Tag: Video

Pick of the Day: Neptune’s Revenge and Rune

Rune by Maxwell Graf Sansar 5 August 2017

My Pick of the Day is actually two picks, but they are connected to each other so I am going to talk about them as one.  You can watch the video I made while exploring these two experiences in my Oculus Rift here on YouTube.

The two Sansar experiences in this video are called Neptune’s Revenge and Rune, and both were created by Maxwell Graf (the man behind the well-known brand Rustica in Second Life). Maxwell makes highly effective use of 360-degree video in evoking the sensation of being on a boat at sea during a raging storm. He also uses a teleporter to take you from the stormy sea to a safe harbour, Rune.

On Sunday I plan to interview Maxwell about his experiences being among the very first beta testers during the closed beta period of Sansar.  Stay tuned for that interview!

My Very First Sansar Video!

This morning I taught myself how to install the Oculus Mirror software and the Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) by watching this instructional video by Virtual Reality Oasis, and I was able to successfully create a video of what I see in my Oculus Rift headset!  I can now record Sansar experiences and share them with you.

I uploaded the video to my YouTube channel and you can watch it here; it was filmed in the Voyage Live: Egypt experience, a rather dark and mysterious archaeological office where Linden Lab held its weekly Office Hours meetings yesterday. In the video, you can see a couple of other avatars walking around. The video is very short (only 27 seconds) and there is really no sound. It won’t win any Oscars. But it’s a proof of concept!  I did it!  Yay!