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Second Life RTTS translation object

Daniel Tekel (tekeld1@fel.cvut.cz)

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Second Life• Not classic MMOG• Virtual world accessible via internet• Residents can explore, meet other residents, socialize,

participate in individual and group activities, create and trade virtual property and services, …

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• to explore the possibilities of connecting RTTS service and Second Life

• to create a translation object which would enable avatars to chat also with foreign language speaking avatars

• to explore Second Life possibilities of communicating through HTTP interface

Project goals

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Project results• Second Life can communicate via HTTP, but it is

communication possibilities are quiet limited – truncated responds, no authentication, …

• it’s possible to communicate with RTTS

• 2 translation objects were created:– Translator Kiosk– Personal Translator

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Translator Kiosk• kiosk offer avatars two communication modes:

– it can send translated messages to all registered people– it can send translated messages just to one specific avatar

• at the beginning every avatar has to set his language• after that:

– when someone speaks to public channel, every registered avatar receives translated message to his own language

– if someone speaks into someones channel, it sends translation just to that person

• to find out which channel is assigned to which avatar, you touch the object and select person by name

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Personal Translator• translates messages on public channel• at the beginning the user has to set:

– his language (from this language will translator translate his messages; other peoples messages will be translated to this language)

– outer-world language

• then translator “listens” the public channel• translates to outer-world language everything the avatar

says• translates to avatars language messages from other

people

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Videos• See how to use Translator kiosk:

http://ibm-cvut.felk.cvut.cz/~aejs2009/projekt1/video/kiosk.avi

• How to use Personal Translator:

http://ibm-cvut.felk.cvut.cz/~aejs2009/projekt1/video/personal_t.avi