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User:Armin Weatherwax

2010-04-04T13:10:30Z

Armin Weatherwax: Replaced content with 'So long, and thanks for all the fish. find me at twitter as arminweatherwax and at gmail with a dot between first and last name. Armin'

So long, and thanks for all the fish.
find me at twitter as arminweatherwax and at gmail with a dot between first and last name.

Armin

User:Armin Weatherwax

2009-06-05T18:54:16Z

Armin Weatherwax:

Hi there!

Don't think I really need a wiki page ... lol ...

but well, maybe _you_ need to know a little bit more about me.
ok.
I am a RL behavioral scientist from Germany. Behavioral scientist are psychologists who are not therapists, but interested in what average, "normal" persons behavior is. For average, normal persons usually™ think: psychologist == therapist it was necessary to make up a new word.
My special scientific interests are in -surprise- virtual reality and human-computer interfaces. I wrote my "Diplom"-thesis (German equivalent of master of science) about psychology of personality, focusing on gender differences in autobiographic/episodic memory; not exactly VR and HCI but also an scientific interest of mine :D

My computer and programming background goes back to the 80s, first program written on an Apple ][ at the age of 10 (or so); later C64 Basic V2 and 6510 Assembler; then several Basic dialects and MC68000 Assembler on Atari ST; then Turbo Pascal and (a little) C on a 8088 machine.

Since 90s until 2008 not much(a little bash here, some LaTeX there and R for the "masters" thesis); but SL re-addicted me to programming.
So contributing now VWR-8436 to (at the time writing future version of) the Second Life client,
and a few patches to the Imprudence client ( https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Alternate_viewers#Imprudence ).

My vision about viewer development is bringing viewer projects together to have more synergy for the most user friendly viewer possible, a viewer that as well provides help for beginners as it provides expert features for experts. Without the experts spammed by absolute beginner informations, and without beginners asked to activate expert features.

Enough?

If you want to contact me, feel free to do so,

- anything but spam to <mysecondlifefirstname>(dot)<mysecondlifelastname>( at )gmail (dot) com (email and jabberid)

- and the rest to devnull@localhost.localdomain ...

cu :)
Armin

User:Armin Weatherwax

2009-06-02T23:02:29Z

Armin Weatherwax:

Hi there!

Don't think I really need a wiki page ... lol ...

but well, maybe _you_ need to know a lttle more to know about me.
ok.
I am a RL behavioral scientist from Germany. Behavioral scientist are psychologists who are not therapists, but interested in what average, "normal" persons behaviour is. For average, normal persons usually™ think: psychologist == therapist it was necessary to make up a new word.
My special scientific interests is in -surprise- virtual reality and human-computer interfaces. I wrote my "Diplom"-thesis (German equivalent of master of science) about psychology of personality, focusing on gender differences in autobiographic/episodic memory.

My computer and programming background goes back to the 80s, first program written on an Apple ][; later C64 Basic V2 and 6510 Assembler; then several Basic dialects and MC68000 Assembler on Atari ST; then Turbo Pascal and (a little) C on a 8088 machine.
Since 90s until 2008 not much(a little bash here, some LaTeX there and R for the masters thesis); but SL re-addicted me to programming.
So contributing now VWR-8436 to (at the time writing future version of) the Second Life client,
and a few patches to the Imprudence client ( https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Alternate_viewers#Imprudence ).
My vision about viewer development is bringing viewer projects together to find a way of working together for the most user friendly viewer possible, a viewer that as well provides help for beginners as it provides expert features for experts. Without the experst spammed by beginner things and without beginners asking to activate expert features.

Enough?

If you want to contact me, feel free to do so,

- anything but spam to <mysecondlifefirstname>(dot)<mysecondlifelastname>( at )gmail (dot) com

- and the rest to devnull@localhost.localdomain ...

cu :)

User:Armin Weatherwax

2008-11-25T12:19:05Z

Armin Weatherwax:

Hi there!

Don't think I really need a wiki page ... lol ...

If you want to contact me, feel free to do so,

- anything but spam to <mysecondlifefirstname>(dot)<mysecondlifelastname>( at )gmail (dot) com

- and the rest to devnull@localhost.localdomain ...

cu :)

User:Armin Weatherwax

2008-11-25T12:18:04Z

Armin Weatherwax:

Hi there!

Don't think I really need a wiki page ... lol ...

If you want to contact me, feel free to do so,

- anything but spam to <mysecondlifefirstname>(dot)<mysecondlifelastname>( at )gmail (dot) com>

- and the rest to devnull@localhost.localdomain ...

cu :)

User:Armin Weatherwax

2008-11-25T12:13:34Z

Armin Weatherwax:

Hi there!

Don't think I really need a wiki page ... lol ...

If you want to contact me, feel free to do so,

- anything but spam to <mysecondlifefirstname (dot) mysecondlifelastname (at) gmail (dot) com>

- and the rest to devnull@localhost.localdomain ...

cu :)

User:Armin Weatherwax

2008-11-25T12:12:26Z

Armin Weatherwax:

Hi there!

Dont think I really need a wiki page ... lol ...

If you want to contact me, feel free to do so,
- anything but spam to <mysecondlifefirstname (dot) mysecondlifelastname (at) gmail (dot) com>-
- and the rest to devnull@localhost.localdomain ...

cu :)

User:Armin Weatherwax

2008-11-25T12:11:09Z

Armin Weatherwax: New page: Hi there! Dont think I really need a wiki page ... lol ... If you want to contact me, feel free to do so, anything but spam to <mysecondlifefirstname (dot) mysecondlifelastname (at) gma...

Hi there!

Dont think I really need a wiki page ... lol ...

If you want to contact me, feel free to do so,
anything but spam to <mysecondlifefirstname (dot) mysecondlifelastname (at) gmail (dot) com>
and the rest to devnull@localhost.localdomain ...

:)

Talk:Source branches

2008-11-25T11:48:55Z

Armin Weatherwax: gtk clipboard: linked to actual contributor, unlinked patch witch depends on Alissas code

== Branches details ==

=== All branches ===
Source: http://svn.secondlife.com/trac/linden/browser/branches
<br>
Last update: 2008, November 14
<br>

* '''2007'''
* '''2008'''
* '''agent-domain''' - [[Architecture_Working_Group|AWG]] stuff
* '''agent-domain-2''' - [[Architecture_Working_Group|AWG]] stuff
* '''Branch_1-19-0-Viewer'''
* '''Branch_1-19-1-Viewer'''
* '''Branch_1-20-Viewer-2'''
* '''featurettes-5'''
* '''featurettes-6'''
* '''featurettes-7''' - [http://svn.secondlife.com/trac/linden/browser/branches/featurettes-7/indra/newview/llfloaterbulkpermission.h?rev=1451 New floater]about bulk permission allow multiple task inventory properties to be set in one go
* '''install-dev-binaries'''
* '''interop-3''' - [[Architecture_Working_Group|AWG]] stuff
* '''interop-4''' - [[Architecture_Working_Group|AWG]] stuff
* '''interop-5''' - [[Architecture_Working_Group|AWG]] stuff
* '''interop-6''' - [[Architecture_Working_Group|AWG]] stuff
* '''interop-7''' - [[Architecture_Working_Group|AWG]] stuff
* '''interop-8''' - [[Architecture_Working_Group|AWG]] stuff
* '''interop-9''' - [[Architecture_Working_Group|AWG]] stuff
* '''maint-render-6'''
* '''maint-render-7'''
* '''maint-render-8''' - current shadow branch as of 2008, November 14
* '''maint-render-9'''
* '''maint-ui-12'''
* '''maint-viewer-7'''
* '''maint-viewer-9'''
* '''maint-viewer-10''' - Linux clipboard [https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/User:Alissa_Sabre handled by gtk]
* '''maint-viewer-11'''
* '''openal''' - ? alternative audio support development ?
* '''opensource-drops'''
* '''Puppeteering080323''' - Puppeteer feature (not maintained)
* '''shadow-draft''' - shadows-enabled viewer (codename "Darklight"?) - see maint-render-8
* '''shadow-draft-2''' - shadows-enabled viewer (codename "Darklight"?) - see maint-render-8
* '''vectorform'''
* '''viewer_1-21'''
* '''viewer_1-22'''

=== Interesting branches ===
Branches being actively maintained that include bug fixes and new features that not present in public releases yet.
<br>
Please include other branches that you find "interesting" and add details about them in previous list.

* '''featurettes-7'''
* '''maint-render-8'''
* '''maint-viewer-10'''
* ...

User talk:Opensource Obscure

2008-11-25T11:38:40Z

Armin Weatherwax: /* Talk:Source_branches */

Hi Opensouce, I added a description of what profiling is to my {{user|Stevex Janus}} page.

== Talk:Source_branches ==

Hey Opensource! http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Talk:Source_branches is a very good idea!
Just one notice: Linux clipboard [http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-8436?focusedCommentId=78928#action_78928 handled by gtk] should point to Alissa Sabre who actually contributed the gtk clipboard handling and to Tofu Linden who integrated it into the maint-viewer.[[User:Armin Weatherwax|Armin Weatherwax]] 11:38, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

User talk:Opensource Obscure

2008-11-25T11:37:16Z

Armin Weatherwax: /* Talk:Source_branches */ new section

Space Navigator

2008-04-16T17:23:51Z

Armin Weatherwax:

== What is it? ==

The [http://www.3dconnexion.com/products/3a1d.php 3DConnexion SpaceNavigator] is a 3D navigation device or 3D Mouse with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6DOF six degrees of freedom] which can be used in conjunction with Second Life's [[Flycam|flycam mode]].

== Setting up the SpaceNavigator for use with SL's flycam mode ==

The SpaceNavigator works with SL's flycam mode using the latest 3DConnexion driver. See the [[Flycam]] wiki page for detailed instructions.

== See also ==
* '''[[Video_Tutorials#SPACENAVIGATOR|SPACENAVIGATOR video tutorials by Torley]]''' - The "watermelon guru" presents a special mixed-reality demo just minutes after opening the box! Covers the basics, the 3 modes, advanced customization, and more.

SpaceNavigator is not known to work with the Second Life Linux client. See [http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-5297 VWR-5297] and [http://www.3dconnexion.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2050 3DConnexion forum post].

[http://www.orderedbytes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1659&sid=2be21da3a813682555d2a6b3b4f843d7 A solution for Mac] (April 07)

[http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?t=193573&highlight=space%20navigator SL forum thread] (restricted access)

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6DOF Six degrees of freedom (wikipedia)]

[[User:Tenebrous Pau|Tenebrous Pau]] has had success using the SpaceNavigator in conjunction with a community-provided driver (which makes the SpaceNavigator appear to Windows like a Game Controller).

* [http://www.3dconnexion.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1153 The RBC9 driver], a community-provided joystick driver for SpaceNavigator (March 07). '''Note:''' The RBC9 driver is not needed to make the SpaceNavigator work with SL; just use the latest 3DConnexion driver.

* A [http://teneverse.blogspot.com/2007/07/blog-post.html blog post with recommended settings for the RBC9 driver]

* A [http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=gfUAyGR5nNs demonstration video]

* A relevant [http://www.3dconnexion.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=538 3dconnexion forum post]

Note: Tenebrous Pau reports that as of Second Life 1.20.0 84432 (possibly earlier), the SL viewer has built in support for the SpaceNavigator, including controlling your avatar, manipulating objects in build mode, and using the flycam. This works for him on Vista 32-bit, with the latest 3DConnexion drivers (no need for RBC9).
Update: It also works with Vista 64-bit. (Domchi Underwood)

Some links pertaining to this:

* [http://www.3dconnexion.com/news/press/040308_secondlife.php Press release from 3Dconnexion] - "3Dconnexion 3D Mice Coming To Second Life"

* [http://www.3dconnexion.com/solutions/secondlife.php A video by Beast Linden] - Demonstrates controlling your avatar, build mode, and flycam

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