TechHui at U of H SL Location

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Permalink Reply by Mika Leuck on April 11, 2010 at 3:51pm

Hi Rik - I don't think anyone is, because we aren't very active in SL, but if someone else wants to take ownership of TechHui in Second Life we promise to provide whatever materials, content, graphics, etc. they require.

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Permalink Reply by Rik Jadrnicek on April 11, 2010 at 5:40pm

Thanks for the response Mika.
Do you know how many prims are able to be allocated for use by TechHui,
and are any of the prims from the College of Education sim next door available to you?

I would be interested in collaborating up a TechHui presence if there was interest, and prim resources were available.
I am starting to prototype bamboo structures using low-poly sculpties in SL and have all the scripting resources to establish a VERY realistic tropical beach scene with moving waves et al ...

e.g., you could build a nice tropical meeting pavillion for prototyping, building education, classes, etc. with a budget of a few thousand prims on about 1/4 of a sim ... and link it bi-laterally to the TechHui website, Twitter, Facebook, etc. ... and even take donations (real money or RL VL stuff) to the account of TechHui.

Let me know if anybody is interested ...

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Permalink Reply by Mika Leuck on April 5, 2011 at 6:44am

Aloha Rik. I missed this post from last year. Apologies for not responding. I don't know how many prims UH has made available. We are happy to provide whatever creative assets you require if you would like to take the lead on TechHui in SL. Our primary SL person is Gus Higuera, our creative director.

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Permalink Reply by Rik Jadrnicek on April 5, 2011 at 7:11am

Aloha Mika,

That was awhile back ...

I ended up creating several 3D interactive models that talked with MS/SQL databases, Google Earth, Websites, etc.

Lot of capability in SL, but I never got much response or interest, so I put it back burner.

 

Let me know if you or Gus want to talk further about the potential (which I think is timely and awesome).  I can offer some ideas and show examples to see if any of it fits your business model for TechHui, non-profit or otherwise.

 

FYI, I am still talking occasionally with several people about using interactive 3D models for global education.  Obama Admin and Google.org have expressed interest, and I can put you in touch with the players to see if there is any synergy.

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Permalink Reply by Mika Leuck on April 5, 2011 at 8:25am

Aloha e Rik - Currently we don't have any bandwidth to dedicate to SL, but we are happy to support others who are interested in building out a TechHui SL presence. TechHui is a community effort. Its part of the 10% of time and money Ikayzo dedicates to community efforts in addition to the contributions of many other organizations including UH, HTDC, etc. We aren't looking to monetize it.

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