My Nabaztag’s Second Life

March 25, 2007 on 12:06 am | In Second Life, gadgets |

SecondNabazLast weekend I decided to create a Second Life version of the Nabaztag, the WiFi bunny developed by Violet. My wife gave me a Nabaztag for my birthday last year, and even though I had some cool plans for programming it, all it did so far was it’s Tai Chi and telling us the weather forecast twice a day. That, and amaze our visitors of course :-)

Anyway, the Second Life version I made detects if avatars are around. If so, it makes my real Nabaztag wiggle its ears and tell me their names. Also, if people talk to the virtual bunny, the real one pronounces the chat to me. The Second Life version of the Nabaztag includes a script using the Linden Script Language to send commands to the Nabaztag using the API published by Violet.

The resulting mash-up is an example of how virtual worlds and the real world can be interconnected. Anyway, I like the idea of using the Nabaztag as an ambient display for information that you do not need on your screen, but still like to be aware of. Just having the bunny wiggle its ears when you have visitors in your Second Life store, for instance, can keep you aware without requiring you to be logged in to Second Life all the time. Of course, if you have any other ideas about cool or even practical uses, please feel free to use the comments.

If you own a Nabaztag, and would like to give it a Second Life as well, pick up your free copy of my SecondNabaz at SL Exchange and let me know what you think.


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  1. Nabaztag’s Second Life…

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    Trackback by Mathemagenic — Sunday, 25 March, 2007 #

  2. Hi there !!!

    What a great idea !!! So I’ve just spoken about your blog and your second life Nabaztag on my website !!! (I’ve given the link of this blog, and translate your post in french ;) )
    http://veniale.free.fr/index.php?2007/03/26/57-nabaztag-et-second-life

    thanks !

    veniale !

    Comment by Veniale — Monday, 26 March, 2007 #

  3. [...] Robert Slagter has come up with a solution for keeping track of people in Second Life by connecting a virtual Nabaztag with his real world one (omg, that Nabaztag web site has the most [...]

    Pingback by Population of One » Blog Archive » Real/virtual bunnies — Monday, 26 March, 2007 #

  4. Hi Robert,
    Great. A good and new example for my collection of peripheral devices, that help us move away from the laptop screen as the only interface.

    Comment by Ton Zijlstra — Saturday, 31 March, 2007 #

  5. Hi Robert,
    Ik ben erg benieuwd naar de techniek achter je SL->RL communicatie device naar een Nabaztag. Wil je het script met me delen? Ik ben zelf aan het leren over SL->RL->SL interacties en communicatie. Vandaar mijn vraag.
    Alvast bedankt.

    Comment by Marcel — Thursday, 5 April, 2007 #

  6. Fantastic!!!!!!!!
    Only problem is… my nabaztag doesn’t react at all when somebody is nearby :-/

    Any idea? :D

    Comment by Riccardo "Bru" Cambiassi — Saturday, 7 April, 2007 #

  7. @ Marcel: Just mail me your contact info (on the contact page) and we’ll get in touch.

    @ Riccardo: ooops! It should work, shall we meet in SL and test it? Contact me (or my avatar, RJ DeSantis) to pick a moment.

    Comment by Robert — Friday, 13 April, 2007 #

  8. Nabaztag débarque dans Second Life…

    Robert Slagter a développé un Nabaztag pour SL ! Last weekend I decided to create a Second Life version of the Nabaztag, the WiFi bunny developed by Violet. My wife gave me a Nabaztag for my birthday last year, and…

    Trackback by GuiM.fr — Tuesday, 8 May, 2007 #

  9. [...] I stumbled across Nabaztag, the WiFi bunny while writing tonight (don’t ask), and found a Second Life complement for bunny owners: SecondNabaz. [...]

    Pingback by SecondNabaz: A virtual ambient bunny — Thursday, 10 May, 2007 #

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  12. Hi there !
    I saw your sl nabaztag on slx exchange last week. I didn’t take it, because I was waiting for my rl nabaztag, and now, it has arrived and yours is not anymore on slx ! :(
    Please hheeeeeelp ! Where can I have it ??? thanks ! ;)

    Comment by DragonJoli — Thursday, 21 February, 2008 #

  13. Since I made the SecondNabaz, the company who produces them, Violet, made some changes to the commands they understand. Hence, the version I have for download on SLExchange does not work anymore, so I took it offline. Sorry about that. If you message RJ Desantis in Second Life, I can still give you a copy to experiment. See also my blog post of 22 february 2008.

    Comment by robert — Friday, 22 February, 2008 #

  14. Hello!
    Very Interesting post! Thank you for such interesting resource!
    PS: Sorry for my bad english, I’v just started to learn this language ;)
    See you!
    Your, Raiul Baztepo

    Comment by RaiulBaztepo — Sunday, 29 March, 2009 #

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