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Astrophysics in Virtual Worlds: Implementing N-Body Simulations in OpenSim

Saturday, July 19, 2008

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Junichiro Makino, University of Tokyo, leads the way into the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) in Tokyo. Piet Hut, Institute of Advanced Studies, Princeton, is right behind with the Genkii team. Jun Makino has offered the use of a server at the observatory to set up an OpenSim environment. History is about to be […]

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NASA, Astrophysicists and Space Enthusiasts in Virtual Worlds

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

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≈ Ogle Earth – a blog that “focuses on Google Earth” published a great post on “Programming Planetariums in Second Life” last week (hat tip to Kat Lemieux also). These planetariums in SL are the work of Magnus Zeisig (Magnuz Binder) a freelance SL builder located in Stockholm, Sweden, dubbed “one of Sweden’s most talented […]

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