Eden Haiku: Good morning Riddle :)
Bleu Oleander: 's current display-name is "Bleu".
Riddle Sideways: morning All
Bleu Oleander: morning Eden, Riddle :)
Eden Haiku: Hello Bleu :)
Riddle Sideways: a slow wake up morning
Riddle Sideways: the alarm cat meowed earlier today
Riddle Sideways: that the sun was coming up
First experience of virtual reality
Eden Haiku: Had my first experience in virtual reality yesterday.
Riddle Sideways: ?
Riddle Sideways: listens
Eden Haiku: At the Montreal's Great Library
Eden Haiku: An exhibition with the cask and swiveling chair. One hour of visiting 10 world's libraries. Fascinating!
Bleu Oleander: fun!
Eden Haiku: Fascinating indeed!
Riddle Sideways: http://montrealgazette.com/news/loca...brary-at-night
Riddle Sideways: yes, swivel chair are much better than trying to stand
Eden Haiku: Where did you try it Riddle?
Riddle Sideways: at home, got a Google Cardboard last year
Eden Haiku: oh wow! It's quite immersive isn' it?
Eden Haiku: Given the not yet perfect technology, it's amazing how real it feels!
Riddle Sideways: did you get dizzy?
Riddle Sideways: some people do
Eden Haiku: Did you ever try Bleu?
Bleu Oleander: no not yet :)
Eden Haiku: No Riddle, not dizzy at all, even when standing in mid-air in the stars over Alexandria Library!
Eden Haiku: What was so strange was looking down at the floor and your invisible feet!
Riddle Sideways: :)
Eden Haiku: Putting one's hands in front of your eyes and not seeing them!
Riddle Sideways: and some of those systems are coming along
Riddle Sideways: where you can see your avatar's feet and hands
Eden Haiku: Yep, I was very excited about knowing that is is close-by, even for SL right?
Riddle Sideways: right
Riddle Sideways: movement is a little strange yet
Bleu Oleander: next year?
Eden Haiku: Ah, we didn't have an avatar at the library though.
Riddle Sideways: Occulis rife(sp?) has a beta SL viewer now
Eden Haiku: There was a loud noise at some point (From RL) and I got anxious, not being able to see.
Riddle Sideways: and High Fedelity is getting better all the time now
Riddle Sideways: :)
Eden Haiku: Didn't want to take out the cask though :)
Bleu Oleander: :)
Riddle Sideways: could you move forward/backward by titling your head?
[I'm adding a link to a 30 secs video about the experience: https://youtu.be/Z4QNlurDaNc]
--BELL--
Eden Haiku: There was a Audubon's book about birds being shown by a librarian and the live birds were flying about in the library! Blue jays, even an owl!
Bleu Oleander: cool !
Eden Haiku: Could go from one library to the next by moving my head. It kind of clicked the next visit.
Riddle Sideways: cool, having the book come alive
Riddle Sideways: ah, to visit the library at Alexandra
Eden Haiku: And in a Copenhagen library where books are not available to consult anymore, just like decorations on tablets, you could see transparent people from times past climbing stairs and taking out books. Their texture was different from the contemporary cleaning lady who seemed so real!
Riddle Sideways: AR - Augmented Reality
Eden Haiku: I was dissapointed we had no views of Alexandria's new modern library though, except from afar.
Eden Haiku: Ah, it's augmented when details are added?
Riddle Sideways: would like to walk around the old library
Reality is a fuzzy word
Bleu Oleander: reality is a fuzzy word :)
Riddle Sideways: yes it is, Bleu
Eden Haiku: Yes, me too. There were scenes with scribes and rolls of papyrus but it didn't feel real...
Eden Haiku: reality is indeed a fuzzy word Bleu :)
Riddle Sideways: AR uses the camera in the goggles/phone to show RL and then adds tagged additional images/info
Riddle Sideways: and can show your feet
Eden Haiku: Ah yes, Riddle, like addresses, websites and such? Oh and feet!
Riddle Sideways: there is a museum tour that shows egyptian art from all angles
Eden Haiku: Waking up this morning, I visualized going through the PaB village with this virtual reality gear. Not following Eden but seeing with my own eyes. It felt very different.
Bleu Oleander: you separate seeing through Eden with seeing with your own eyes?
--BELL--
Eden Haiku: Not before but compared to how I saw yesterday, yes.
Bleu Oleander: more like mouseview?
Riddle Sideways: yes
Eden Haiku: My house seemed too big to be so close by this transparent pavilion?
Riddle Sideways: :)
Bleu Oleander: :)
Bleu Oleander: maybe need to re-build ... something more transparent?
Eden Haiku: I'm thinking about installing some lighter structure
Eden Haiku: Yes, more transpraent
Bleu Oleander: will be fun to see what you do
Eden Haiku: ;)
Bleu Oleander: I do like your tree tho
Eden Haiku: yes, I think I will add more trees...
Riddle Sideways: yes, had to try and buy a tree like it
Eden Haiku: Will explore possibilities
Bleu Oleander: I always feel reluctant to take down what I build, but almost always like my new builds better :)
Bleu Oleander: the fun is in the creation
Bleu Oleander: I think I will change my garden area and keep that as a revolving design
Eden Haiku: My buildings skills being limited, I just hope I won't ruin the landscaping...
Bleu Oleander: well it is here to play with :)
Bleu Oleander: so have fun
Bleu Oleander: can always put your house back
Eden Haiku: Ok, then . As long as you can repair any mishap Bleu :)
Bleu Oleander: ha ha!
Bleu Oleander: keep a copy of your house
Eden Haiku: If I dig too pro [profound I meant]
Riddle Sideways: remembering that you lost a plant underground
Riddle Sideways: :)
Eden Haiku: yes, will do :)
Bleu Oleander: yes you have some flowers underground
Eden Haiku: Yes, you understand how I can lose tracks of things Riddle :)
Bleu Oleander: can cam down and see
Eden Haiku: it will be easier to fetch them when I take down the house :)
Riddle Sideways: grass is very hard to select to move
Bleu Oleander: a trick is to select something else first, then click on your grass
Bleu Oleander: or just open the edit window
Bleu Oleander: and click on the grass
Bleu Oleander: makes selection easier
Eden Haiku: Would any of you have a link for a place with Mongolilan yourts? [I meant Mongolian yurts...Typos!!!]
Riddle Sideways: and terraforming is too hard to get correct
Bleu Oleander: not sure what that is Eden :)
Eden Haiku: Ah tks Bleu, will note that!!
Bleu Oleander: I would not try terraforming
Riddle Sideways: ummm, yes think the marketplace has urls
Bleu Oleander: hard to get back
Eden Haiku: No no, no terraforming for me, I promise!
Eden Haiku: Looking up the English word for yourte. A kind of tent you know, round-shaped?
Riddle Sideways: can't speel it either [spell]
Riddle Sideways: hmmm, inventory does not have one, if speeling it right [spelling]
Bleu Oleander: https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p...ngolian+yurts+
Riddle Sideways: must be one of the alts has it
Bleu Oleander: seems there are many
Eden Haiku: A thanks!
Bleu Oleander: find one that has permission set to be able to edit and texture ... might be fun to add your own textures
Eden Haiku: Yes, I need a kind of basis to edit from, So I will shop for some structure.
Bleu Oleander: let me know if I can help
Riddle Sideways: lol, there is a Yurt on a Wagon
--BELL--
Bleu Oleander: https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p...YURT-2/1907062
Bleu Oleander: that one you can modify
Bleu Oleander: and prims could be lessened
Bleu Oleander: at only L$1 ... its a deal :)
Eden Haiku: Hope it won't be worse with wagon. ...Thanks Bleu, How are you doing with the 4 views of TSK exercise 6 Riddle?
Bleu Oleander: must get going ... enjoy your day :)
Eden Haiku: L$1? Wow! I'm rich now on SL. Never spending :)
Bleu Oleander: :)
Eden Haiku: Bye Bleu, thanks for the tips :)
Bleu Oleander: see you soon
Riddle Sideways: by Bleu have the best day
Riddle Sideways: yes, the L$300/week adds up
Eden Haiku: It does:)
Making plans to explore and flying about
Riddle Sideways: if you have the prim count left then your house could become a skybox
Riddle Sideways: on a sky platform
Eden Haiku: Ah yes....could do that too.
Riddle Sideways: Bleu, Luci, Cat, et.al. did that
Eden Haiku: Did you create a platform yourself?
Riddle Sideways: almost did yesterday
Eden Haiku: Almost :) ?
Riddle Sideways: well, the plans out did the ablities
Riddle Sideways: trying to use a rezzer
Eden Haiku: ah ah, wait till you hear my sad stories :)
Eden Haiku: And you are a good builder!
Riddle Sideways: to be able to rez different scenes with prim count that then can be taken away
Eden Haiku: I remember your tessaract at an Art of Being exhibit!
Riddle Sideways: nope!! not a good builder
Eden Haiku: Prim count is arduous...
Riddle Sideways: tessaract was mathematical and programmnig script. did not need artful taste and skill
Eden Haiku: Well, I still remember it as an amazing experience!
Riddle Sideways: ty
Eden Haiku: And it was beautiful too :)
Riddle Sideways: we all seem to have different skills
Riddle Sideways: remembering your dances
Eden Haiku: and so many more to develop!
Riddle Sideways: yes
Eden Haiku: I want to learn how to use virtual reality !
Riddle Sideways: occasionally, have gone to dance halls or music performances and wonder how to do dancing and singing/playing
Riddle Sideways: check out Cardboard
Riddle Sideways: it is about $20
Eden Haiku: I used a scripted gesture for the dance.
Riddle Sideways: uses your cell phone
Eden Haiku: really?
Riddle Sideways: cheap enough to get ya hooked
Eden Haiku: And you don't need to be a geek to use that?
Riddle Sideways: :)
Riddle Sideways: nope
--BELL--
Eden Haiku: Might ask my engineer brother to hlep. He'd love that !
Eden Haiku: He would!
Riddle Sideways: if you wanted to go off the deep geek end of the pool, you could
Eden Haiku: Well I don't, I just want to play!
Riddle Sideways: the NY Times gave away Cardboards with the Sunday newpaper last year
Eden Haiku: Ok, and you order that online?
Riddle Sideways: yes, many people and places selling many versions
Eden Haiku: Oh great! Wll explore!
Riddle Sideways: original did not have a strap to hold it on your head
Eden Haiku: Good point: buy one with a strap!
Riddle Sideways: ok, we are both inspired to do something now
Eden Haiku: yesterday, borrowed ' IWatch for Dummies' at the library. I don't even own an i Watch! (yet...)
Riddle Sideways: lol
Riddle Sideways: read the book without the iWatch?
Eden Haiku: I am :)
Eden Haiku: A foot into the future...
Riddle Sideways: a toe into the waters
Eden Haiku: But I also plan a week of silent meditation in April with no digital devices, so...
Riddle Sideways: remembering that
Riddle Sideways: a friend just came back from India
Riddle Sideways: a silent ashram
Eden Haiku: Oh!
Eden Haiku: How long?
Riddle Sideways: a silent week
Riddle Sideways: with sounds and voices all around
Riddle Sideways: that she could not understand
Eden Haiku: Wow!
Riddle Sideways: yes wow
Eden Haiku: Immersed in Indian sounds...
Riddle Sideways: that would be so wow
Riddle Sideways: :)
Riddle Sideways: that looks so cool
Riddle Sideways: flying spinning
Riddle Sideways: ty
Riddle Sideways: ha, did it
Riddle Sideways: there is another app with Cardboard/VR
Riddle Sideways: that puts you at some point on earth
Riddle Sideways: and you fly around looking
Riddle Sideways: not knowing where it was
Riddle Sideways: had to dig in Google Earth to find locations
--BELL--
Eden Haiku: hard to take pictures of us as birds :)
Eden Haiku: Sorry I forgot to add my pics to your beautiful log of last week. Will do!
Riddle Sideways: :)
Riddle Sideways: these would be better as videos, but that can not go in wiki
Eden Haiku: Yes, sadly ...
Eden Haiku: The animation I used once was DreamDance. Seems i can't find anymore :(
Riddle Sideways: that darn full inventory
Eden Haiku: Watched Her (the movie) after reading the log of last year (a theme session)
Eden Haiku: Would love to have an OS organizing all my mails the way she did!
Riddle Sideways: good. good movie
Riddle Sideways: putting that session on the todo list
Eden Haiku: Yes. It was my third attempts. The first 2 times, I stopped after a few minutes. in. I guess it was the bad French translation. This time.I listened in English.
Eden Haiku: I think you attended that session Riddle, if I'm not mistaken...
Riddle Sideways: hmmmm, can't remember it
Riddle Sideways: might be a nice reread
Riddle Sideways: Well, gotta do a couple RL things (garbage/recycling day) then will be back to try skybox holodeck
Riddle Sideways: thanks for nice time
Eden Haiku: Bye Riddle, have a beautiful day!
Riddle Sideways: by
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