CloudSlam'10™ "Avatar" Tutorial

Table of contents

1. Avatars’ Guide
   1. Enter fast as a guest avatar
2. Meeting Attendees’ & Visitors’ guide
3. - Trouble Shooting for attendees:
4. - System Requirements

Avatars’ Guide

When entering the CloudSlam’10 Virtual Expo or the C-Level Forum Conferencing space, you will need to firstly select “I don’t have a customized avater“ then enter your CloudSlam'10 event password, then click "next".

Then enter your avatar name, usually first name & last name attached, then click “next” .

Then, Choose “male” or “female” , then select your preferred avatar style before clicking “Next”.

At this stage you will see a blank screen then a brown loading page where within 20 - 45 seconds (depending on pc / internet spect) you will be on your way to assuming your "Avatar" status.

Now you should be inside the 3-D explorer.

Meeting Attendees’ & Visitors’ guide

Before entering the 3DXplorer space, make sure all your web browsers are closed, starting your 3D experience in a fresh browser.

Also closing any open bandwidth-intensive or graphics-intensive application,
before starting, will ensure you a better web3D experience.

In order to enter the virtual meeting space, you will need to have java 1.5 or a more recent version on your computer. 95% of computers have Java already installed, but if you don’t have it, you can download a quick & free copy of the java software, by clicking the following link -

Once you have launched the entrance URL, a User Login popup will appear, inviting you to enter with your own avatar or as a guest

To chat with the group, use the avatar control window. All conversations are recorded. To get the recorded conversation at any time, press the “Show full history” button.

To move your avatar, use the arrow keys in the lower right section of your keyboard:

move forward ↑

or

backward ↓

turn left ←

or

right →

Be sure to click inside the 3D environment before attempting to move your avatar, as the 3D screen needs to be active before your avatar will respond.

If at any time you become stuck or wish to return to the starting location, tap the space bar.

To change your camera view, you have the choice of selecting Cam 1, Cam 2, or Cam 3 in the screen’s upper left.

Cam 1 is a view from behind your avatar.

Cam 2 is a view through your avatar’s eyes.

Cam 3 allows you to see your avatar head on.

To have your avatar sit in the environment, move your cursor over a chair and simply click when the “Click here to sit” message appears.

Stand by pressing the arrow ↑ as to move forward, or by clicking the seated
person icon on the Avatar’s control popup.

ZOOM: To watch a presentation, from far, if you can’t walk closer to the 3D screen inside the world, you can click on that screen and a zoom pop up will open.

To activate your laser pointer press “L” on your key board. To stop the laser pointer, press “L” again.

2.1 - Trouble Shooting for attendees:

• I have never been able to enter any 3DXplorer space:
Reinstall java, from www.java.com

• I have loaded the 3D space, and see the room, but can’t log in with my avatar, don’t see the login popup:

Try clicking on the upper right corner “Click here to login”. If you can’t, then refresh your browser (F5 on a PC) or restart your browser and while the space loads, stay with the main window.

• It worked fine for a while, but now I’m disconnected, or you have a grey screen saying “Something appears to be wrong with your Internet connection.”

Well, this is due to a network issue between the client and the server. Just refresh your browser page (F5 on windows) and reconnect.

• It worked fine for a while, but I don’t see some avatars. Or some avatars are missing textures.
Close all open browsers and re-enter the space.

• I try to move my avatar with arrows, but it does not move
Click inside the 3D window, to activate it, and repress on the arrows.

• I got stuck among a set of chairs, can’t get out:
Press on the space bar which will take you back to the entrance point.

System Requirements

The 3DXplorer V3 software being all hosted by Altadyn (SaaS), neither the content creators, nor the end user visitors, have to worry about updating new releases.
Required System for 3DXplorer V3, authoring tool as well as the player is :

System Requirements

Internet Connection: Cable or DSL

Operating System:

- Windows 2000, XP, or Vista,
- Mac OS X 10.3.9 or higher,
- Linux Operating System: A reasonably modern environment

* Java runtime : 1.5(certain versions of 3DX as per site owner's decision) or 1.6 if not installed download it here for free : http://www.java.com

-Computer Processor: 800 MHz Pentium III or Athlon, or higher
-Computer Memory: 512 MB or higher
-Video/Graphics Card : basic cards work fine