Comments on: Thinking Outside of the Prim http://www.cc-chapman.com/2006/10/26/thinking-outside-of-the-prim/ Ramblings of Boston Based Media Maven C.C. Chapman Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:28:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Giff Constable http://www.cc-chapman.com/2006/10/26/thinking-outside-of-the-prim/#comment-4304 Giff Constable Mon, 30 Oct 2006 16:44:52 +0000 http://www.cc-chapman.com/2006/10/26/thinking-outside-of-the-prim/#comment-4304 I am an uncomfortable historian, because I don't like raining on people's parades. That said, historical context can often be useful! I firmly believe that just because something isn't brand spanking new doesn't mean it should not be done, and improved upon! That's the nature of innovation -- some of the most powerful innovation is either competitive or incremental. It's also kind of funny because even two years ago people would announce -- hey check this out! and Eggy Lippman (avatar name) would write: "good stuff -- FYI so-and-so tried that back in beta." The cry "everything was done in beta" became a running joke. It's not terribly surprising -- Second Life is such a creative engine, so many cool things are being tried all the time. It's fantastic. I am an uncomfortable historian, because I don’t like raining on people’s parades. That said, historical context can often be useful! I firmly believe that just because something isn’t brand spanking new doesn’t mean it should not be done, and improved upon! That’s the nature of innovation — some of the most powerful innovation is either competitive or incremental.

It’s also kind of funny because even two years ago people would announce — hey check this out! and Eggy Lippman (avatar name) would write: “good stuff — FYI so-and-so tried that back in beta.” The cry “everything was done in beta” became a running joke. It’s not terribly surprising — Second Life is such a creative engine, so many cool things are being tried all the time. It’s fantastic.

]]> By: C.C. http://www.cc-chapman.com/2006/10/26/thinking-outside-of-the-prim/#comment-4232 C.C. Fri, 27 Oct 2006 17:28:13 +0000 http://www.cc-chapman.com/2006/10/26/thinking-outside-of-the-prim/#comment-4232 Giff, thanks for sharing that. I can't wait to play with it and cool to know that this has been tried before. With such a huge world it's hard to see everything :) Looks like you have a new title! :) Giff, thanks for sharing that. I can’t wait to play with it and cool to know that this has been tried before. With such a huge world it’s hard to see everything :)

Looks like you have a new title! :)

]]> By: Giff Constable http://www.cc-chapman.com/2006/10/26/thinking-outside-of-the-prim/#comment-4231 Giff Constable Fri, 27 Oct 2006 15:59:25 +0000 http://www.cc-chapman.com/2006/10/26/thinking-outside-of-the-prim/#comment-4231 lol I should continue playing my role of historian ;-) Many moons ago, Linden Lab had a Video Linden avatar that would go around SL and the live video would be streamed to the secondlife.com homepage. It was neat, and tended to be a bit ridiculous as folks really aped it up for the camera in both funny and sometimes not so funny ways. You'll also dig one of our sheeplabs (our tech experimentation group for alpha-state projects) sites where you can not only get a flickr or video stream out of SL but move the avatar through a web interface. http://www.destroytv.com I don't know whether the movement stuff is fully debugged yet. I'm trying to operate the website from the columbus airport and the movement buttons aren't working for me right now, so I have a feeling there are kinks to be solved (hence it's alpha-state sheeplabs lol). lol I should continue playing my role of historian ;-) Many moons ago, Linden Lab had a Video Linden avatar that would go around SL and the live video would be streamed to the secondlife.com homepage. It was neat, and tended to be a bit ridiculous as folks really aped it up for the camera in both funny and sometimes not so funny ways.

You’ll also dig one of our sheeplabs (our tech experimentation group for alpha-state projects) sites where you can not only get a flickr or video stream out of SL but move the avatar through a web interface.

http://www.destroytv.com

I don’t know whether the movement stuff is fully debugged yet. I’m trying to operate the website from the columbus airport and the movement buttons aren’t working for me right now, so I have a feeling there are kinks to be solved (hence it’s alpha-state sheeplabs lol).

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