Virtual Mathematics

 Recently saw the final lecture of a new and innovative module which I’ve been teaching at the University of Warwick. “Virtual Mathematics”, the main thrust of which was to discuss various ways of disseminating mathematics online. The module is technically only half way through, next term will be spent developing individual online projects which form 50% of the credit, but…

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Fourmile with Shadows

When did Second Life viewer have shadows added as an option? Oh well… found the setting now and it looks cool! Perhaps it’s due to the fact that my previous graphics cards couldn’t handle it. Here’s a picture of the entrance to Fourmile Castle resplendent with shadows. Problem is what to do with my objects that have “fake” shadows while…

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Second Life Maths Sculptures

This post is to highlight the various sculptures scattered around the Second Life “Warwick University Maths” island, which can be accessed at this SLURL. There is always a lot of discussion over the impact of education using Virtual Worlds (usually against a backdrop of the bad publicity that always makes the tabloids), but what cannot be denied is that there…

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Ee’s SLideshow Viewer and Second Life 2.0

So, Linden Labs caught everyone by surprise and made the Beta 2.0 viewer the main release for new residents, despite there being numerous bugs that still need to be fixed. Pertinent to Ee’s SLideshow viewer are the new shared media facilities, or more precisely changes to parcel media.

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