Exhibit, drowned in glow…

I have designed quite a few image displays, and I now have another one to put in that folder. But the best lesson today was the result of collaboration.

Fresh off of winning the Linden Prize, the Studio Wikitecture guys invited the Wikitecture community to help design an exhibit for the SL6B event. This time, the project was more of a sprint, with many ideas submitted quickly.

Interactive Media Controls

The need for media displays presented a chance to design several interactive objects including audio, video, and slideshow elements. Some features were implemented due to the particular circumstances of the exhibit. Other features were settled upon simply because of restrictions imposed by the event. One object saw two major revisions, with the final approach likely to work out nicely. Problem: Objects must be shared with the event group; but, group members were not given the ability to deed those objects to the group.

Omei Turnbull delivered the game-winning feature: A single media server allowing non-deeded objects (the buttons) to make calls to the parcel media commands without having to be deeded to the group. This allows modification of the buttons and displays to continue, without having to call a Sim Coordinator every time a new version is to be tested; just have each object send user data and selections to the controller, and it does the parcel media assignment.

Nicely done, Omei.

Fading images; lights, sound, action!

The Studio Wikitecture exhibit can be found when the event opens on Tuesday using this SLurl. You might find something of interest in the events calendar. And, if you are curious for more, then Daniel Voyager’s SL6B post has all the event links you could want! (Nice work, Daniel!)