User:SignpostMarv Martin

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Born:

10/08/2005

About:

Demonically Possesed Albino

Re-license Contributions

I, SignpostMarvMartin declare my intention to make all contributions I have made to this Wiki under the following licenses:

Achievements:

created first MegaTokyo fan group in SL, '
Only got suspended once (12 hours for harrasing Adam Linden)
Became a Second Life Mentor
Made two long term additions to Help Island
- Test Track (removed to lower the physics usage in the Help Island sims)
- Teleporter map (still there, uses instant touch-to-llSitTarget()

Links:

And so ends 14 hours of Wiki editing. SignpostMarv Martin 23:08, 8 January 2007 (PST)

My Accounts on SL

SignpostMarv Martin, obviously
Orientation Islander - redirects back here, couldn't resist taking the name :-D

Things Marv would really like it if you took notice of

Template:old-info

This template should come in useful as time goes on and the number of articles grows.

It's configured to add an article to the Articles in need of updating category.

Simply add {{old-info}} at the top of the article that looks like it needs to be brought up to date.

Category:Articles in need of updating

Try to avoid using this category directly, as there aren't many situations where the old-info template wouldn't apply

Category:Articles in need of expansion

Articles listed here are those which are listed under under Special:Shortpages, but which require more immediate attention, or those which are not necessarily short, but are still missing information or over-simplifying a particular point.

Template:SL-hCard

This is a template that I straight copy & pasted from the template I created on the SL History Wiki. It's in need of some love from people who have a better idea of MediaWiki template syntax than I do, as it seems that the SL Wiki doesn't like the code as much as the History Wiki does.

URL shortcuts

Because typing out urls over and over again is a pain in the ass and leads to ~~tipos~~ typos.

LSL Wiki

Template:lsl
- A handy little shortcut to make maintenance of the Wiki easier, should the LSL Wiki move, or be down for extended periods (we're talking weeks, not minutes or hours here).

SL Knowledge Base

A couple of handy little shortcut to skip over typing the same repetitive chunks of the URL over and over again

Template:slkb-cat - For linking to SL Knowledge Base categories
Template:slkb - For linking to SL Knowledge Base articles

Marv's stupid ideas for features for the SL client

Wiimote Integration

Being able to use it as a gun in mouselook mode
Being able to use it for sports applications (golf)
Generic mouse pointer
Ummm..... ask Javier Puff
- Pseudo motion capture - "Rhythm Control"
- Force-feedback & sound effects
Gesture control system similar to the one employed in Black & White
AO Integration
- Raising the Wiimote in a drinking motion to trigger a drink anim
- Waving it back and forth to trigger a wave anim

iTunes/generic music store Integration

Go to a live concert in SL, click a button on the streaming music tab, pay for a track in L$
- Same goes for video

Marv's slightly less stupid ideas

Plugins for the eventual plugin support

MIDI Device Integration

Map a MIDI signal to a message, inject message into stream (e.g. using MIDI signals to trigger chat macros)
- Could theoretically be used to provide direct, manual control of Robbie Dingo's Hyper instruments

AMIP "Now Playing" support

This plugin could be written two ways:

Injecting data into a generic chat-input plugin
A purpose-built "Now Playing" plugin that would be more flexible for AMIP or other Media Player plugins

Webcam support

Combine with Community Bounties#VLC instead of QuickTime and Logitech's technology to:

stream your avatar in-world onto a video screen
take full and direct control of your avatar's facial muscles

Allow quadriplegics to use Second Life

Add speech-to-text
- Avoid using spoken commands for movement, nobody has been able to implement such a thing that doesn't suck.
  - Use a hotspot system for "move to here".
Use a hotspot and eyeball tracking algorithms to enable "clicking"

Parallel Metaverses

A "Parallel Metaverse" is a cluster of servers not owned & operated by Linden Lab that is accessible from the World Map.

The owner of the "Parallel Metaverse" would buy a low-powered server connected to the grid whose sole purpose was to provide a gateway from the LL grid to their own grid.

Problems

Logging into the other grid without restarting the client
Economy - Will likely be seperate
Inventory - Will likely be non-transferable
- Viewers should be adapted so Residents could have their own locally installed "hubs" where they could store and view inventory content (changes made here would not be reflected in the relevant metaverse unless the are the creator or it's allowed by server permissions)
Double-clicking on a "Metaverse Gateway" should allow the Resident to view the world map for the "Parallel Metaverse".