#meshbody — Public Fediverse posts

• 11:30 AM-12:30 PM PST/grid time:
  Shop during lunch! Hypergrid Shopping Tour: Where to find content
  I'm curious where Lyr Lobo will take us. And if she has taken the time to add some of my suggestions as actual destinations. Then again, @Juno Rowland or I could probably do an even longer specialise "So you've got a Ruth2 v4, and you're looking for clothes, but you don't want to resort to copybotted Second Life stuff" shopping tour. Have this wiki article instead.
  
• 12:30 PM-1:30 PM PST/grid time:
  In Conversation: Mal Burns talks with Tish Shute
  Okay, that's a filler, but probably an interesting one, also because it takes a look at early OpenSim.
  
• 1:30 PM-2:00 PM PST/grid time:
  The Open Metaverse Research Group
  Right now, the Open Metaverse Research Group appears to be a bunch of idealistic OpenSim users who want to achieve what industry and cryptobros, both with no knowledge of even OpenSim's existence whatsoever, are working on independently themselves. And it doesn't look like the OMRG has any associates outside the OpenSim community. Not to mention the state their very wiki is in. I hope this panel will convince me otherwise.
  
• 2:00 PM-2:30 PM PST/grid time:
  Max – New Free Mesh bodies for OpenSim Avatars
  The most exciting panel of the whole event. Ada Radius presents the new "unisex" mesh body she has created this year, Max, that can be turned into a male variant named Maxwell and a female one named Maxine. It's the official successor of Ruth2 and Roth2 now, and just like them, it's free, open-source, legal and made in and for OpenSim by largely the same team. And it promises to provide a much better dev kit. I'll try to apply as a beta-tester, also because I don't want this body to go out there only lab-tested by its own devs.
  
• 2:30 PM-3:00 PM PST/grid time:
  A Home for Arcadia Asylum
  Another topic dear to Ada, now joined by Kayaker Magic: the creations of Arcadia Asylum/Aley Arai/Lora Lemon/Aley Resident, at least what was successfully rescued and transferred to OpenSim. Kayaker has recently launched an entire grid specialising on Arcadia Asylum, and there'll be a tour through it tomorrow at 10 AM PST/grid time.

History of the Development of Max

History of the project, current Ruth2 and Roth2 avatars, testing models, managing artists and the community social media channels.

• 2017 – Shin Ingen creates original Ruth 2.0 and Roth 2.0 avatar meshes in ZBrush. https://github.com/ingen-lab/Ruth
• 2019 – Fred Beckhusen creates GitHub RuthAndRoth organization to improve open source community management of the project with Ada Radius, Ai Austin and Serie Sumei as administrators. https://github.com/RuthAndRoth
• 2019 – Ruth 2.0 RC#2, Ruth 2.0 RC#3 and Roth 2.0 RC#1 resources archived as branches in https://github.com/RuthAndRoth/Ruth
• 2019 – Ruth2 v4 and Roth2 v2 released by GitHub RuthAndRoth organization into OpenSim and Second Life. https://github.com/RuthAndRoth/Ruth2 and https://github.com/RuthAndRoth/Roth2
• 2022 – Ada Radius, Kayaker Magic and Tom Ernst explore details of viewer data for avatars as basis for Max. https://github.com/New-Media-Arts-New-Viewer-Avatar
• 2023 – Max, Maxine and Maxwell project underway. https://github.com/RuthAndRoth/Max

• Ruth – the original Ruth 2.0 RC#2 and RC#3 and Roth 2.0 RC#1 resources with Git archival branches for the releases.
• Ruth2 – Female mesh avatar – Ruth2 v4.
• Roth2 – male mesh avatar – Roth2 v2.
• Extras – attachments and resources of interest for open source avatars.
• Skins – open source skins.
• Reference – archive of Second Life and OpenSimulator avatar-related reference files.
• Max – repository for the new Max, Maxine and Maxwell avatars.

• GitHub:
  • Github Organization: https://github.com/RuthandRoth
  • Github Repository: https://github.com/RuthandRoth/Max
• Social Forums and Discussion:
  • Discord Discussion Forum: RuthAndRoth [See channel #max] [Invite]
  • MeWe Community Page: https://mewe.com/group/5bbe0189a5f4e57c73569fb9
• Second Life:
  • Second Life Group: “RuthAndRoth” (free to join) – Group name place holder.
  • Second Life Group: “Ruth and Roth Community” (free to join) – Most active and recommended for use.
  • Second Life Marketplace Store: RuthAndRoth
• OpenSim:
  • OSGrid Inworld Location: hop://hg.osgrid.org:80/RuthAndRoth/134/124/26
  • OSGrid OpenSim Group: “RuthAndRoth” (free to join)
  • OpenSim Kitely Market: RuthAndRoth Store (products not currently listed)

• Ada Radius
  Ai Austin
  Curious Creator
  Kayaker Magic
  Linden Lab
  Serie Sumei
  Sundance Haiku
  Tom Ernst aka Owl Eyes

• Ada Radius
  Ai Austin
  Chimera Firecaster
  Duck Girl
  Elenia Boucher
  Fred Beckhusen
  Fritigern Gothly
  Joe Builder
  Kayaker Magic
  Lelani Carver
  Leona Morro
  Linden Lab
  Mike Dickson
  Noxluna Nightfire
  Sean Heavy
  Serie Sumei
  Shin Ingen
  Sundance Haiku

• Original Ruth 2.0 RC#1, RC#2 and RC#3 and Roth 2.0 RC#1 meshes modelled in Zbrush by Shin Ingen with rigging and vertex weight maps by Ada Radius.
• GitHub Repository management and testing by Fred Beckhusen, Outworldz LLC (Ferd Frederix), Ai Austin and Serie Sumei.
• Revised mesh, rigging and vertex weight maps by Ada Radius.
• Improvements to feet meshes by Sundance Haiku and Curious Creator.
• Fingernails and toenails by Sundance Haiku.
• UV map is CC-BY Linden Lab.
• HUD mesh, textures and scripts by Serie Sumei using modifications to original scripts by Shin Ingen and nail enhancements by Sundance Haiku.

• Shelenn Ayres
  #InfiniteMetaverseAlliance CEO. Co-organiser of the on-going #OpenSimFest #OSFest2023 that'll continue until the end of the month. Follow her now for the daily schedule. Also maybe your first #Friendica connection.
  → @Shelenn Ayres
  
• Mal Burns
  Creator and main host of #InworldReview, also creator of several other YouTube video series about virtual worlds. One of the organisers of #HypergridInternationalExpo which will return next month after six years.
  → Main account: @Mal Burns Main
  → OpenSim account: @Metaworld Opensim Social
  
• Thirza Ember
  Organiser of the weekly #HGSafari. One of the hosts of Inworld Review. Another one of the organisers of #HIE.
  → @Thirza
  
• Tosha Tyran
  One of the four founders and owners of #CraftWorld, one of the five oldest grids. Another one of the organisers of HIE.
  → @Tosha T.
  
• Kelso Uxlay
  Co-founder and co-owner of the #CreaNovale grid. Co-builder of the famous four-seasons varsim known as #Novale. And yet another one of the organisers of HIE.
  → @Kelso Uxlay
  
• Lone Wolf
  Founder and owner of the #WolfTerritoriesGrid, the second-largest OpenSim grid. Might be the single person who owns the most virtual land in the world, but he offers it for rent. Also founder and owner of the OpenSimSocial #Mastodon instance.
  → @Lone Wolf
  
• Hyacinth Jean
  Founder and owner of the #GroovyVerse grid and the GroovyToot Mastodon instance. Prolific #MeshBody maker; has forked Ruth 2.0 into #LuvMyBod and Diana and created her own private mesh body. Currently working on an alternative to #OpenSimWorld.
  → @Hyacinth 🏳️‍⚧️ ☮️
  
• vrsimility
  Working on an authentic, detailed recreation of 19th century #Liverpool in OpenSim.
  → @vrsimility
  
• OpenSimulator Community Conference
  The #OSCC is a yearly community event with a whole number of panels about OpenSim in particular and virtual worlds in general. Expect #OSCC23 to happen in December.
  → @OpenSim Community Conference
  
• Finally, the OpenSim community on #Lemmy
  Not a user for a change, but a place on Lemmy for OpenSim users/avatars to meet and discuss.
  → @OpenSim