{"id":37,"date":"2013-05-03T15:51:33","date_gmt":"2013-05-03T15:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/conference.opensimulator.org\/2013\/?page_id=37"},"modified":"2014-05-18T02:44:12","modified_gmt":"2014-05-18T02:44:12","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/conference.opensimulator.org\/2014\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>OpenSimulator Community Conference<\/h1>\n<p>The <strong>OpenSimulator Community Conference<\/strong> is an annual conference that focuses on the developer and user community creating the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/opensimulator.org\" target=\"_blank\">OpenSimulator<\/a> software. \u00a0Organized as a joint production by the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.overte.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Overte Foundation<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/avacon.org\" target=\"_blank\">AvaCon, Inc<\/a>., the conference features two days of presentations, workshops, keynote sessions, and social events across diverse sectors of the OpenSimulator user base.<\/p>\n<p>The OpenSimulator Community Conference 2014 features four themed tracks and a Learning Lab for hands on hackerspaces, speedbuilds, and more:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/conference.opensimulator.org\/2014\/program\/business-enterprise\/\" target=\"_blank\">Business &amp; Enterprise<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/conference.opensimulator.org\/2014\/program\/content-community\/\" target=\"_blank\">Content &amp; Community<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/conference.opensimulator.org\/2014\/program\/developers-open-source\/\" target=\"_blank\">Developers &amp; Open Source<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/conference.opensimulator.org\/2014\/program\/research-education\/\" target=\"_blank\">Research &amp; Education<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/conference.opensimulator.org\/2014\/program\/learning-lab\/\">Learning Lab<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>What is OpenSimulator?<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/opensimulator.org\" target=\"_blank\">OpenSimulator<\/a> is an open source multi-platform, multi-user 3D application server that\u00a0can be used to create a virtual environment (or world) which can be accessed through a variety of clients, on multiple protocols. It also has an optional facility (the\u00a0<a title=\"Hypergrid\" href=\"http:\/\/opensimulator.org\/wiki\/Hypergrid\">Hypergrid<\/a>) to allow users to visit other OpenSimulator installations across the web from an account on a &#8216;home&#8217; OpenSimulator installation.<\/p>\n<p>OpenSimulator allows virtual world developers to customize their worlds using the technologies they feel work best &#8211; the framework is designed to be easily extensible. OpenSimulator is written in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecma-international.org\/publications\/standards\/Ecma-334.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">C#<\/a>, running both on Windows over the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/net\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">.NET Framework<\/a>\u00a0and on Unix-like machines over the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mono-project.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mono<\/a>\u00a0framework. The source code is released under a\u00a0<a title=\"BSD License\" href=\"http:\/\/opensimulator.org\/wiki\/BSD_License\">BSD License<\/a>, a commercially friendly license to embed OpenSimulator in products.<\/p>\n<p>Out of the box, OpenSimulator can be used to simulate virtual environments similar to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.secondlifegrid.net\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Second Life\u2122<\/a>, however,\u00a0the project pursues innovative feature development with an aspiration of becoming the bare bones, but extensible, server of the 3D Web.<\/p>\n<h1>Who is The Overte Foundation?<\/h1>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.overte.org\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Overte Foundation<\/a><\/strong> is a non-profit organization that manages contribution agreements for the OpenSimulator project.\u00a0 In the future, it will also act to promote and support both OpenSimulator and the wider open-source 3D virtual environment ecosystem.<\/p>\n<h1>Who is AvaCon?<\/h1>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.avacon.org\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">AvaCon, Inc<\/a><\/strong>. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the growth, enhancement, and development of the metaverse, virtual worlds, augmented reality, and 3D immersive and virtual spaces. We hold conventions and meetings to promote educational and scientific inquiry into these spaces, and to support organized fan activities, including performances, lectures, art, music, machinima, and much more. Our primary goal is to connect and support the diverse communities and practitioners involved in co-creating and using virtual worlds, and to educate the public and our constituents about the emerging ecosystem of technologies broadly known as the metaverse.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OpenSimulator Community Conference The OpenSimulator Community Conference is an annual conference that focuses on the developer and user community creating the\u00a0OpenSimulator software. \u00a0Organized as a joint production by the\u00a0Overte Foundation\u00a0and\u00a0AvaCon, Inc., the conference features two days of presentations, workshops, keynote sessions, and social events across diverse sectors of the OpenSimulator user base. 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