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Engadget Previews Playstation "Move" Motion Controller

Posted Wed, 03/10/2010 - 21:07 by Michael


Image courtesy of Engadget.

Engadget just put up an article with pictures and a video showcasing Sony's version of motion control. From using them, they seem light, have a main and sub-controller, and shiny glowing orbs on the top that seem to change color. It's still in development, and it shows when they are playing a demo. The demo, according to Engadget, wasn't as precise as Wiimotes, and the refresh rate was slower as well. These controllers are scheduled to be released this fall.

Netiquette for Virtual Worlds.

Posted Sun, 03/07/2010 - 23:12 by Michael


Image courtesy of Penny Arcade, check them out!

Article continued after the break.

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Posted Mon, 01/18/2010 - 12:23 by Michael

A preview of CKeditor Full

I just installed an editor for text boxes. You'll see it when you reply to comments, (write articles, create blog entries), etc. You can check it out by replying to this article. ;)

Affect of ports

Posted Tue, 12/22/2009 - 18:26 by Michael
Here's an example of what happens when an app is running but the ports are blocked.



What you see on the left is the instance running on my Home computer. On the right is my session from the office (using LogMeIn.)

Clean URLs

Posted Mon, 12/21/2009 - 21:46 by Michael
Clean URLs are working, additionally, that seems to have fixed the double login issue as well. Please try logging in and report whether you have to log in twice.

Troubles running x11 apps on Wonderland 0.5

Posted Wed, 12/09/2009 - 13:49 by Michael
Ever since I started working on 0.5, I have been trying to get apps such as Firefox running within my world. However, I have been running into some unknown issues along the way. I add a new app under the "Manage Apps" tab, and then go into the world and try to insert it. Nothing comes up. I then go to the object editor, and see new objects for the windows that were supposed to show up. These are just labeled like "3(3)". My source was up to date, with a patch that kaplanj provided in my thread. More after the break.

NPCs in wonderland, and x server apps

Posted Thu, 11/19/2009 - 02:17 by Michael

On Wednesday, I met with a few people who were interested in virtual worlds. One of them asked me about NPCs. I said I didn't know much about their status in 0.5. So here, I will maintain the status of NPCs in Wonderland 0.5.

http://forums.java.net/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=59529&tstart=105

I also am having difficulties with running an instance of Firefox within the world. It's said that everything is taken care of within the UP2 files. I'm missing something.

http://forums.java.net/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=366183
http://forums.java.net/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=68277&tstart=45