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I really liked SecondLife, and ran an early 3d Printing service for Avatars out of it called "Fabjectory" - long since shut down. Here's how it worked: 1. I'd
by michaelbuckbee 9y ago
I really liked SecondLife, and ran an early 3d Printing service for Avatars out of it called "Fabjectory" - long since shut down.
Here's how it worked:
1. I'd have avatars come meet me in my "studio" - a floating cube with very basic geometry that was way up in the sky away from other objects.
2. I'd use an app called OGLE (OpenGL Extractor) that was developed at Eyebeam to extract the avatar's geometry and textures.
3. I'd then load up the 3D capture (which would be a mess) and clean it up and make a bunch of manual modifications to make the 3D design print worthy.
4. I'd export the resulting image as VRML and then send it to my printing partner who would print them on "Sandstone" - plaster infused with color inkjet and something like superglue.
Here's a picture I found on Google of them: https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1102/1236026167_49aae2fc0b_b.jpg https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1102/1236026167_49aae2fc0b_b....
- sgtmas2006 9y agoPeople still do such a thing in SL, but it's actually mostly called copybotting, and is used to steal items sold on the market. Really common as well. I don't really deal with SL anymore, but a friend of mine was sucked back into it. There's a large amount of people that are very unique, and exploitable. People exploit them for humor and profit as well.