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Wade through tropical Caribbean blue waters and walk on white sand at Bahia Tiki Beach — a perfect spot to relax and hang out with friends. Grab a drink at any of the beach bars, relax on a hammock under the shade of palm trees, surf the waves at the surf shack or explore the ruins.
Bahia Tiki Beach | Second Life
Augmented Reality Sandbox Displays Virtual Water Flowing Through Grooves You Make in Real Sand The Augmented Reality Sandbox is a National Science Foundation-funded project at UC Davis which uses Kinect to simulate real time water which flows through the grooves you make in the actual sandbox. It's an awesome demonstration of augmented reality for use in a simulation, and it's also just cool. Watch: Read more about the project here . The site explanation is pretty heavy reading for a non-technical audience, but this is basically how it works:
Second Life: New World Notes
You will need to have Michael Frumin's OGLE installed. It extracts the geometry and texture data from your graphics hardware. Once you have it set up, press the shortcut, Second Life freezes for a moment and you will find your files in a folder called 'frame'– Locate the OBJ file that OGLE saved and use a 3D modelling application of your choice to open it, for example the free Blender . Proceed to cut away the structures that encapsule your desired object–
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Linden Lab Official:Intellectual Property - Second Life Wiki
In Second Life, we hope creators will use their imagination to make original content. Some create things that are inspired by real-world objects, like cars or jewelry.
One of Bahia Boojum En Garde Team players, Ultralas, won the Challenger Competition last Saturday, yay!
Bahia Tiki and Zen Store