WeatherBug In Second Life – WeatherBug API Entry

Long before their was ever Google Lively, there was Second Life. Unfortunately, when one spends enough time within a virtual world, they might not have an opportunity to see what current weather conditions are like in the “real one”. Tony from Cranial Tap has provided a great solution and entered it into the WeatherBug API Contest.

Below Tony gives an explanation of what his WeatherBug API powered Widget does within Second Life and where you can try it out for yourself.

The panel itself displays the current weather icon, current, high & low temperatures with a working thermometer, and an animated wind gauge that shows the current wind speed and direction. The built in clock can be configured to show either the time for the current zip code or Second Life time (PST).

Users interact with the panel through the use of a drop-down menu system that is generated when they touch the object. In addition to setting the zip code, users can configure which units (English or metric) the panel displays, choose which time zone the clock displays, anonymize the panel so that the city is not displayed in the panel (only the weather data),and control which (if any) other users may change the panel zip code/settings. The drop down menu also provides access to extended weather data. In addition to providing a more verbose description of the current weather conditions, links are provided to the WeatherBug sites for extended data, forecasts, and alerts.

See it in action via YouTube:

Take WeatherBug for Second Life for a test drive in real time:

Just hit this link here if you have Second Life already installed to visit Cranial Tap headquarters in-world. Second Life is fully cross platform supporting Windows, Mac and Linux.

You can find the source code used here – please respect the copyright to this source code.