Donza's dashboard

LOL ok I see the occupied scenes do rise to the top (not sure why I found someone listed on a page further back), Still would like to have the thumbnails smaller (1/4 the size or even smaller) so more scenes per page would show. I think at least 12 per page (even 25) would still be effective.

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Just a couple of thoughts - could you please make the occupied scenes (esp public scenes) automatically sort to the front of the list on the first page? Right now you sometimes need to scroll through several pages of scenes to find one that has someone in it. If the occupied ones showed up first it would be much easier to find people online.

And also the thumbnails could easily be a whole lot smaller which would allow more scenes per page to be listed. Right now there are 12 pages with only 4 scenes per page - which takes WAY too long to look thru even with a fast computer.

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Regarding the dogs - it does seem like they have some random movements but it would be nice if they followed us even just in our own scenes. Also good would be clicking on them to get "tricks" and a way to easily script and upload our own doggie tricks would be awesome! You might even be able to sell some sort of extensible pkg (a la "spore") that would allow us to add or customize pets (bots?). I'd pay $10-$15 for that.

I did see that you can change doggie colors which is a good start. Maybe other types of doggies could be added once you got the scripting settled. But I still hope cats are in the pipeline.

Fishtank is nice but we were thinking more of one goldfish in a globe bowl - maybe it could jump out of the water every so often.

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Thanks for the insight - looking forward to seeing Vivaty bring 3D to mainstream!!

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Hi Tony,
Since you asked ... :)

I'd much prefer to continue the way that Atmo and Blaxxun worked and that means having my own content on my own web host and being able to add content or edit whenever I want. But I still want to have the same integration into your portals (Facebook, AIM, etc) and connectivity to your chat server as Vivaty has now. Basically it would look the same to the user it's just that I'd be hosting and maintaining it myself.

I do recognize that much autonomy might not be in line with what you have envisioned for Vivaty's future but "if I don't ask I don't get." And I do agree with GhettoVR in that Vivaty was such a huge departure from what we were all working on and expecting that it's taken a bit to get used to the idea. I think a lot of us who have been working with you for the past few years are still a bit confused about the sudden shift - I know I am.

Given my "druthers" I'd much prefer to continue making my worlds and connecting them to someone else's server but maybe those days are gone and having embedded "scenes" is how 3D will be seen in the future. If Adobe had stuck it out longer it could have done what you have done - instead they embedded in PDF's for god's sake - how incredibly stupid was that?? Certainly your pairing with Facebook and AIM is just plain brilliant. Bottom line is that all of us here want 3D to become known and used and I'm willing to go along with whatever it takes to achieve that goal.

But it would sure be nice to know what you guys are dreaming about - this little tidbit you gave us only makes us hungrier for the news. And the more we know of your dream the more we can help that dream come true.

In any case thanks so much for all your work and the opportunity to be a part of it,

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Hey Tony
Thanks so much for the insight into the future. I would certainly prefer to host my own sites and still have the Facebook, AIM connectivity. You are always at the front of new good things on the web and I love being part of the process!

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OK, Chris and I have a couple of more gift ideas. We'd like a moving goldfish in a bowl and a cat please.

Also it would be nice if there were doors so we could get outside the houses - we do need to walk the dogs you know. And Chris would like a way to give someone else permission to edit his scene - is that doable?

And I'd like to take my pet with me when I visit other ppl's scenes.

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Is there a way that Vivaty could be set up so that you don't automatically junp into your own scene when you go to Vivaty? It takes a while to load and then if you want to go to the Social Scenes you have to wait before you can switch. It would be nice to have an entrance page where you could decide where to go first before it started loading a scene.

How about some flower arrangements or potted plants?

Whyst
Just curious but do you know if you are able to use the Vivaty Player to view 3D at all?

Heidi
Is there still a page somewhere that shows some 3D Vivaty Player object that could test if the player is working - like when you install Flash and the spinning thing is viewable. I thought there used to be a (Flux Player - sorry LOL) page like that? Whystler's problem may be some type of other software (Cortona, BitManagement?) that is blocking the player.

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Hey Whyst - I just emailed you. If you don't get it can you email me at vivaty(at)donzas.com? ;) – Donza, on August 26, 2008 05:14

I didn't realize that! I guess I missed the fine print LOL

Well then I guess opening the contest to everyone everywhere should be at the top of our Wish List!

How about it Heidi?

Whyst!!!! Long time no see!!! So great to see you here! There is a contest going on right now to build scenes and objects - you definitely want to enter.
Love, Donza

I'd like to add this Vivaty feed to my page - or can we already do that?

While I definitely want to have my own av again - I want to build scenes!!! I am already very familiar with Flux Studio so can't wait to get started.

Will it be possible to use our VRML avatars?? PLEEEZZZZZ???