Welcome to the OpenSimulator Community Conference 2024!

Join us for the 12th Annual OpenSimulator Community Conference 2024, kicking off Friday, December 6th, at 12 PM PST (-8 UTC) on the OSCC Grid!

The conference is free to attend, and you can register at https://conference.opensimulator.org/register/ or hypergrid to attend.

Follow @opensimcc on X or https://bsky.app/profile/avacon.org  on BlueSky and use the hashtags #OSCC24 or #oscc, and post your conference pictures and snapshots on our Flickr and Facebook group, or join our Discord server where you can also chat with other attendees during and after the event.

Conference Schedule

This year, we have two exciting days of programming lined up, with over 55 speakers sharing innovative content, dynamic short presentations, and panels that all take place on Saturday, December 7th, and Sunday, December 8th, within our OSCC Keynote regions.

The schedule also includes live music, community and social events, and plenty of Expo regions to explore over the weekend! Don’t miss OSCC presenter booths located in OSCC Expo Zone 3 and the special HyperGrid resources located in the OSCC Expo Zone 2 region with many how-to’s and scavenger hunt landmarks to interesting destinations where you can learn to HyperGrid visit throughout the OpenSimulator metaverse. There is also the chance to attend live music during our Friday afternoon and Saturday evening #OSCC24 Music Showcase and on Sunday at the virtual venue of Maritime Club Belfast, as well as many post-conference community events and simulation tours.

Conference Streams

We will be live streaming the conference on YouTube live!  View the online schedule.

Connecting to the Conference Grid

The OpenSimulator Community Conference is open to local and hypergrid avatars! 

To attend via a local account, you will need to register for the conference at https://conference.opensimulator.org/register/. 

If you requested a new local account be created for the OSCC Conference Grid, you should have received an email with the login details. See the Login Info page for instructions on how to download an OpenSimulator viewer and more information about how to connect to the grid. If you have a Local Account from a previous OSCC event and have forgotten your password, use the Forgot Your Password link to reset it.

For those accessing the OSCC Grid via HyperGrid, the Login URI and HyperGrid link is http://cc.opensimulator.org:8002/. Make sure your avatar has fully loaded on your home grid before making the hypergrid jump! If you do not, you may appear as a persistent cloud when you jump to the conference grid.

Optimize Your Viewer

For the best experience, make sure to enable Streaming Media & Music and turn on AUTOPLAY for Parcel and Prim media. Also, turn off media filtering. We also recommend turning your Draw Distance settings down to a reasonable level. The lower your Draw Distance, the better your viewer performance will be. See the FAQs for more information.

OSCC Zone Groups Access

When you login, you will land on your designated Landing Zone region 1, 2, 3, 4, or the HyperGrid (HG) Landing Zone. There will be a teleport portal in the Landing Zone that when you walk through, will take you to the corresponding Keynote region that you should use for keynote presentations. You should only access the Keynote region that matches your Landing Zone unless you are a presenter or volunteer. Exclusive Access Crowdfunders, as well as Presenters and Staff, will also have access to Staff Zone 1, where a special Core Developer Q&A will take place. See the Online Map for an overhead view of the entire conference grid.

Attending Sessions

When you arrive at an OSCC Keynote region, please sit in a chair as soon as possible during the sessions! The conference grid will perform best if everyone takes a seat in the presentation areas. All of the conference presentations will take place via parcel streaming media, so we recommend that you set your viewer to AUTOPLAY parcel and prim media. In-world voice will be disabled in those areas, so please use text chat for socializing, networking, and asking questions of the speakers. 

You can view all #OSCC24 sessions on the schedule at https://conference.opensimulator.org/schedule/.

“OSCC Expo” Zones

The conference would not have been possible without the financial support of our Sponsors and Crowdfunders, so please be sure to visit their exhibits and booths in the OSCC Expo Zones to thank them! Explore five regions of terrific booths and fun activities provided by our sponsors and Crowdfunders – and invite your friends – the OSCC Expo Zones are open to public HyperGrid visitors!

HyperGrid Tour & Learning Resources

Visit OSCC Expo Zone 2 for the HyperGrid Tour & Resources section of the conference. There, you will find step-by-step help on how to HyperGrid if you aren’t familiar with jumping from one OpenSimulator grid to another grid world, as well as helpful website links, and a curated collection of HyperGrid landmarks for those more experienced to explore the interconnected OpenSimulator metaverse.

OSCC Poster Session Expo

You can find accompanying poster materials, resources, gifts, and links from this year’s OpenSimulator Community Conference presenters in a special OSCC Poster Session Expo area located in OSCC Expo Zone 3.

Technical Difficulties

Although we hope everything goes smoothly, it is always possible for there to be technical difficulties during the conference program. If this happens, we appreciate your patience and understanding while we work to resolve the issue.

If you are disconnected from the grid, please wait a moment or two, check the conference X or Bluesky social streams for updated information, and then try to log back in. We will do our best to resolve issues quickly and stick to the conference schedule. You will also be able to watch all OSCC presentations streamed live on YouTube. No matter what happens, we’re sure the day will hold plenty of surprises!

Our Thanks

A tremendous thank you to the OpenSimulator developers and all of our speakers, sponsors, crowdfunders, volunteer staff, streaming team, and attendees! We hope you enjoy the conference program, and we look forward to seeing you in-world or on the web!

Please reach out to us with any questions during the event at opensim@avacon.org

Sincerely,

The OpenSimulator Community Conference 2024 Team

Conference Organizing Committee

• Joyce Bettencourt | Rhiannon Chatnoir, Conference CoChair
• Cynthia Calongne | Lyr Lobo, Conference CoChair & Speaker Wrangler
• Buffy Bye | Buffy Beale, Volunteer Organizer
• Lynne Berrett | Wisdomseeker, Volunteer Organizer
• Jeroen Frans | Frans Charming, Website & Scripting Tech Guru
• Michael Bailey | Marcus Llewellyn, Grid Tech & Streaming Coordinator
• James Lloyd | James Atlloud, Video & Streaming Tech
• David Fliesen | Sun Tzu, Live Music, Community & Content

Our Amazing Sponsors

• AvaCon Inc. | https://avacon.org
• OpenSimulator | http://opensimulator.org
• UC Irvine Institute for Virtual Environments and Computer Games | http://ivecg.uci.edu
• Virtual Outworlding | https://virtualoutworlding.blogspot.com 
• LLOUD LLC | http://lloud.com
• Ageless Mind Project | https://agelessmindproject.org 
• Rockcliffe University Consortium | https://urockcliffe.com
• Avatar Life | https://avatarlife.com  
• PurePowerStreams | https://purepowerstreams.net 
• HyperGrid Business | https://www.hypergridbusiness.com  

And thanks to the many #OSCC24 Presenters, Crowdfunders, and Volunteers that made this possible!