Monday, January 3, 2011

Impending Move

The Army Family Support Center will be mobing in the near future form it's present location in AlphaWorld to a new worldc called Army Central. There will be significant new construction associated with this move.

Monday, January 18, 2010

Welcome




Problem Statement
Families of deployed soldiers are frequently not aware of the numerous government and private resources available to them while their solders are in the field. Often, families do not live near a military base and are apart from the military community.
Description
The Army Family Support Center provides information for families of deployed soldiers. It is built in the public ActiveWorlds virtual reality universe, and a completely free nonprofit endeavor. The Center uses the information room concept. In essence, an information room consists of virtual objects as a sign or picture and each of these, when selected, opens a webpage. The Center provides more than just simple information. Unlike a webpage, it is built in a virtual reality environment where more than one individual can participate in the experience. This enables users anywhere in the world to interact with each another, form personal relationships, share experiences, point out resources, and problem solve. Its greatest advantage is the elimination of travel and distance. The Center also provides teleports to a large number of other information rooms. The users validate resources thereby enhancing the relevancy of data presented.

Evaluator Briefing:
http://vr4yourpc.com/PPT/RDECOM_Eval.ppt
Web Page:
http://www.vr4yourpc.com/support.html
Project Breifing:
http://vr4yourpc.com/PPT/The_Army_Family_Center.ppt

Army Family Support Center Tour Schedule (By Appointment):

Contact vr4yourpc@aol.com for a tour.


ACCESS INSTRUCTIONS
The Army Family Support Center can be accessed from the world "Harps" here are the instructrions:

  • Go to http://www.activeworlds.com/
  • Download and install the application
  • On initial start up select "Autoconfigure"
  • Sign on as a tourist
  • You will arrive in AW Gate ask the Gatekeeper any questions
  • Read the “How to move” web page
  • Look on the left side for the Tabs
  • Select the Worlds TabScroll down the list and select "Harps“
    Click "Teleport" on the menu bar top left
  • Pull down to "make this my home"- The next time you turn AW on you will arrive in Harps.

Alternate method 1:

  • Once in world, Click the "Teleport" word in the menu bar then To.(top left)
  • A small window opens
  • Put Harps in the world field and - 0 N 0W in the coordinate field
  • Click OK and you will go directly there

Alternate method 2