Mesmerizer Release 0.99d, and New Product Preview

The Mesmerizer release mentioned in the previous post is now up in vendors and on Marketplace, and existing customers should have received an automatic update.  As described earlier, this release adds Named Triggers (intended to allow triggers to be added automatically without creating multiple copies) and the updated PAN protocol.  I expect the next Mesmerizer release to support some more of the RLVa 2.0 features.

As I mentioned in the previous post, I have made a minor update to the PAN protocol.  The Mesmerizer PAN is a communications protocol that's designed to make it easy for the Mesmerizer to communicate with other worn attachments.  Accessing the PAN from the Mesmerizer is fairly easy - there are commands to send messages, and you can create an internal trigger to receive messages.  But why would you want the Mesmerizer to talk to other attachments?  Well, all the Mesmerizer's features are available remotely (if the Mesmerizer's connected to a Communications Hub), so any device that communicates with the Mesmerizer via the PAN is also potentially available remotely.  As a concrete demonstration of this, I will soon be releasing a new mini-product - The CSD Noise-Canceling Headset.   Here's a picture of the pre-release version:

Just like the real-world version, the Noise-Canceling Headset (henceforth referred to as "NCH") can prevent extraneous sounds from reaching the wearer's ears, rendering the wearer unable to hear local chat.  However, the CSD version can also cancel noise generated by the wearer - preventing them from speaking.  It can also be set to block IMs.

However, it's not all restrictive.  It can also be set to relay anything the wearer says (or tries to say, if speech is blocked) to an IM to their "owner", or to Mesmerizer chat.  The wearer gets to turn any of these features on or off, unless their owner has turned the feature on (in which case it stays on until the owner switches it off).

While the CSD NCH can be used stand-alone, it can also be controlled via the PAN by a Mesmerizer, using the pansend and pansendpars commands.  All features of the NCH can be controlled through the PAN, which means that the headset can be completely remotely controlled, just by connecting the user's Mesmerizer to a Hub, or can be voice-controlled via appropriate trigger definitions.

Going forward, I expect to release further PAN-connected accessories, and possibly plug-ins for third-party products.