use for everyday fun.
That being said, I'm glad to have it and it's great for when you need inworld but can't otherwise. Props to the Lumiya folks for this!
Posted by: Puck | Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at 01:12 PM
Can Lumiya be used to access Opensim grids? Or is it just for accessing SL?
Posted by: Pathfinder | Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at 02:10 PM
Just SL at the moment.
Posted by: Graham Mills | Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at 10:45 PM
gpad g10 is a nice pad,but I still want a windows 8 pad
Posted by: summbrid | Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 01:04 AM
Anyone tried it on the latest Asus EEE Pad with Tegra 3 processor?
Posted by: connie Arida | Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 03:34 AM
I think this is interesting but I agree that even now in this v low frame per sec prototype stage that video alone illustrates how immersion breaking using a touch screen could be to navigate a virtual space.
Perhaps it might be better to do a virtual d pad type thing.. kinda like Epic Citadel, but even then I think it degrades the core user experience
Posted by: Dizzy Banjo | Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 09:50 AM
I tried it and it works just like it should. It is not meant to replace or be a full SL client. I could see it being used by many people and if it could do some basic interaction like "touch" I could see people doing things like hitting there fave MM boards on vacation.
I could see me using it to go to Linden office hours to tell them they need to make SL run on more basic computers and bring back last names LOL
Posted by: jdtrue writer | Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 10:12 AM
I have to correct my self it has "Touch" and even "Pay" just not in the 3D view but easy to use so you could hit an MM board now and even pay rent or even buy something.
Posted by: jdtrue writer | Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 02:07 PM
I managed to get Lumiya to work on my low-end Acer Liquid Express retardo-phone. Logged into SL over my home WiFi connection. It took a while to load up textures. Two things I noticed:
1] My avatar was a grey droid blob the whole time. Does Lumiya download avatar textures, shapes and attachments?
2] Animated textures, glow, lighting and particles seem to be a no-go.
Other than that it's a very useful little app. Definitely an improvement over the Mobile Grid Client.
Posted by: Alazarin | Friday, May 18, 2012 at 01:17 AM
So, I am thinking, "Next year this time...where will this software be, and the tablets? Be patient. I think. It's coming." Are Tablets the Breakthrough Virtual Worlds Need? Tech Editor Mitch Wagner and Me Debate...."We're almost there."
Posted by: Recka Wuyts | Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 09:21 AM
Samsung Galaxy Tablet is a nice one, thank you for your share. I do like to watch DVD on Galaxy Tab. so I need to convert DVD to Galaxy Tab sometimes.
it is a little borther, do you have any solution?
Posted by: Yilia | Monday, October 08, 2012 at 08:41 PM
to bad it isn't a free app. or i would try it out for sure
Posted by: stef | Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 09:03 AM