Open Avatar Introductory Video
At the beginning of June we launched Open Avatar, an initiative to create a framework artists could use when building avatars.
By adhering to a convention, avatars, or parts of avatars, could become more portable across many different applications, produced by many different vendors.
Recently a video was uploaded to vimeo that gives a nice introduction to OpenAvatar and it’s purpose:
Since the launch, we’ve had some positive feedback and a lot of interesting discussion.
If you’ve tried it out and have had some success (or failure) please let us know!
Presentation: The Technology Behind VastPark
Today I presented at La Cantine in Paris to both a real world audience and a virtual audience inside of VastPark.
The presentation covered the technology that powers VastPark, where to find the open source code and the specifications such as IMML, Continuum, and the recently announced OpenAvatar. I also showed some live demonstrations of VastPark in action (the selective Continuum capture I did can be downloaded from here).
See the slideshare below, there was a lot of talking during the presentation so the slides may seem a little light on content. If you have questions about the slides feel free to comment and I will answer.
