i know i am a snob on many things (i’ll blame the french of french canadian on that) and i was almost humbled at how snobby i must be regarding virtual worlds with this post’s title! =o
by all accounts, what i’m mentioning here is 3D and a virtual world – just different than what i have in my head (the little cogs are jamming up in my head and a tiny bit of smoke is coming out my ears) =p
i can feel a bit secure in my snobbery because when i think 3d art gallery, i think of Beacara’s kick butt art catalogue-on-a-stick! to me her work is the epitome of maximising a new media and pumping up the traditional one of a printed catalogue
the art exhibit that has my little world off kilter is here: http://vgwb.spinningwire.com/
there are two versions – one uses a 68 mb viewer (might be bigger, all kinds of stuff downloaded, like several DirectX updates in my case) and i was unable to connect (probably firewall issues). the other version is a browser-based one via Flash
i must admit, it’s pretty cool that they offer two ways to participate in this art exhibit and even though Flash means it won’t run on a lot of tablets (latest Android doesn’t have flash with it), it is available to a wider audience (like me, since the full 3D one failed)
the Flash is nicely done and a bit novel – i’m not sure it makes the art any nicer than if it was a more traditional online image gallery (i’d argue that you would have significantly higher quality images in the latter) BUT as an alternative to the more immersive 3D one, this is a well thought out alternative =)
all in all, it is very nicely done and, in my case, the browser-based alternative was the only option i could use which speaks nicely to the benefit of something like that for OpenSim worlds!
YouTube video of the 3D art exhibit
the flash version was fast and easy
i loved the minimalist environment which allowed the art to be the focus
Did you realize that you were using RealXtend’s Tundra platform and viewers made for that platform ?
Lord
8 May 12 at 6:36 pm
hi Lord, i did see Tundra in the install dialogue and realXtend somewhere. i’m a little familar with realXtend but don’t know anything about Tundra
the “fail” issue had nothing to do with that, i was at work and the corporate firewall doesn’t allow those ports (it won’t allow Second Life either)
from the video, the realXtend looks very nice and super minimal but i don’t know what CPU overhead is like (i also saw that you need Vista or above)
Ener Hax
8 May 12 at 9:17 pm
Sorry, I informed RealXtend of your article in their user group mailing list ( https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/realxtend/Or2EbR4lTFI ) and it seems I mis-spoke about the browser based viewer connecting to their Tundra platform.
Oh well, if you get time, take a look at what they said. :)
Lord
9 May 12 at 11:23 am