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The purpose of this blog/website is to help educators who are interested in integrating OpenSim-based virtual worlds into their educational projects.

Sim-on-a-Stick (SoaS) is a standalone, single user Windows package of OpenSim that runs on a USB flash drive or other convenient location (like a computer hard drive).

Why should educators care about SoaS? Find out here.

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Using SoaS to Create Virtual Worlds Offline: Free Webinar for Educators - Saturday, June 17, 2017 - 10 AM PDT

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"Beyond Second Life: Creating and Saving Virtual Worlds Offline" Free Webinar for Educators Learn how to use virtual worlds in your classes, even when there's no Internet connection, or the school's firewall prevents you from accessing an online grid. This presentation/webinar will take place on Facebook. If you would like to participate, please join Teaching with SoaS group on FB . When: June 17, 2017 - 10 AM SLT / 17:00 UTC / 18:00 Lisbon Where: Teaching with SoaS Facebook Group URL: https://www.facebook.com/groups/teachingwithSoaS/ This event is part of  #SLMOOC17
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OAR and IAR files: what is the difference?

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OAR and IAR files are very useful but they can be a bit confusing at first. OpenSimulator Archive (OAR) The OpenSimulator Archive (OAR) function has existed since OpenSimulator 0.5.9. The facility does a similar job to load-xml2/save-xml2 in that it saves prims so that they can be later reloaded. However, OpenSimulator archives (OAR) go a step further in that they can save all the necessary asset data so that you may fully restore the terrain, region parcel data, the textures of objects and their inventories when loaded onto a completely different system using a different asset database. Source: OpenSimulator.org OpenSimulator Inventory Archives (IARs) OpenSimulator Inventory Archives (IARs) are a means by which inventory folders and items can be saved offline to a single file (an IAR). This file can then be loaded into a different OpenSimulator installation. Like OpenSim Archives, IARs save all the necessary asset data required to fully restore the items including te...
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How difficult is it to load an OAR file into SoaS?

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The OpenSimulator Archive (OAR) function has existed since OpenSimulator 0.5.9. The facility does a similar job to load-xml2/save-xml2 in that it saves prims so that they can be later reloaded. However, OpenSimulator archives (OAR) go a step further in that they can save all the necessary asset data so that you may fully restore the terrain, region parcel data, the textures of objects and their inventories when loaded onto a completely different system using a different asset database. Source: OpenSimulator.org OAR is one of the most amazing and useful functions of OpenSim that we can use with SoaS. However, after learning about OAR files for the first time during a presentation, educators often become worried about its complexity. Granted: at first glance, working with OAR files can look like something too complicated to even try in class. Actually, loading an OAR file using just the basic command is extremely easy - and fast, too, depending on the size of the file you'...
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