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Going nowhere in art and life.

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I am on vacation so i do some WOW and a lot of thinking about what to do now and how. I am in a vacuum and all the artwork goes nowhere. The companys goes nowhere. Almost everything is standing still.

I play WOW and a lot of other games. Peeking in to Second life. Thinking and walking.

What is going to happen now?

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Waiting for a bus in SL

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I am in Second life around 15 minutes a day now. Visited SLB16 and: not impressed. Lots of old stuff. But I liked the new homes.

There are a few changes but I feel that Linden lab do not know what to do. There are still a lot of nice art exhibitions and a few great builds but it is like waiting for a bus and not knowing if it is coming. Then possibilities with animation and mesh is great but is anyone using them. These changes are for pro developers like me but I cant see the everyday user creating with these difficult systems.

Looks like a lot of developers have abandoned Second life for other work. Maybe the changes was to late.

I am waiting for the bus to see what is going to happen??

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XP 11 in Norway

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Flying in Norway is always a challenge. First a snowstorm and then lucky it cleared up.Trying out the new X plane 11 and it is really good. I can use my Oculus for flying and Vatsim also works. And today´s runway was over a hill. So not so good landing and difficult. Falling more and more in love with my XP11. And the very good graphics.

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Creepy trip to Sansar

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Tried out the new Sansar on Steam. And the tech is better now but it really freaked me out. When you stand in a small room and suddenly a strange man stands next to you in some weird outfit it feels really bad. It is too real for me. I will regroup and try it again sometime.

It is nicer in Second life. I use VR there too and the cartoonish world of SL never makes you feel that bad. Even if people are not nice.

BRRR Sansar was not a nice experience today. But looking down I got bigger boobs and I am slim. So something good about VR.

#Sansar  #SecondLife

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2worlds2go will be the same.

We are now owned by Digital Kittens AB in Sweden. Some big hope that we will be more Kittens and can do more stuff in VR. The website will be the same and also the Hypergrid will continue to work as before.

Disclaimer. We will move some servers so there can be some disrupt on the  Opensim grid..,. Sorry.

But on the bright side we get a new High Fidelity sandbox. That will be fun.

 

All in all a nice day.

Utvalda

Website work continues on a stormy sea

The work on the website continues. It will change and GDPR will make it less social. I hope to find a way to keep the downloads in some form. Have to find some new servers though.

 

Now things do not look good for virtual worlds at the moment. Opensim and Second life getting old a the new worlds have no traction. Very few visits.Our grid looks like a desert and no one knows what to do.

I think virtual worlds will be back and i hope 2worlds2go will be a part of that. I continue my artwork and run 2worlds2go on the side to.

The road is open.

 

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Mobile and secure 2worlds2go

Some changes. Finally.

The web site should now work on your phone  and in the next day we are moving over to SSL to make it more secure.

We have decided to get rid of the names in registration. Nobody use them anyway and if anybody wants to they can edit their profile. More slimeline registration process for downloads.

Some of the menus will look strange on desktop but we are leaving the drop down thing.

Happy surfing.

Utvalda

ETS2 Italy expansion: great

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Really like the new Italy expansion. The streets are very narrow in the small villages and it is hard to get your trailer around without breaking anything.

I do not understand how people drive without the Oculus or another headset. Need to use the mirrors all the time.

Parking is also hard and very tight. I like it.

Pic is from a narrow mountain road on my way to Rome.

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Euro truck simulator 2, TruckersMP, VorpX, Oculus rift

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Finally I got some of my hardware to work and I have had a fun afternoon honking at trucks while driving slowly in my new car around Scandinavia. The landscape is just beautiful and the roads nice. I will have some coffee and then it is onward to the continent.

This is so much fun.

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Playing Adrift for a few hours.

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First time i really go deep inside a VR game. Well i got sick for a few times. But it works in the game because i suppose i would if i was trapped in a space station and moved around to much. It is a nice touch. Keep still in game to not get sick. It is a cool game and scary. Feeling of being there is nice.

So you can do a nice VR game without killing things. I like that.

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Back in to Sansar. Today Bryn Oh.

Visited An evening at the Ballet by Bryn Oh. Not easy to find something you like. Bryn Oh is one of my fav artists in SL and she do not dissapoint. Like several tableau with a strong feeling of being in the theatre. I liked it.

 

Visited some other nice places but the feeling of being alone is creeping up on you. When i visited Astro Port there was a avatar just standing there and when in VR that is just scary.

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The quality of things in Second life.

Visited the beach today and i am amazed. The mesh quality of things in Second life. And done right it is not very hard on the graphics card. Reducing lag. If it is done right.

I used my Oculus to inspect the nice work and it made it a very nice experience, blink, blink. ( Did you see that.)

Now we only need a new viewer and some some new shaders to play around with.

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Finally i can talk about Sansar.

The thing we all have been looking for is finally out there. Linden labs Sansar. I have been checking it out for a while but now i can write about it and that is nice.

And so is Sansar. Nice.I have a Oculus so i can check out the experiances all the way. And i still say Sansar is nice. The graphics good. The update is good. Will be great if you want to do a simple game. And i suppose people will create new tools you can use to make buildning easy. As a user of AltspaceVR, sinespace, High Fidelity and now Sansar i just ask my self ”will anybody ever use these products?”

It have a distinct feel of Blue Mars. You wait for the download and then come into a small space that look great and wonder why am i here? Is there any reason at all?

There will be some cool games i guess. But if i want to play a really cool game i have Steam.

At the moment i think it is a question about wait and see.

PS/ When i get out of Sansar i go back to my ordinary life at the Hypergrid and Second life. It is more fun! /DS

 

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Visited High Fidelity today.

Things start to look better. Could not use my Leapmotion hands. Pity when you can not give people the finger. It starts to look like a world now. Most things work and now they need people and developers i guess?

It is fun to play around for a while. But i think i wait for a while to develop anything. Still have not figuered out how to make a solid ground. Not that difficult but you know there are other worlds to visit.

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Starting to work on AI for Opensim.

After looking at Westworld i started to study AI and found that this is really something i like to do. My first education was in in information theory and ther was a lot of pshycology and sociology involved. So it is nice to start to do some research in an new field and have some use for my old educaton. Not everything is VR and computer programming.

 

There are a lot of work done so it could be easy to integreat AI into avatars on my grid. Unforunatly most of the old websites are gone but i hope to find more scripts and software. I have bought a Raspberry PI that i was thinking could run my first avatar.

I will but up what i find on https://2worlds2go.org. I think.

And now as usual it is all work and more work. But it is going to be fun. I have longing for something to sink my teeth in.

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The work starts for a new website,

We have been thinking a long time about giving the web a big overhaul and now it is time. So for the next weeks things will be changed and made strange or not working. Sorry but it is needed. The cooperative website and the cloud will be down from time to time to.

On the upside we will put in a new more permanent High Fidelity server.High Fidelity.

The Opensim servers also need some work so the grid will be up and down and sometimes upside down.

 

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ROMANVM that’s a great build.

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This is a great build of ancient Rome. Just walking around made me very impressed.

 

Well it’s a boys playground. (Why don’t girls have places like this?).

 

I think everything is in place and they have their own website.

https://www.romanum.net/

 

Time to get those male avatars out and go for a spin because this place really make a builder cry..

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Yes we have been hacked.

Some Viagra peddling idiots hacked the website to sell some more shit on the internet. The website will look a little strange as we have to upgrade all modules and remove all old ones. Do not know how they got in. Finding out.

Also removing all old user accounts.Do you want to download get a new one.

The site is ten years old so it is time for a upgrade anyway.

Sorry.

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Beta testing MyWorld on Steam.

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Just got a beta test key for MyWorld from the GameCreators.

I am building some stuff and checking out the game system.

 

You can build your own levels of game play and play them with your friends. Or just try out the pre build games.

 

It is very simple and easy to create. As I have been using Game Creators products for many years i wish them all the best.

Still use Darkbasic for prototyping. Nothing like it.

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What comes up must go down.

2worlds2go have been a major part of my life the last ten years. As a company and most of all as a website. The many connections in virtual life and the many meetings and fun with nice people in the startup community in Malmö. I have had a lot of fun.

 

The company 2worlds2go is no more and the 2worlds2go website will be around for a while. I will run it and the grid because i love virtual reality and all the friends i have found. But there is no reason for me that run several special websites with all the different special areas in VR and i do not have the help of all the nice people doing great work anymore. It is only me here.

 

Simulation, Open source, web shop and and he swedish website will be crammed into this web site.

So all the 2worlds2go will be on 2worlds2go.com and subdomains.

As always have fun.

Utvalda

Back in Second life.

After some time away i have setup my photo studio again and my Nilsart gallery https://2worlds2go.com .

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It is nice to be back in a world i love right now i am mostely looking around and try to figure out what happend since i last was here. And i i got loads of the old stuff i made before but as i can see the quality of artists in SL really have improved. So i have to shape up to get anything done.

But i just learned i will have loads of time in front of my computer and i am a fast learner. It will be greate.

 

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Website updated. Many errors.

Website updated now all downloads should point in the right direction. Some old links removed. Nilsart gallery is no more in Second life. May be back later for direct downloads in world. We have to see.

 

Working on a new site for Flight simulation stuff but have no name. Trying to find a good one.

More problems to come i guess.

 

 

 

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Grid still out.

Sorry but the grid is still out. We are renting a new server on the net for the welcome island  but i have not had time to set it up completly yet. It will be very much more powerful and makes it possible to have more avatars online and also to run a club. Looking forward to it up and running.

 

I also have some changes in the pipeline and going to finally fix the missing road piece on the airport.

 

Next week i hope.

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Annoying error still there after server upgrade.

Sorry to say that the error in Opensim is still there. After a lot of reading and trying to get things to work it looks like the problem is in the Linux Kernel.

 

I suspect that the error may have to do with the network as it do not perform as it should.

 

Doing a hardware upgrade and then we have to see if the Welcome island stay online.

 

Strange thing is that the Robust server is ok on the same machine.

 

There be no more Upgrades to OpenSUSE servers until the problem is solved.

 

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The Mobius grid

Mobius grid is kind of a strange place to visit. As i understand it they all like some cartoon figures. But they are always friendly but can be a little to much sometimes. It is also one of the places on the hypergrid that are always occupied with these guys.


It is absolutly worth a visit if only to see the main island build.

Adress: grid.mobiusgrid.us:8002:Green Hill Zone

 

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Working on some changes

I am working on some changes for the new downloads. I am sorry to say that we are leaving the Creative commons license for some of the new downloads. And a new EULA is coming.

 

And stuff will be downloadable and usable for US and Canada but but you may not use it. Our insurence company tells us we cant sell stuff in north america. So looking for a partner company for the US. To many lawyers.

 

I do some work on the website then i will concentrate at getting all the half ready OARs ready. Thats something positive.

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Closing Nilsart gallery and opening again.

Avalon town is closing in a week so it is time to close down the gallery once more. But as usual we will resurrect as a Phoneix in the new Avalon town. I do not have a new exhibition yet but it will take some time to build the new gallery and then i hope for some new stuff.

We will never surrender!

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Waiting for a new R.O.B.U.S.T server

I am waiting for the new server. Be here tomorrow i hope. Then i be able to finish many of the Opensim projects i am working on.

 

The winter island needs some  better pine tress and a bridge.

 

Lendonia is a forever project. But now i want to put in some animals. Scripting not really working but ok.

 

And i have started work on a film studio to explore Opensim machinima. Going to be fun.

 

Just waiting for the server.

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Winter comes to Lendonia.

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I have made some textures for winter and put them at Lendonias mountain tops.It looks a lot better and I can fit in some winter landscape.

I have started on some building blocks for a medieval city. There is no way I can build the main city without building blocks. So I am working on it.

On the developer grid website I just got a new project system and a new website for 2worlds2go developers. Soon I hope that more designers join 2worlds2go for even greater projects.

The work continues.

// The Lendonia server is no more so I had to move the installation..no fun but it is up and running again. //
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After som thought. Catchpa.

We have a new catchpa module that we are going to try out. It is a jigsaw game and maybe it works better than the old one.

We also have changed accounts. If a account is idle it will be deleted after 6 months.

Unconfirmed a day and never logged in a week. This happens on automatic so do not feel like we do not like you.

 

I do not see any problem as you always can get a new account if you need it.

 

Downloads are open again. Lets see how it works.

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Things happening with architects.

I am right now checking out the new happening at the Office. Live feed from LOL architects. Dancers and 30-40 crazy Swedes looking at the thing. This is like experimental. But not that much anymore. It is like any Friday night party in SL. Bright lights, music and some avatars dancing. The only difference is that people dont say a word, just look at the thing.

Its all taken in. Like any happening i have been to in a gallery in real life.
Fushion.

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Thank god its Friday

Finally its Friday and this work week comes to a slow stop. I am working on a new company HQ in Second Life. But i ran out of prims so i wait to show the place until i am satisfied it looks alright.
Instead a picture of me coding lsl, in world.

Always sitting by a computer in real or SL. And i know that i have to start the work on updating the website. Ahhh i wait until next week. Now its party time. Thank god its Friday.

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Why leave home

So i do not even have to leave home to go to a concert. I am at Eden in Second life listening to Al Hoffman doing improvisations on midi guitar. And its good. And a crowd. And for a good cause.

And i have not even left home and it is a good thing because i have to go up and fight the worst operative ever, Windows Vista. Nothing works at all. It really sucks major.

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Second life restaurants


Today i have started the work on my new restaurant concept for Second Life. Do avatars need to eat? Of course they do. And i am doing a bar downstairs in the building and fill it with my SL books. So its going to be a building, furniture, lamps and artworks all packed in a box and ready to set up. Thinking of making a directory on my web site of all 2worlds2go restaurants in SL. That could be something.

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The Asgard gallery opening in Second life

So i am at the gallery opening Lois Landon playing and the place look fantastic. Everybody are happy. And people loves my design so i am happy to. The only thing i miss is the glass of wine i usually get in a RL opening.

But in Second life you can not get everything. But i suppose somebody soon makes a gadget so i can get my wine to.

And the owners (Karen Schreiner)s artwork really work out with the design of the building. Its new and colourful standing out against my design.

And its soon midnight in Sweden and all fun must end sometimes. So it does.

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Second life. Waterfall competition.

Todays work was to do some competition designing on Dreams/shockproof. Everybody makes very nice beautiful stuff so i decided to do something completely different. A kind of waisted landscape. Broken down world, but with a waterfall as that is the competition theme. And i wanted some particle extras. And it looks good at least right now.

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New gallery

So finally i have the Asgard gallery building in Second life ready. Go and see it. And see the art inside. Its a treat.
I am continuing too build more places in SL for the gallery community. Its fun.
The 2worlds2go.com web site got a few new pages and its now incorporated with my old web site.
I have problems getting the help forum up anybody have a database expert free. Anyway just working on.

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Why start a blog: maniac.

There are a few people out there thats interested in what we do and how our projects proceed.

And now i am writing at to many places so i thought it was better to keep one blog for both art projects and the 2worlds2go company because the work is really similar.

So right now the development in second life are moving along good. The new gallery and the machina studio vill be up soon.
And i have designed a new gallery. The Asgard gallery. And i hope it will be up and running in a few days. I think Karen wants to get her pictures up really fast.

I will try to put up new info on this blog insted of our website. It kind of gets to be to much info and the website got to much anyway.

So the reason to start a blog. I like it.

So what’s now?

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Second life and VR are now mainstream and I do not know if this company is a mainstream company. So as many times during the pandemic and the last years I have been thinking about closing it down. I will always love SL and I am in VR everyday. But. Where to go from here. Is there still development possibilities for a small company or do it all belong to the big ones like FB?

 

I know a decision has to be made but I do not want to do it. I love my virtual worlds and my hypergrid and I will stay online as long as I can. But maybe not as active and as a pro. Age is also taking away from the equation.

 

It is time to decide.