Friday, 21 January 2011
Readings in electronic format
The Knowledge centre have surpassed themselves! All the requested readings have come through for including..thanks to Peter and Lyn..
Sunday, 16 January 2011
All set for the New Year
We now have the mock up/prototype warehouse and two MSc graduates from LondonMet in place to help with the development. The warehouse has a front parking and loading area, a main storage space inside and offices and rest areas for staff.
The loading area is partially cluttered with unsafe looking containers and a variety of vehicles. The storage area is stocked with a variety of pallets boxes and drums and has some corroding drums at the end of an aisle. The offices and rest areas are rather sparten at the moment but can be furnished with screens showing the Flash resources and scripted items to provide information.
I have begun examining health and safety regulations, UK lorry legislation and general designs for warehouses. I have also been exploring the possibilities of using existing 3D models in various file formats which can be imported into Second Life saving us considerable development time.
The two MSc graduates have previous experience in building within Second Life. One is a particularly good researcher, the other is very skilled in 3D modelling and animation.
The next stage is to visit a real warehouse with an industry expert in order to gain some deeper appreciation of the issues and then to define the functionality of the Second Life warehouse. From this we can design the final layout and size of the warehouse. This visit could also be an opportunity to take detailed photographs for use in the Second Life build.
The loading area is partially cluttered with unsafe looking containers and a variety of vehicles. The storage area is stocked with a variety of pallets boxes and drums and has some corroding drums at the end of an aisle. The offices and rest areas are rather sparten at the moment but can be furnished with screens showing the Flash resources and scripted items to provide information.
I have begun examining health and safety regulations, UK lorry legislation and general designs for warehouses. I have also been exploring the possibilities of using existing 3D models in various file formats which can be imported into Second Life saving us considerable development time.
The two MSc graduates have previous experience in building within Second Life. One is a particularly good researcher, the other is very skilled in 3D modelling and animation.
The next stage is to visit a real warehouse with an industry expert in order to gain some deeper appreciation of the issues and then to define the functionality of the Second Life warehouse. From this we can design the final layout and size of the warehouse. This visit could also be an opportunity to take detailed photographs for use in the Second Life build.
Wednesday, 17 November 2010
Cloudworks Virtual world info
Some emergent research information on virtual environments posted here:
http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloudscape/view/2059
http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloudscape/view/2059
Friday, 5 November 2010
Mock-up warehouse made
I've made a simple mock-up to show what is possible in SL. See the Gallery page for photos etc. Contact me for a landmark to it in SL.
Wednesday, 27 October 2010
Sunday, 17 October 2010
CILT Knowledge Centre manager on steering group
Peter Huggins, the Knowledge Centre Manager based at the CILT Corby has agreed to be on our steering group - great news :)
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