Second Life Physics

Dalla 500 al buco nero

noreply@blogger.com (Otaner Merlin) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:02:00 +0000

A talk about black holes, relativity, medical diagnoss, etc. by Giordano Burnstein interviewed by Talete Flanagan - in italian with simultaneous translation to English by Calliope Lexington at...

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SLP Lab on VWBPE Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Otaner Merlin) — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 11:46:00 +0000

Second Life Physics Lab will be on "Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education 2011 (VWBPE '11)", thanks to a kind invitation from Talete Flanagan from the italian Second Physics Group and the help...

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Lander Simulator in Second Life Physics Lab

noreply@blogger.com (Otaner Merlin) — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 12:33:00 +0000

I'm building it inspired by the old Lunar Lander video games, and specially by the Edu-Ware's interactive simulation Rendezvous: A Space Shuttle Simulation, developed by NASA scientist Wesley...

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Virtual Bridges

noreply@blogger.com (Otaner Merlin) — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 12:51:00 +0000

A talk about controlled trespassing between real & virtual by Veronik Broome & Terence Black presented by Momi Hallison - in italian with simultaneous translation to English by Calliope...

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Second Life Physics Lab evolution II

noreply@blogger.com (Otaner Merlin) — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 11:23:00 +0000

A few days ago I replaced old Second Life Physics Lab cones and cylinders hull megaprims for spheroid ones. BTW, I have noticed that it realizes pretty cool on the new 2.3 Viewer. Due to the new...

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Cyber-Science

noreply@blogger.com (Otaner Merlin) — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 10:46:00 +0000

A talk about mind, brain and calculators by Mez Oyen, presented by Giovanna Delphin on Science on the Road. An idea map to guide you in the areas of cognitive science. Tonight 10th,12pm SLT at...

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A Journey to extrasolar planets

noreply@blogger.com (Fisica Interessante) — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 18:26:00 +0000

On Science on the Road, a talk between science and sci-fi by Intelliverso Barbosa, presented by Giovanna Delphin. Tonight 4th,12pm at Locus, a sim devoted to the exploration of new building and...

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Science on the Road

noreply@blogger.com (Fisica Interessante) — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 11:22:00 +0000

Science on the Road is starting a new season today, 25 Oct., with a talk from Calliope Lexington about The Science Novel (Thew Great Adventure of Knowledge) at R&S Fashion at BlueDreams Islands...

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New Mobility in the Café della Scienza

noreply@blogger.com (Otaner Merlin) — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 09:48:00 +0000

Prossima Mobilitá Zagorman Zabelin will talk today at 12:15 PST/PDT (old 'Second Life Time') at Cafe' della Scienza - in italian with simultaneous translation to English by Calliope Lexington -...

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Second Life Physics Lab evolution

noreply@blogger.com (Otaner Merlin) — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 12:48:00 +0000

If you have not visited Second Life Physics Lab recently you will certainly notice a few changes (improvements, I hope). This is how the Second Life Physics Lab looked like in its very beginning...

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noreply@blogger.com (Otaner Merlin) — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:38:00 +0000

I instaled a 'Hand Geometry Verification System' in the Entrance Door of Second Life Physics Lab. If the visitor touches the door, a message is displayed on the chat window asking him to touch the...

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Hey! Where are my toys?

noreply@blogger.com (Otaner Merlin) — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:08:00 +0000

I deleted everything up yesterday by mistake. Yes, the whole thing! Spacestation, cannon, teleporter, sofas, everything. But I'm doing my best to put everything up again on this weekend. I will...

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Welcome to SL Physics lab Head's Office

noreply@blogger.com (Fisica Interessante) — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:33:00 +0000

Today I had fun playing with the nice 'Neo briefing room' stuff I recently bought at Xstreet SL from laz Couturier for the bargain of L$7. I picked up some pieces and made Level 3 of the SL...

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New SL Physics Decoration

noreply@blogger.com (Fisica Interessante) — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:54:00 +0000

I had fun today playing with two wonderful images kindly provided by Thomas Raube, Star Trek fan who, with other 'Hyper Space Vision' club members, mantains the amazing site Euderion.de.These guys...

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Second Life Physics laboratory has moved on again!

noreply@blogger.com (Fisica Interessante) — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:07:00 +0000

Yes, it's true! At the beginning of this month, reading the very interesting book How to Make Real Money in Second Life, I got a few good ideas to improve my Second Life Physics Lab. Among them was...

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Project MyWorld released a teaser video

noreply@blogger.com (Fisica Interessante) — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:46:00 +0000

This project aims to take the best of two worlds: the Second-Life-like virtual world and the Facebook/Twitter-like social sites world. They may be well putting their feet into two diverging...

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Alternative Physics in Second Life

noreply@blogger.com (Fisica Interessante) — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:30:00 +0000

Long before Galileo and Newton, Jean Buridan postulated a motive force, which he named impetus, to explain projectile motions. When set in motion, this impetus would be implanted into the projectile...

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Surreal Physics Simulators in Second Life

noreply@blogger.com (Fisica Interessante) — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:59:00 +0000

One year ago, I have published my article Second Life Physics: Virtual, Real or Surreal in the Journal of Virtual Worlds Research. I discussed there that some of SL physics engine features are...

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Second Life Physics laboratory has moved on

noreply@blogger.com (Fisica Interessante) — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:18:00 +0000

On July 4, 2008 I purchased a small parcel of 512 sqm in the Pavet region of Second Life and began to build a small laboratory to perform experiments with Second Life Physics. I have even posted on...

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Edmonton (Canada) to be the first city to officially replicate itself in Second Life

noreply@blogger.com (Fisica Interessante) — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:34:00 +0000

Edmonton, the capital of Canadian province Alberta, is believed to be the first city to officially recreate itself (geography, terrain and major landmarks) in Second Life. Governments may see...

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Second Life Physics blog

noreply@blogger.com (Fisica Interessante) — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:03:00 +0000

For two years I have been doing research on the Physics of the Second Life world and ways to use Second Life as a microworld for Physics teaching. In this blog, I'll post my progress on this...

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