Imperium Is Moving

So the old place was getting on my nerves for some technical reasons. Like that sim is fucked technical reasons. It was a pleasure to move to a place where things just work, and I'm kind of liking what I'm up to so far with the new place. So come and visit. I won't bite, though that doesn't mean I'm going to stop other people from doing so.

Landmark!

MicrObey 200329.1 Released

So the weekend warrior thing was all about RLV, really, but some foundation laid for upcoming work.

For RLV to work, you obviously need a viewer that has RLV, have RLV turned on, and have RLV enabled for MicrObey. That's a lot, really, but worth it. MicrObey is really centered around RLV, and a lot of the experiences use it. Here's my opportunity to shamelessly plug Firestorm Viewer, which makes RLV pretty easy.

MicrObey has two notions of RLV. "In Session", and "Normal". In session is, of course, RLV restrictions that are applied when you're in trance. Normal is when you're not. Some of these restrictions may run counter to other restrictions imposed elsewhere in the MicrObey ecosystem. I recommend experimentation.

The big thing here is that RLV is completely opt-in at this level. Go. Enjoy it. 😀

So a quick guide. Wearing the HUD, touch the HUD bar to get the main menu:

Click on Setup to get the Setup Menu:

OK cool. You've got two buttons there for RLV. Namely, RLV and Session RLV. Each one of those will take you to the web to set up your RLV for each state:

And

Pretty cool. There's some nerd things going on here, as well, that I won't get into. But I'll say I had a blast with Properties and Attributes in C#. 😀

Some other cool things is easy access to the portal stuff. See the Portal button above? If you click on that you should get this menu:

This lets you go to the portal, set your password if you're interested in accessing the portal when not in-world (actually, this is useful for those with the Owner HUD, but a nice thing for subjects, as well), see overall statistics, see your recent training sessions, see where you've been recently, see how your zen is going, and a button just to get here on my purty (as in purty ugly) blog.

There's also been some enhancements to the Portal itself. I won't get into those. Blah!

So what's next? I plan on enhancing:

- Broadcasts
- Speech
- Subliminals

Right now these require the subject be logged in to use. I'm gonna fix that to act like RLV and Photo Galery. Owners will soon be able to setup these things while you're offline as a nice surprise for when you log in. Also, I'd like to be able to select multiple broadcasts and subliminals. We'll see how I feel about that when I do it.

Also look soon for an "I'm not scared I'm open to anyone" option. This currently exists in the MicrObey setup, but it'll be extended to cover your entire account. Because you're not scared.

There's more (there always is), but I'm tired of trying to be reasonably coherent in expressing myself. Just play around. Contact me with ideas, questions, bug reports. You'd be doing me a great favor.

Your bestest buddy,
Imperium

MicrObey Collectives

In the MicrObey domain, there are two types of Collectives. Site Collectives and Collectives. We'll be talking about Collectives in this post. I'll talk about Site Collectives somewhere else. At length. Probably.

So what the hell is a Collective? At the 10,000 foot level, a Collective is a way to define a group of people who spend time together. Other names in SL are like families, covens, and, well, collectives. So if you join a collective, you're a part of that group of people who have special access to your MicrObey HUD. A Collective is segmented into three roles: Owner, Subject, and Trainer. Owners and Trainers within a Collective have access to a Subject's MicrObey HUD as if they were granted direct ownership of the HUD. For a subject, this means they don't have to manage their permissions if they don't want to. They can trust the Collective Owner. Makes things for surprising.

Now there are some requirements for participating in a Collective. To create a Collective or be a Trainer in a Collective, you must have a MicrObey Owner HUD license. To be a subject in a Collective, you must have a MicrObey license. Beyond that, have a blast. At the moment, you can have as many Collectives as you want, be a Trainer in as many Collectives as you want, and be a subject in as many Collectives as you want. I have no plans on restricting this at the moment.

So log in to the portal (or you can get there from the Owner HUD) and click on the "Collectives" button at the top of the page:

Right now at the time I'm writing this there's the Imperium Collective. Yeah. I added that.

There's a button at the top to add your own Collective. 

You've got some things to consider here. Of course, the name, which must be a unique name. Beyond that, there are two checkboxes which are important. Do you want subjects to be able to join without you verifying them? And do you want traines to be able to join without you verifying them? As a rule, I wouldn't let trainers join without verification. They are given serious privileges the second they become a trainer in your Collective. So this does beg the question what is verification, anyway? You're going to be send a message in SL telling you that a trainer wants to join. That message will have a link. All you need to do to verify someone is click on that link. The system will take care of the rest. If you ignore the message, it will expire after some period (like seven days) and no action will be taken.

Now back to the home page. Each row represents a Collective. With each Collective, you have actions that you can take based on your standing (or lack thereof) in that Collective. You can modify the Collective (if you're the owner), join as a trainer (or request to become a trainer) or leave the Collective as a trainer, join as a subject (or request to become a subject) or leave the Collective as a subject, and maybe get some information.

Now I'm not going to go into what each one of those do. They're largely based on how the owner has their Collective setup, and I may expand on all of that in the future without really breaking my intent here. Needless to say, this is the place to go to interact with Collectives. To join, browse, manage, and so on. Now you can get here from your HUD (both the Owner HUD and MicrObey HUD), or you can use the Set Password tool and login directly to the portal from anywhere.

Want to add people? If you're an owner (or a trainer), you can click the information icon on the far right of the listing. This will take you to a page like this:

Here you can add and remove trainers and subjects. When you add someone, you'll be able to look them up. The system will check to see if they have a valid corresponding license (owner HUD for trainers and MicrObey for subjects), and then will send them a message in SL that will contain a link for them to join the Collective. That link will only be valid for a period of time (like 7 days).

Standard configurations? As I envision this, I leave it free for any subject to join and leave at their whim, and require trainers wanting to join be verified. Your mileage may vary, and I expect it will.

OK that was more than enough. If you have any questions, feel free to either ask me in SL (or leave a comment here).

MicrObey 200322.1 Released

I released MicrObey 200322.1 today. The fun automated systems should be pestering you soon about it. You can also hit the redelivery terminal at the store (if you don't have the redelivery HUD) or get a redelivery from the Marketplace. This has primarily the stuff I spewed random thoughts about yesterday, along with some new stuff with the portal. Hit me up in-world with any questions.

MicrObey - Gallery

So as I add things to things, I'll try my best to lay out my thoughts in blog posts. Because, fuck it, we all want to be influencer blogger assholes. I'm not an exception. Give me all your shit for free and I'll mention you here.

The next release of MicrObey is going to have what I've dubbed the Gallery. This lets you (or the people you love, like the whitelisted folks or owners in your life) select multiple themes and spirals to be displayed in your HUD viewing area. You can then minimize and maximize the theme and spiral by clicking on it (or touching it, in SL lingo). This goes great with subliminals, devotions, and so on. Things to keep your focus when you're not in training.

Now the usual rules apply for theme and spiral licenses. What this means is that when I go to, say, CIHelper's Gallery, I can select from licenses that **I** own and that **HE** owns. But if he goes back to change them later, he loses my licenses.

There's also some rollouts for the portal that go with this. Beyond the Gallery itself, there's of course a way to configure the hell out of it in the MicrObey setup. Just look for the Gallery tab. The "My MicrObey Users" stuff has been enhanced, as well. You can now see trance history and movement history, as well. Some other minor things, as well, but I forgot in the middle of my Saturday Madness.

So what's next? That's like the million dollar question. I have plans for extending RLV ... A LOT ... But there's also refining my thoughts on the Collectives, more training scripts to write (if you have any suggestions, drop me a line in the Matrix), startup sessions, movement controls, devotions, and oh hell a lot of other things on my to-do list before I migrate on the in-world devices that integrate with all of this fun crap.

Thanks for reading. You can find me at the Imperium Main Store and at the Imperium MicrObey Store. I'll keep the coffee on for you. Or see what I'm up to on the Almighty Marketplace.

I promise I'll try to do better about keeping everyone up to date. 😂