RE: [Upstage-list] Re: launch notes and bro testing

[<vic...@pa...>]

kia ora koutou

the launch from my perspective went very well indeed - i had usual extreme
nerves before the kick off especially as it was looking like we might have
to do a show that was all smoke and mirrors earlier

a lot of the day had been testing and checking things to ensure douglas
would fix them for the launch and preparing presentation stage and rl venue
- this meant the last minute tech check of webcams etc just merged into
people arriving and the rl set up

i did endeavour to keep len and k updated with what was happening in rl but
in presentation got out of sync with hen's presentation when i flicked up a
series of backdrops to find the one she was on [sorry about that and the
seeming confusion for the online audience]

one of things i enjoyed, and although they couldn't see it on the screen i
did mention to the medialab audience, was the continuing action in arabia
while we had moved into virtual tourist [the process for moving the
audience through the stages was clumsy and the idea of being able to change
the backdrops was to negate that, BUT had the wonderful consequence in the
group who hadn't finished with that story carrying on playing with it for
themselves]

felt at the end as has been mentioned that there was no sense of the
performance has finished and did rush off a bit in order to try and connect
with a few people in the audience

Now have made it back to the west coast [home of the virtual tourist pics]

have just been in to have a look at the stuff article [shame about the
spelling of your name len!]

my brother is here and i showed him the article so he followed the link to
upstage read the homepage then went into have a look at the stages [while i
observed]

he was a little confused as to what was happening or required of him, but
typed in some text [he expected that he might be able to move the avatars
left on the stage]

i went in with player login to show him the avs and backdrops [he has been
spending a lot of time down the packtrack over the last few days so was
excited to see the photos in virtual tourist and enjoyed the chenge in
backdrops and avs but unfortunately then explorer quit on us

we will need to give an indication of the optimum browser for each platform
on site for future shows [and also for download - graeme waited for some
time unsure if the stage was still coming ]

other things that are priorities for post launch for me are props working
and drawing and a white
bkgrnd in text log window - these are must do's from my perspective [i
speak here for karla also and the worldx project]

karla and i will be sorting out a schedule and have more 'need to haves' to
add to the list for you soon douglas ;)

all in all i think we have a remarkable achievement and i am proud to be
involved

cheers
vicki :)