[vos-d] [x3d-public] Wanna help the Mass Avatar Mash?

[chris]

On 11/05/07, thyme <thyme at seamless3d.com> wrote:
>
>  Hi Chris can I donate any avatars made by seamless?
>

Yes please, I like the look of the  images I have seen.

You state here:
> http://www.planet-earth.org/sg07/SMAM07.html
>
> "creating avatars using all open source tools, starting with Avatar Studio
> 1."
>
>
> Avatar studio is free but to my understanding it is NOT open source
> software (OSS).
> If anyone knows of the source and the OSS license for it please point me
> to it.
>


ok, my mistake, sorry. I'll fix that.

Some time in the future I will make a simplified specialised interface for
> making avatars
> utilising seamless functionality behind the scenes that will be as simple
> as avatar studio
> to make avatars (settings for proportions, mix and match, simple
> specialised UI for
> animation) and it will be free OSS but in the meantime seamless how it
> currently is,  is about
> the only free open source program I am ware of that has examples of vrml/x3d
> avatars made by it
> that has any chance of competing with the second life avatars.
>

great I'm gonna have a play with it, been meaning to for  a while

It also offers a lot more creative freedom than avatar studio of course.
> If anyone knows of another OSS program that can show examples of avs made
> for VRML/X3D please
> show the url.
> Perhaps Blender?
>

I think it can export to vrml, not sure about x3d. Also not sure if it would
export in terns of avatars,

cheers,

chris.

best wishes
> thyme
> www.seamless3d.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* chris <dragonmagi at gmail.com>
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> *Sent:* Thursday, May 10, 2007 7:31 PM
> *Subject:* [x3d-public] Wanna help the Mass Avatar Mash?
>
> Siggraph Mass Avatar Mash (SMAM) 2Do
> Updated 10 May 07
>
> Here are the various task areas I would like help with, for the rest of
> May at least. For more information pls look at the online "blat":
> http://www.planet-earth.org/sg07/SMAM07.html. Tasking 1. May 1.1Find/allocate servers for prototypingprovide
> server resources
> look for sponsors - I'm getting some ppl saying they might sponsor.
> 1.2 Collect together a set of public avatars to use and test them (we want
> to ensure there are no scripts that would bog a client down and they all
> basically work). collect and test avatars. We want good
> looking/interesting ones but not too heavy on scripting/processor.
> May want someone who can vet avatars during the event too, as some ppl may
> want to use ones they created for the event at the last minute.
> 1.3 Work out a simple protocol for streaming avatar movements over tcp/ip
> or udp (or both). analyse protocol proposals, test existing protocol code,
> suggest what else  needs to be done.
> 1.4 Choose one or more server software components to test client-server
> comms and server-server comms.looking for tcp/ip and udp software for
> this.
> 1.5 Choose some client software to run tests on. This may not be a big
> issue as there should be multiple clients to choose from. But someone might
> want to periodically run tests and let us know which ones work best, look
> best etc.
> 1.6 Run server-server tests and client-server tests. do some server
> prototyping.
> 1.7 Analysis, planning next month.1.8 Organise booth(s) at siggraph show
> floor. My company (Systemic) is putting some money in, what about yours?
> I'm doing this with Rita atm.
> 1.9 UI for login and avatar selection.Prepare simple online page for
> logging in and selecting avatar then loading world.
> The login part does not have to be secure and maybe we can even do without
> it?
> It will have to communicate the entry of another avatar into the world to
> a server program - it may not have to be on the same host
> 1.10 Client side designFor those who wan to help here, pls check out what
> is on the blat then see what you can come up with.
>
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