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December 2023
Educator Meet-Up: Spotlight on Educator Networking and Resources
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- OSCC Expo Zone 3
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Kay McLennan (Poster Booth #22)
Kay McLennan is a Professor of Practice at the Tulane University School of Professional Advancement. Kay created the Tulane SoPA Metaverse (newly known as the SoPA Metaversity) and has been creating and using virtual world learning simulations in her online economics and business studies courses since 2008. Kay uses student feedback to continually refine and expand the educational simulations she creates to use in her e-courses. She has written about her creation and use of OpenSimulator-based learning simulations – see “Interactivity, Engagement, and Increased Learning Outcomes in 3D Virtual World Educational Simulations” (@ http://www.editlib.org/p/40849), “Prisoners’ Dilemma” simulation use case example (@ https://sites.google.com/view/the-prisoners-dilemma/home), and “Data Detectives Game” simulation use case example (@ https://sites.google.com/view/data-detectives-game). Also, the video clips from the December 2018 “Mainstreaming Virtual World Learning Colloquium” event – organized by Kay — can be viewed @ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLctERt0Fl50gLOgYPdfHDE8NcPtuO4wb0.
“VirtualPedagogy@mastodon.world
BlueSky@kaymc.bsky.social”
A networking meet-up for educators currently using (or interested in using) learning simulations in virtual worlds and/or other XR platforms. Drop by to visit with colleagues, ask a question, share/locate content, and more! The theme for this year’s Educator Meet-Up is educator networking and resources.
Location: OSCC Expo Zone 3 – coordinates (76, 66, 25)
To attend this event, you can either Hypergrid into the OSCC grid or register to attend #OSCC23 and get a local account avatar at http://conference.
Arcadia Asylum Hypergrid Tour, Friday
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Mike Higgins / Kayaker Magic (Poster Booth #5)
After 4 decades of writing code in the Real World, Kayaker Magic has been scripting in virtual worlds since 2008. By taking apart items made by Arcadia Asylum, Kayaker learned a great deal about building vehicles in OpenSim, animating, 3D modeling, UV mapping, texture mapping and efficient mesh. He wants to preserve Arcadia’s work so others can learn these lessons as well.
MikesKayakJournal.net
Tour the new grid special-built to preserve the wonderful works of Arcadia Asylum.
Gather at speaker booth 05 (The Aquatic Circus Tent) in region Expo Zone 3 /100/38/25 for an LM to the new grid.
Or just HG to arcadiaasylum.org:8002
Grid website: https://ArcadiaAsylum.org
Grid: https://arcadiaasylum.org:8002
Region: Welcome (128/128/21)
Music with DJ Kathryn Yer
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DJ Kathryn Yer
Having worked for many years as a DJ in RL, Kat brought her love of music and Irish charm to virtual worlds. She is also quite the 3D modelor, game designer, coder, and builder with that unique sense of humor and personality like no other. You can catch Kat’s shows at the 381 Club in sinespace where this witch from Northern Ireland spins tunes three times a week from 6-8 pm Eastern Time on Saturday and Sunday evenings.
Having worked for many years as a DJ in RL, Kat brought her love of music and Irish charm to virtual worlds. She is also quite the 3D modelor, game designer, coder, and builder with that unique sense of humor and personality like no other. You can catch Kat’s shows at the 381 Club in sinespace where this witch from Northern Ireland spins tunes three times a week from 6-8 pm Eastern Time on Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays evenings.
The 381 Club: https://sine.space/explore/view/id_153258
About the 382 Club: https://ryanschultz.com/tag/the-381-club
Spotlight on Kat: https://blog.sine.space/entry/creator-spotlight-kathryn-yer
Music with Wytchwhisper Sadofsky
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Wytchwhisper Sadofsky
Wytchwhisper Sadofsky is a Multifaceted Artist, Singer/Songwriter, Advisor, Spiritually Enlightened Wiccan and Comedic Deviant. She has been singing in SL since 2009 Some of her songs can be sung in English, Domestic Cat, Domestic Potatoe and Domestic Chicken.Called a torch singer by some and a freaky fairy by others she has a unique sultry, sensuous, original, jazzy, alternative, oldies, demented, pop, rock sound at her shows. She supplies unique relaxing vocals, stress reducing melodies and life changing knowledge. Listen with caution while driving or operating dangerous equipment.
Wytchwhisper Sadofsky is a Multifaceted Artist, Singer/Songwriter, Advisor, Spiritually Enlightened Wiccan and Comedic Deviant. She has been singing in SL since 2009 Some of her songs can be sung in English, Domestic Cat, Domestic Potatoe and Domestic Chicken.Called a torch singer by some and a freaky fairy by others she has a unique sultry, sensuous, original, jazzy, alternative, oldies, demented, pop, rock sound at her shows. She supplies unique relaxing vocals, stress reducing melodies and life changing knowledge. Listen with caution while driving or operating dangerous equipment.
Music with Maximillion Kleene
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Maximillion Kleene
Max is an outstanding and masterful acoustic guitarist and singer with a relaxed, easy-going style of singing and entertaining. If music feeds the soul, Max is the food of the gods. His dynamic musical range and smooth groove provide listeners with a virtual buffet of auditory temptations. His awesome voice and sweet nature have made him one of the most popular performers in Second Life!
Music schedule: https://tinyurl.com/4vtymvbr
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MaxKEd
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/maxKEd11
Max is an outstanding and masterful acoustic guitarist and singer with a relaxed, easy-going style of singing and entertaining. If music feeds the soul, Max is the food of the gods. His dynamic musical range and smooth groove provide listeners with a virtual buffet of auditory temptations. His awesome voice and sweet nature have made him one of the most popular performers in Second Life!
Music schedule: https://tinyurl.com/4vtymvbr
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MaxKEd
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/maxKEd11
Welcome & OpenSimulator Core Developers
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Cynthia Calongne / Lyr Lobo (Poster Booth #3)OSCC Co-Chair, Professor
Lyr is a Professor at Parker University in Dallas, Texas and a VR researcher. Since 2005, she taught 54 university classes in virtual worlds and mentored 800+ 13-year-old students. Her team won the $25,000 Grand Prize for their space simulation and she received the Thinkerer Award for her passion for virtual world education. She loves OpenSimulator and is proud to be a member of the OSCC Organizing Committee.
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Joyce Bettencourt / Rhiannon ChatnoirAvaCon, Inc., Co-Founder
Joyce Bettencourt is co-founder and Vice President of AvaCon, Inc.(https://avacon.org), a 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to promoting the growth, enhancement, and development of the metaverse, virtual worlds, augmented reality and 3D immersive spaces. AvaCon were organizers of 2010 in Boston & 2011 in Oakland Second Life Community Convention, the Federal Consortium of Virtual Worlds virtual workshops, and the ongoing OpenSimulator Community Conference. AvaCon also currently fiscally sponsors the nonprofit community of practice, Nonprofit Commons in Second Life, where Joyce has been a community leader and host of weekly Friday meetings.
In addition, she is Creative Director of The Vesuvius Group (http://thevesuviusgroup.com), a collaborative studio specializing in developing online immersive and social environments for community-building. Joyce is a 2012 graduate of the Singularity University Graduate Studies program, focused on applying exponential technologies to addressing Global Grand Challenges.
Previously she was digital media producer for the Online Leadership Program at the educational nonprofit Global Kids and helped produce digital media learning content including the Second Life Curriculum, many virtual and physical world events, and the social issue game CONSENT! As her avatar Rhiannon Chatnoir, she has organized numerous social good online events, including the Virtual Haiti Relief campaign within the virtual world of Second Life that helped raise awareness and $10,000 USD in virtual micro transactions.
http://about.me/joycebettencourt
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Ubit UmarovOpenSimulator Core Developer
Ubit is currently a lead Core Developer for OpenSimulator who has been working on the project since 2012. He was instrumental in coding and implementing into the OpenSimulator codebase many of the updates that were part of the OpenSimulator 0.9 update and developing many of the OpenSimulator 0.9.1 and upcoming releases. View his code contributions online: http://opensimulator.org/viewgit/?a=search&p=opensim&h=HEAD&st=author&s=UbitUmarov and please support this key developer by donating to him directly: https://www.paypal.me/UbitUmarov
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Kevin Cozens / Andrew HellershanksOpenSimulator Core Developer
Kevin has been coding for open-source projects since 1992 including being a member of the OpenSimulator Core Developer team since March of 2014, and created, or maintains several add-on modules including the OpenSimSearch (https://github.com/kcozens/OpenSimSearch), OpenSimProfile (https://github.com/kcozens/OpenSimProfile), and OpenSimMutelist (https://github.com/kcozens/OpenSimMutelist) modules which are used with the Open Simulator project. You can also find him reporting bugs, bug triaging, updating the OpenImulator project wiki pages, and helping users via IRC or the mailing list. Kevin also runs the OpenSimulator developer meetings held weekly in OSgrid (http://www.osgrid.org/). You can view his code contributions: https://www.openhub.net/accounts/kcozens or support him by becoming a Patreon donor to the work he does on open-source code projects: https://www.patreon.com/KevinCozens
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Melanie MillandOpenSimulator Core Developer
As an OpenSimulator Core Developer, Melanie has been one of the most active contributors to virtual world software in general, and OpenSimulator in particular. As her avatar “Melanie Milland”, she was a long-time Second Life™ resident and gained much experience in using virtual worlds. Melanie has been involved in a number of virtual world projects including creating, with a team of up to 12 developers, her own “spin” of the OpenSimulator software which powered the Avination Grid. Much of the grid’s code, when shared back to the core code, was the base for many of the new OpenSimulator 0.9 update features.
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Crista LopesUniversity of California Irvine, Professor & OpenSimulator Core Developer
Crista Lopes (Diva Canto) is a professor within the Department of Informatics, Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of California Irvine (https://www.ics.uci.edu/~lopes/) and a core OpenSimulator developer.
Welcome to the 11th annual OpenSimulator Community Conference. This year’s event features presenters across the globe who will be highlighting the user projects and core development work of the OpenSimulator platform. We will kick off #OSCC23 with an overview of the latest features in the OpenSimulator software update and conversation with Core Developers of the platform.
Find out where the platform is headed and learn more about the developers who make the software happen!
OpenSim on a bigger scale
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Lone Wolf talks about how he runs over 26000 equivalent SL regions on 24 servers. Using technology like R2 cloud storage, database clusters and much more.
OpenSimulator WordPress Interface with w4os
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Gudule Lapointe (Poster Booth #14)
Gudule Lapointe is founder and public face of Speculoos World. Born in 2006 on Second Life, she boarded the OpenSimulator experience and created Speculoos World grid in 2011. She developed or contributed to several complimentary solutions for OpenSim grid, like 2do HypEvents, Teleport boards, flexible helper scripts, Debian installation helpers. Currently, she is mostly involved in the developement of W4OS, the OpenSimulator WordPress Interface.
https://van-helden.net/
https://w4os.org/
Web registration, users and grid management : few solutions, fewer actively maintained, and the easiest of them do not allow mixing an efficient management solution with a rich website. OpenSimulator integration with WordPress seems to be the way to go. The way for us. Oh, wait… yes, that’s it: the W4OS.
W4OS is a WordPress plugin for OpenSimulator grid management. It allows users to register for an avatar and choose a starting outfit. It also provides a web assets server, useful shortcodes, Gutenberg blocs and Divi modules, grid info, grid status, avatar models, public web profiles, in-world search engine…
The art of smoothly moving objects in Opensim
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Kelso Uxlay (Poster Booth #23)
Kelso Uxlay started to explore virtual worlds via Second Life thanks to his RL partner known inworld as Dabici Straulino. Today, they share a grid that re-creates changing seasons of eastern Canada: the snowy winter, the greenery of the spring, the hot summer, and the colorful autumn. While Dabici focusses on landscape design, sound ambiance and construction, Kelso puts magics in the builds via scripting.
“Mastodon: @KelsoUxlay@opensimsocial.com
Co-owner (with Dabici Straulino) of CreaNovale grid: hg.creanovale.ca:8052
Seasonal region Novale: https://opensimworld.com/hop/76561-NOVALE
OpenSimWorld: https://opensimworld.com/user/1030287
Groupe Francophone: https://opensimworld.com/groups/1039”
Intended for a general audience, this showcase presentation will demonstrate several examples of how the scripting function llSetKeyframedMotion() can be used to smoothly move objects in Opensim without need for a timer event. More experienced scripters might also learn something new as two little known, barely documented, features of the KFM function will be highlighted.
Break
Break / MealExpiredJoin us for some time exploring the many Sponsor, Crowdfunder, and speaker booths along with HyperGrid resources and art installations across the OSCC Expo Zones. Speaker booths are located in OSCC Expo Zone 3 and there are extensive Hypergrid resources and links to many HyperGrid enabled OpenSimulator grids to explore.
Expanding Virtual Experiences with EEP creations
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Nyx Breen (Poster Booth #10)
Fine Art Photography for over thirty years, private/commercial from traditional to modern. Founding member of the Revere Public Arts Commission and Fort Point Arts Community member.
Provider of Virtual Content for over fifteen years for the Universities of Australia, Leeds University, and Berklee College of Music. Oxford University. Customizing interactive platforms on private platforms addressing educational, cultural, and art-based creative environments.
Expanding Virtual Experiences with EEP.
A short presentation on creating EEP files that are not traditional sky and water files.
The focus is on creating artistic environments that change with the viewer’s perspective.
Basic development steps to create and apply files to the viewer.
Kintsugi Contemplative Pathways for the Wounded Healer
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Andrew Stricker / Spinoza Quinnell (Poster Booth #3)
Andrew Stricker serves as an innovation and strategy analyst for LeMay Center at Air University. Previously, Dr. Stricker served Vanderbilt University as associate provost for innovation through technology. He has also served 27 years as an Air Force officer and scientist specializing in learning sciences and human-factors engineering. His research is focused on modeling adaptive expertise and the design of learning technologies. His graduate work was conducted at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas and Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
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Cynthia Calongne / Lyr Lobo (Poster Booth #3)OSCC Co-Chair, Professor
Lyr is a Professor at Parker University in Dallas, Texas and a VR researcher. Since 2005, she taught 54 university classes in virtual worlds and mentored 800+ 13-year-old students. Her team won the $25,000 Grand Prize for their space simulation and she received the Thinkerer Award for her passion for virtual world education. She loves OpenSimulator and is proud to be a member of the OSCC Organizing Committee.
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JJ Jacobson / JJ Drinkwater (Poster Booth #3)Sci-Fi Librarian
JJ Drinkwater is a Virtual Librarian in a Real World, or a Real Librarian in a Virtual World, or both, or neither. Curatorial experience includes the real & imaginary 19th c, American Culinary History, and Speculative Fiction. Current research is Interactive/Immersive/Improvisatory Narrative in Virtual Environments.
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Francisca Yonekura / Frankie Antonelli (Poster Booth #3)
Frankie comes from the higher education world where she specializes in instructional systems and emerging technologies in support of learning. Frankie is also known to be a curious traveler immersed in virtual worlds for empowering learning experiences in the company of kindred spirits.
This presentation will share about the continued effort on the design and development of an immersive 3D-world reflective activity offered by the Virtual Harmony community that blends Japanese Kintsugi and ikigai principles with Henri Nouwen’s work on ‘The Wounded Healer.’ Kintsugi is a Japanese term for the art of repairing broken pottery with a lacquer mixed with powdered gold. The presenters will share how the activity helps to promote reflection on the idea that lives can become like broken pottery containing several cracks, scars, and wounds arising from painful experiences. The activity introduces ikigai principles to help promote reflection on how healing, strength, and beauty can arise from brokenness by sharing the stories of our wounds with others. Henri Nouwen’s work is highlighted in the activity by helping to promote how wounded healers can offer many positive character strengths to others involving empathy, altruism, acceptance and a forgiving spirit.
THE WORD
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Kisma Stepanich-Reidling / Juliette SurrealDreaming (Poster Booth #7)
I am a writer, artist, creative guide. Art is my soul food, I could not exist without it. Currently, as I transition into a new stage of life and gain a different perspective, I am translating the experience into my art.
https://kismareidling.com/
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Reiner Schneeberger / Art Blue (Poster Booth #7)
“I will focus on why I am the best human to talk to an AI.
First: I am a time traveler.
Want proof?
-> https://www.amazon.com/Not-Sand-Sound-present-extracted/dp/197828070XSecond: Before I could drink I coded
-> https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Reiner-Schneeberger/dp/B0BF1W7JS8Third: I was the first to publish a solution to save the Schneeferner (a glacier in the Bavarian Alps) from melting by calling ChatGPT4 for help
-> https://youtu.be/uuZBb5PBFCAFourth: Do you really need to know that I am in fact an AI?”
https://artxploder.medium.com/chatgpt-my-brainwaves-my-art-4c144e0110fe
We live in an impossible world. A world that was once based on the purity of THE WORD. No longer the world is based on THE WORD. The world is based on messengers who are not part of THE WORD. I will take the challenge and slip into the mind of an AI which tries to understand the world of Open Simulator.
MSG ART, Say What?
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Kisma Stepanich-Reidling / Juliette SurrealDreaming (Poster Booth #7)
I am a writer, artist, creative guide. Art is my soul food, I could not exist without it. Currently, as I transition into a new stage of life and gain a different perspective, I am translating the experience into my art.
https://kismareidling.com/
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Reiner Schneeberger / Art Blue (Poster Booth #7)
“I will focus on why I am the best human to talk to an AI.
First: I am a time traveler.
Want proof?
-> https://www.amazon.com/Not-Sand-Sound-present-extracted/dp/197828070XSecond: Before I could drink I coded
-> https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Reiner-Schneeberger/dp/B0BF1W7JS8Third: I was the first to publish a solution to save the Schneeferner (a glacier in the Bavarian Alps) from melting by calling ChatGPT4 for help
-> https://youtu.be/uuZBb5PBFCAFourth: Do you really need to know that I am in fact an AI?”
https://artxploder.medium.com/chatgpt-my-brainwaves-my-art-4c144e0110fe
As we’ve previously established last year, art is art, whether its created in the outer world with physicals substances like paint or digitalized on a computer or words fed as prompts to an AI. And all art conveys a message, but do we want the visual of the message to be controlled by a messenger or the message to be formulated by a viewer? My new art revolution is “take full control of my art!” Come learn why and how I do this?
Meal Break
Break / MealExpiredJoin us for some time exploring the many Sponsor, Crowdfunder, and speaker booths along with HyperGrid resources and art installations across the OSCC Expo Zones. Speaker booths are located in OSCC Expo Zone 3 and there are extensive Hypergrid resources and links to many HyperGrid enabled OpenSimulator grids to explore.
EEP Demonstration
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Nyx Breen (Poster Booth #10)
Fine Art Photography for over thirty years, private/commercial from traditional to modern. Founding member of the Revere Public Arts Commission and Fort Point Arts Community member.
Provider of Virtual Content for over fifteen years for the Universities of Australia, Leeds University, and Berklee College of Music. Oxford University. Customizing interactive platforms on private platforms addressing educational, cultural, and art-based creative environments.
A focus on creating EEPs that produce artistic moods and effects beyond the traditional sky and water environments in the EEP inventory.
OSCC grid is not compatible with EEP requirements currently.
How to Participate
Grid Name
Pangea
Grid Website
http://pangeagrid.de:8002/
HyperGrid Enabled
Yes
HyperGrid URL
http://pangeagrid.de:8002/
HyperGrid Region Coordinates
hop://pangeagrid.de:8002/Immersive5/1041/1044/23
Website to Create a Local Account
https://pangeagrid.de:8002/
Region Name
Ataraxia
Map Coordinates
hop://pangeagrid.de:8002/Immersive5/1041/1044/23
Parcel/Venue Name
Ataraxia – Orphic
Any other instructions for attendees?
Please activate Shared Environment Setting
BREAK VIP: Keynote Q&A
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Cynthia Calongne / Lyr Lobo (Poster Booth #3)OSCC Co-Chair, Professor
Lyr is a Professor at Parker University in Dallas, Texas and a VR researcher. Since 2005, she taught 54 university classes in virtual worlds and mentored 800+ 13-year-old students. Her team won the $25,000 Grand Prize for their space simulation and she received the Thinkerer Award for her passion for virtual world education. She loves OpenSimulator and is proud to be a member of the OSCC Organizing Committee.
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Joyce Bettencourt / Rhiannon ChatnoirAvaCon, Inc., Co-Founder
Joyce Bettencourt is co-founder and Vice President of AvaCon, Inc.(https://avacon.org), a 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to promoting the growth, enhancement, and development of the metaverse, virtual worlds, augmented reality and 3D immersive spaces. AvaCon were organizers of 2010 in Boston & 2011 in Oakland Second Life Community Convention, the Federal Consortium of Virtual Worlds virtual workshops, and the ongoing OpenSimulator Community Conference. AvaCon also currently fiscally sponsors the nonprofit community of practice, Nonprofit Commons in Second Life, where Joyce has been a community leader and host of weekly Friday meetings.
In addition, she is Creative Director of The Vesuvius Group (http://thevesuviusgroup.com), a collaborative studio specializing in developing online immersive and social environments for community-building. Joyce is a 2012 graduate of the Singularity University Graduate Studies program, focused on applying exponential technologies to addressing Global Grand Challenges.
Previously she was digital media producer for the Online Leadership Program at the educational nonprofit Global Kids and helped produce digital media learning content including the Second Life Curriculum, many virtual and physical world events, and the social issue game CONSENT! As her avatar Rhiannon Chatnoir, she has organized numerous social good online events, including the Virtual Haiti Relief campaign within the virtual world of Second Life that helped raise awareness and $10,000 USD in virtual micro transactions.
http://about.me/joycebettencourt
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Ubit UmarovOpenSimulator Core Developer
Ubit is currently a lead Core Developer for OpenSimulator who has been working on the project since 2012. He was instrumental in coding and implementing into the OpenSimulator codebase many of the updates that were part of the OpenSimulator 0.9 update and developing many of the OpenSimulator 0.9.1 and upcoming releases. View his code contributions online: http://opensimulator.org/viewgit/?a=search&p=opensim&h=HEAD&st=author&s=UbitUmarov and please support this key developer by donating to him directly: https://www.paypal.me/UbitUmarov
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Kevin Cozens / Andrew HellershanksOpenSimulator Core Developer
Kevin has been coding for open-source projects since 1992 including being a member of the OpenSimulator Core Developer team since March of 2014, and created, or maintains several add-on modules including the OpenSimSearch (https://github.com/kcozens/OpenSimSearch), OpenSimProfile (https://github.com/kcozens/OpenSimProfile), and OpenSimMutelist (https://github.com/kcozens/OpenSimMutelist) modules which are used with the Open Simulator project. You can also find him reporting bugs, bug triaging, updating the OpenImulator project wiki pages, and helping users via IRC or the mailing list. Kevin also runs the OpenSimulator developer meetings held weekly in OSgrid (http://www.osgrid.org/). You can view his code contributions: https://www.openhub.net/accounts/kcozens or support him by becoming a Patreon donor to the work he does on open-source code projects: https://www.patreon.com/KevinCozens
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Melanie MillandOpenSimulator Core Developer
As an OpenSimulator Core Developer, Melanie has been one of the most active contributors to virtual world software in general, and OpenSimulator in particular. As her avatar “Melanie Milland”, she was a long-time Second Life™ resident and gained much experience in using virtual worlds. Melanie has been involved in a number of virtual world projects including creating, with a team of up to 12 developers, her own “spin” of the OpenSimulator software which powered the Avination Grid. Much of the grid’s code, when shared back to the core code, was the base for many of the new OpenSimulator 0.9 update features.
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Crista LopesUniversity of California Irvine, Professor & OpenSimulator Core Developer
Crista Lopes (Diva Canto) is a professor within the Department of Informatics, Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of California Irvine (https://www.ics.uci.edu/~lopes/) and a core OpenSimulator developer.
This is a special session for #OSCC23 speakers, crowdfunders, and volunteers to be able to ask questions of several developers of the OpenSimulator platform
Viewer Panel
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Mal Burns (Poster Booth #2)
Mal Burns is host of the “Inworld Review” – a weekly news and discussion program mostly focused on the hypergrid which has been running for over 15 years. Mal has used virtual environments for nearly two decades, is concerned about user interfaces in general and has a wealth of media and design experience behind him. In the organic sphere he is now retired and uses his experience to deploy and promote immersive spaces. He also has a twitter stream (@malburns) which provides news links on a daily basis.
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Cynthia Calongne / Lyr Lobo (Poster Booth #3)OSCC Co-Chair, Professor
Lyr is a Professor at Parker University in Dallas, Texas and a VR researcher. Since 2005, she taught 54 university classes in virtual worlds and mentored 800+ 13-year-old students. Her team won the $25,000 Grand Prize for their space simulation and she received the Thinkerer Award for her passion for virtual world education. She loves OpenSimulator and is proud to be a member of the OSCC Organizing Committee.
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Misterblue Waves / Robert Adams
Robert Adams has been an OpenSimulator core developer for many years.
His OpenSimulator work includes the BulletSim physics engine, varregions, the DSG (distributed scene graph) simulator experiment, and many performance improvements.Outside OpenSimulator, he has been a computer developer and researcher for 40 years.
His current interests are in distributed computing and robotics.
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Gavin Hird
Panel hosted by Mal Burns and Lyr Lobo
Additional panelists:
John Nagle / Joe Magarac (SL/OS viewer)
Gavin Hird (Mac viewer)
Misterblue Waves / Robert Adams
Building Empathy in the virtual world
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Elaine Hoter (Poster Booth #17)
“Dr. Elaine Hoter is a trailblazer in collaborative online teaching, with over 25 years of experience in the field. A senior lecturer at Talpiot College in Holon, she taught an online collaborative course in 1995, organized and led the first-ever International online Teachers Conference in 2001, and co-founded the TEC Center (Education Technology and Social Diversity) in 2005. She has developed 20 virtual worlds, including two MOOCs on EdX which include virtual worlds: one an advanced spoken English course (B2 level) and the other is in Intercultural Education in Hebrew, Arabic and English.
Dr. Hoter’s contributions to the field of education and research have been recognized globally, as she has given lectures and workshops on all continents. She is a Fulbright graduate and is known for her innovative approach to teaching, which focuses on creating inclusive and diverse learning environments. Her work has had a significant impact on the way educators around the world approach online teaching and learning.”
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Jeremy FinkelsteinVirtual World Development, Website and Database Development
Jeremy has been developing Virtual World environments for education since 2006 and developing websites since 2001. His Virtual World projects include: Israel Island, TEC Island (for TEC), Mega-Cities (for CET Israel), MOOC Island (for Talpiot College), Spaces (for CET Israel), Paramedic Training Simulations (for Magen David Adom), Ipcha Island (for Ipcha, Israel), Beit Berl Island (for Beit Berl College), Kadima Island and many others. He specializes in creating interactive environments designed to assist and further the educational process with fun and immersive content.
This presentation will give examples from an EdX course entitled Introduction to intercultural education on how to experience being in someone else’s shoes and various elements developed for the process.
Virtual Vignette & The Animaster: Unleashing the Power of Animesh in OpenSim for Education and Entertainment
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Bruce Gross / Cooper Swizzle (Poster Booth #13)
Bruce became drawn to 3D Virtual Immersive Environments for training after being introduced to them at a professional association meeting for trainers. Bruce realized they created opportunities for both synchronous and asynchronous trainings for learners, and offered a very cost-effective solution for companies utilizing them. He realized that 3D environments enabled better engagement for learners, and began implementing use of 3D Environments as replacements for PowerPoint slides in webinars (where he had attendees watch via the webinar screen as he explored the topics in the 3D world). And he was able to convince the company leadership to try a pilot program using 3D worlds for training as a substitute for the expensive face-to-face, week-long training marathons that had been a staple of the company leadership development.
After completing the highly successful pilot 3D leadership training series, he was able to continue and expand the 3D course offerings and subsequently ran a 5-year 3D-based training program before retiring from the company. Holding certifications in DDI®️, Forte®️, and 3D Virtual Worlds from the University of Washington (2012), Bruce brings a broad spectrum of experience in training and enjoys using and sharing knowledge gained from his 15+plus years of training experience.
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Kimm Starr (Poster Booth #18)
Kimm Starr is the creator of the OpenSim Brand “Virtual Vignette” Animesh found on the Kitely and Second Life Market. Kimm is an Artist in RL and has over 30 years of experience in Graphic & Visual Art. She became interested in 3d art after joining Second Life in 2007 and tries to find innovative ways to create worlds in OpenSim.
An engaging and informative presentation that delves into the exciting yet underutilized world of Animesh in OpenSim. It showcases how this technology can be a game-changer in both educational and entertainment contexts. The presentation combines insights, examples, and real In-world applications. By the end of this presentation, the audience will have a clear understanding of how Animesh, along with the new Animesh System “The Animaster” can enhance teaching methods and create more engaging and enjoyable experiences for learners and entertainment enthusiasts alike. They will leave with a newfound appreciation for the potential of this technology and how it can be harnessed for both learning and fun.
Leveraging 3D Environments for Soft Skills Training
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Carla Kincard-Yoshikawa (Poster Booth #13)
Carla Kincaid-Yoshikawa has worked as an Organization Development and Training Consultant for many years. Working in a wide range of industries in the private, public and non-profit sectors, she has designed, developed, and facilitated training programs on a wide array of topics including leadership development, strategic planning, change management, software navigation, new hire orientation, sexual harassment, and stress management. A deep curiosity about how people learn, change and grow has created a core resource for her ongoing work in Learning and Development.
She became interested in the use of 3D platforms after her son introduced her to 3D games as she recuperated from an injury. She saw them as powerful tools with significant capabilities that would enhance online/remote learning and began exploring how to use them as part of a comprehensive blended learning solution. Carla continues to use many technologies in her work, relying on skills developed creating and facilitating face-to-face training, as well as self-paced e-learnings and traditional remote learning (e.g., Zoom, aka webinars) to design effective learning
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Bruce Gross / Cooper Swizzle (Poster Booth #13)
Bruce became drawn to 3D Virtual Immersive Environments for training after being introduced to them at a professional association meeting for trainers. Bruce realized they created opportunities for both synchronous and asynchronous trainings for learners, and offered a very cost-effective solution for companies utilizing them. He realized that 3D environments enabled better engagement for learners, and began implementing use of 3D Environments as replacements for PowerPoint slides in webinars (where he had attendees watch via the webinar screen as he explored the topics in the 3D world). And he was able to convince the company leadership to try a pilot program using 3D worlds for training as a substitute for the expensive face-to-face, week-long training marathons that had been a staple of the company leadership development.
After completing the highly successful pilot 3D leadership training series, he was able to continue and expand the 3D course offerings and subsequently ran a 5-year 3D-based training program before retiring from the company. Holding certifications in DDI®️, Forte®️, and 3D Virtual Worlds from the University of Washington (2012), Bruce brings a broad spectrum of experience in training and enjoys using and sharing knowledge gained from his 15+plus years of training experience.
We will explore the concept of ‘soft skills’ training in the context of personal growth and professional development, showing how 3D environments offer a unique platform for this transformational journey. Soft skills corporate training, refers to topics that involve some sort of behavioral change and often involves introspection and experimentation with new, unfamiliar behaviors. Having participants operate through an avatar—which can function as if they’re wearing a costume—makes it easier for them to step into new roles, make mistakes, and learn without the fear of embarrassment. It’s a powerful way to nurture new skills for leadership, communication, team building, and even for addressing crucial topics like sexual harassment prevention.
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Break / MealExpiredJoin us for some time exploring the many Sponsor, Crowdfunder, and speaker booths along with HyperGrid resources and art installations across the OSCC Expo Zones. Speaker booths are located in OSCC Expo Zone 3 and there are extensive Hypergrid resources and links to many HyperGrid enabled OpenSimulator grids to explore.
State of the Metaverse
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Maria Korolov is a published author and covers artificial intelligence for CIO magazine and cybersecurity for CSO online. She is also the editor of Hypergrid Business since 2009. During her twenty years as a journalist, she’s run a business news bureau in Shanghai, covered wars in the former Soviet Union, and wrote about local politics for the Chicago Tribune.
Going over the latest OpenSimulator growth and platform statistics with science fiction author, tech journalist, and Hypergrid Business editor Maria Korolov.
How Generative AI will Change Content Creation and Coding
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Maria KorolovPresenter
Maria Korolov is a published author and covers artificial intelligence for CIO magazine and cybersecurity for CSO online. She is also the editor of Hypergrid Business since 2009. During her twenty years as a journalist, she’s run a business news bureau in Shanghai, covered wars in the former Soviet Union, and wrote about local politics for the Chicago Tribune.
This session will cover:
Quick overview of how LLMs work
What companies are doing with them
What the risks are
What the current limitations are — and what’s being done to address them
What types of content people will be able to create with them — 3D assets, in-world story development, NPC conversations, marketing content, scripts and code
Managing student emotions in the metaverse
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Some people think that going to online school deprives children of the opportunity to learn about emotions. But, wherever humans are, there are bound to be emotions involved. What are the emotional patterns that occur in relationships in metaverse schools, and how do teachers deal with emotional problems between students? This is what I will bring up in my presentation.
Do You Know Who I Am? Avatars & Identities
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Marie Vans / Amvans Lapis (Poster Booth #11)
Marie Vans is an an associate professor in the department of Systems Engineering at Colorado State University where her research is focused on the use of Augmented and Virtual Reality for education. I am currently teaching a course on design and implementation of educational experiences using social virtual reality platforms. She is also on the faculty of the San José State University, School of Information.
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Bethany Winslow (Poster Booth #11)
Bethany Winslow is the director of online learning for the School of Information at San José State University. Prior to joining the iSchool she worked as an instructional designer consulting with faculty to assist in revising high quality online courses, and also to integrate a variety of teaching technologies with the curriculum. Bethany studied sociology at the University of California Santa Cruz, graduating with honors. She earned a master’s degree in education, specific to online teaching and learning, from the California State University at East-Bay.
Assumptions and biases towards the person behind the avatar may be based on the experience or lack of experience a person has with avatars in virtual spaces. While those of us who have been in virtual worlds for a long time tend to have fewer assumptions about avatars in general, a recent experience with university administration resulted in a total shutdown of a space dedicated to student mental wellness. This demonstrates that avatar bias has consequences in the physical world. We will present our plans for a research survey designed to elicit information about assumptions and biases based on experience with virtual worlds and games. This survey will be embedded in a Hubs VR room and plans to analyze that data in spring 2024 will be discussed. Finally, we will gage audience interest by handing out the URL for the Hubs VR room and asking for participation.
Supercar – A Versatile and Low-Impact Land Vehicle Scripting System
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Cuga Rajal (Poster Booth #6)
Cuga Rajal is an active content creator and assists with OpenSimulator core development. He provides physics engine support and testing, produces unmanaged libraries for Apple/macOS hardware, and developed a process to update Bullet to the latest version 3.25. He leads the DMV at Burn2, the Burning Man regional in Second Life, where he manages scripting and resources for a large collection of “art car” land vehicles, along with cross-grid scripting compatibility.
Supercar is an open-source, versatile, low-impact land vehicle scripting system that has been in development for 8 years. Forked from Shin Ingen’s project in 2015 with the same name, the system supports a wide range of creative options and has been tailored for low-lag, ease of upgrades, installation simplicity, and compatibility across all V2 viewer grids and physics engines. We present an overview of the scripting system, details of some technical features and creative options, and some rezzed examples.
Music with Zoree Jupiter
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Teresa Bettencourt / Zoree Jupiter
Blending the beautiful sounds of her native Portugal with her love of her the songs of her life in the US, Zoree Jupiter’s voice and performance is undeniably real, powerful sensual and yet with a whisper of the fragility of the soul in every song she sings. Whether it is Pop, Disco, Blues, Rock , Latin, Burlesque, other favorites – or even Portuguese Fado Singing – Zoree Jupiter is a performer that you do not want to miss, and will return again and again to see and hear. An accomplished and successful artist in both Second Life and First Life as well as having sung at such famous venues as Carnegie Hall, Zoree shares her amazing talent for the poetic, the passionate and the emotion now on stage with her voice.
Coming from an extremely musical family, Teresa Bettencourt has performed in many real life venues (including Carnegie Hall) as well as over the past 12 years as avatar Zoree Jupiter in the virtual worlds of Second Life and OpenSimulator. Her broad musical range includes a repertoire of over 700 songs which helps her focus her shows on song requests where Zoree delivers with a blend of the beautiful sounds of her native Portugal and her love of the music of the U.S.
She gives an undeniably real, powerful performance that is sensual and yet with a whisper of the fragility of the soul in every song she sings from Pop to Disco, Blues, Rock, Latin, Burlesque, Country and even Portuguese Fado music. Zoree shares her amazing talent for the poetic, and the passionate on stage with her voice.
Music with James Olmos
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James Olmos
James Olmos (SL: Acoustic Energy) is a songwriter & photographer who finds creative outlets through life’s moments. His inspiration and muse, along with medium often changes as he discovers and crosses new paths. James takes chances with his art and is constantly evolving. He is curious and can’t sit still. James gets anxious and craves exploration on many levels. His social network posts range from songs he has written, photographs he’s captured and blog ramblings about his philosophical thoughts and life’s moments. James also enjoys a healthful lifestyle and is passionate about obstacle course racing, mud runs, trail runs and the all-out, kick ass times he has while breathing, living, and journeying through life’s moments. As for his music, James is one of those artists who doesn’t need 1,000 listeners; he only needs one to listen. He doesn’t need a 1,000 viewers; just one to see.
James Olmos (SL: Acoustic Energy) is a songwriter & photographer who finds creative outlets through life’s moments. His inspiration and muse, along with medium often changes as he discovers and crosses new paths. James takes chances with his art and is constantly evolving. He is curious and can’t sit still. James gets anxious and craves exploration on many levels. His social network posts range from songs he has written, photographs he’s captured and blog ramblings about his philosophical thoughts and life’s moments. James also enjoys a healthful lifestyle and is passionate about obstacle course racing, mud runs, trail runs and the all-out, kick ass times he has while breathing, living, and journeying through life’s moments. As for his music, James is one of those artists who doesn’t need 1,000 listeners; he only needs one to listen. He doesn’t need a 1,000 viewers; just one to see.
Music with DJ Macy
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DJ Macy
Soft spoken Macy came to Rockin’ the blues in 2015 with no DJ Experience, just a love of the Blues! She was scared and shy but knew she wanted to play music that people would love. With the help of DJ Kira and Macy’s peers at Rockin’ the Blues, she became a seasoned DJ with a loyal following! DJ Macy spins every Friday night at Rockin’ the Blues on Wyldwood Bayou Grid. Rockin’ the Blues has been in existence for 11 years and features an eclectic mix of blues genres and fun every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday beginning at 6 pm. Hot Daddy’s is a DJ’s choice venue with a wide variety of music types & themes every Monday beginning at 6 pm.
OpenSim World for Rockin’ The Blues venue: https://opensimworld.com/hop/80282
OpenSim World for our Hot Daddy’s venue: https://opensimworld.com/hop/80784
OpenSim World for the WWB Roleplay Hub: https://opensimworld.com/hop/83426
Teaching/Training Applications: Virtual World Dioramas and Student Portfolio Galleries
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Kay McLennan (Poster Booth #22)
Kay McLennan is a Professor of Practice at the Tulane University School of Professional Advancement. Kay created the Tulane SoPA Metaverse (newly known as the SoPA Metaversity) and has been creating and using virtual world learning simulations in her online economics and business studies courses since 2008. Kay uses student feedback to continually refine and expand the educational simulations she creates to use in her e-courses. She has written about her creation and use of OpenSimulator-based learning simulations – see “Interactivity, Engagement, and Increased Learning Outcomes in 3D Virtual World Educational Simulations” (@ http://www.editlib.org/p/40849), “Prisoners’ Dilemma” simulation use case example (@ https://sites.google.com/view/the-prisoners-dilemma/home), and “Data Detectives Game” simulation use case example (@ https://sites.google.com/view/data-detectives-game). Also, the video clips from the December 2018 “Mainstreaming Virtual World Learning Colloquium” event – organized by Kay — can be viewed @ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLctERt0Fl50gLOgYPdfHDE8NcPtuO4wb0.
“VirtualPedagogy@mastodon.world
BlueSky@kaymc.bsky.social”
Session will explore the use of virtual world dioramas in teaching statements and other writing exercises. As a related application, the use of student portfolios galleries will be profiled. Suggestions for how to make gallery spaces functional for new user students will be covered.
Cultivate, Collaborate, Celebrate, & Innovate!
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Lisa Laxton (Poster Booth #4)
Lisa Laxton is the Founder of Infinite Metaverse Alliance® (IMA) and President of Laxton Consulting with experience providing various solutions for education, research, business, and defense clients. You may have seen her around the Hyperverse as Shelenn Ayres busy building content or engaged in testing but she is available via meetings to anyone in the Open Simulator community interested in collaborating to advance virtual worlds technology and/or to improve accessibility by design.
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Frank Rulof (Poster Booth #4)
Frank Rulof is a retired Senior Systems Engineer from Thales Netherlands with expertise areas in Training & Simulation. He led research and innovation activities related to Open Simulator technology within the Thales Global Company using multiple Open Simulator grids focused on user needs. He continues project efforts during his retirement by continuing collaboration with IMA.
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Michael Dickson / Mike Chase
Mike has been working in software development and IT for over 40 years. His experience with Virtual Worlds and OpenSimulator goes back to 2006 as an SL user and as a developer early involvement in OpenSimulator as well as many years of volunteer development on the InWorldz OpenSimulator variant – Halcyon, Mike provides development support for the Utopia Skye Grid, operating since 2018, and is leading the OpenSimulator-NGC project.
This is a panel discussion on cultivating, collaborating, and celebrating the Hypergrid community as contributors, hosts, and sponsors of OSFest2023 and innovating with a technology focus on community needs and various use-cases. Technical aspects include: filling gaps in grid/platform development; supporting the OpenSimulator-NGC Trusted Grid initiative; reviewing progress on EchoVoice; and presenting a postmortem on OSFest2022-2023. The work of IMA is in general directed toward broadening the use of virtual worlds for Public, Education, Industry, and Government sectors, but the community as a whole benefits from open-source efforts.
Cultivate, Collaborate, Celebrate, & Innovate! A panel discussion with team members from IMA including progress on EchoVoice and OSFest 2022-2023 Postmortem.
Survival game – SEL & Science teaching in the OS metaverse
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In the past year Eureka World developed the Survival Game. Group challenge game for teaching science 7th grade students combining the Social Emotional Learning strategic on one hand and learning by creation on the other. During 2023 7 class experienced this new program
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Break / MealExpiredJoin us for some time exploring the many Sponsor, Crowdfunder, and speaker booths along with HyperGrid resources and art installations across the OSCC Expo Zones. Speaker booths are located in OSCC Expo Zone 3 and there are extensive Hypergrid resources and links to many HyperGrid enabled OpenSimulator grids to explore.
An immersive world for advanced speaking in English
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Elaine Hoter (Poster Booth #17)
“Dr. Elaine Hoter is a trailblazer in collaborative online teaching, with over 25 years of experience in the field. A senior lecturer at Talpiot College in Holon, she taught an online collaborative course in 1995, organized and led the first-ever International online Teachers Conference in 2001, and co-founded the TEC Center (Education Technology and Social Diversity) in 2005. She has developed 20 virtual worlds, including two MOOCs on EdX which include virtual worlds: one an advanced spoken English course (B2 level) and the other is in Intercultural Education in Hebrew, Arabic and English.
Dr. Hoter’s contributions to the field of education and research have been recognized globally, as she has given lectures and workshops on all continents. She is a Fulbright graduate and is known for her innovative approach to teaching, which focuses on creating inclusive and diverse learning environments. Her work has had a significant impact on the way educators around the world approach online teaching and learning.”
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Jeremy FinkelsteinVirtual World Development, Website and Database Development
Jeremy has been developing Virtual World environments for education since 2006 and developing websites since 2001. His Virtual World projects include: Israel Island, TEC Island (for TEC), Mega-Cities (for CET Israel), MOOC Island (for Talpiot College), Spaces (for CET Israel), Paramedic Training Simulations (for Magen David Adom), Ipcha Island (for Ipcha, Israel), Beit Berl Island (for Beit Berl College), Kadima Island and many others. He specializes in creating interactive environments designed to assist and further the educational process with fun and immersive content.
This virtual world called Englehaven includes 10 units of study where students work individually, with NPCs, in pairs, in groups and with real teachers. The course incorporates many examples of gamification and in order to raise the students’ level of English cue cards are used throughout. The students practice their English in real situations both formal and informal giving an elevator pitch, taking part in debates and ultimately giving a TED talk to a large audience.
Learn coding with Eureka LSL Blocks for Opensimulator
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Learning to code with block programming is a great way to get started with programming, especially if you’re new to coding or want to introduce programming to children or beginners. Block programming uses visual blocks or puzzle-like pieces to represent code concepts, making it more accessible and less intimidating than traditional text-based coding. Here are some popular block programming platforms and tips for getting started:Learning cooding.
Open the Block Cooding option in Opensimulator will open the opportunity to 5th to 9th grade learning basic cooding with open simulator.
Game Development in opensim: Leveling up Animated Storytelling With Everything as an NPC
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Mal Burns (Poster Booth #2)
Mal Burns is host of the “Inworld Review” – a weekly news and discussion program mostly focused on the hypergrid which has been running for over 15 years. Mal has used virtual environments for nearly two decades, is concerned about user interfaces in general and has a wealth of media and design experience behind him. In the organic sphere he is now retired and uses his experience to deploy and promote immersive spaces. He also has a twitter stream (@malburns) which provides news links on a daily basis.
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Cynthia Calongne / Lyr Lobo (Poster Booth #3)OSCC Co-Chair, Professor
Lyr is a Professor at Parker University in Dallas, Texas and a VR researcher. Since 2005, she taught 54 university classes in virtual worlds and mentored 800+ 13-year-old students. Her team won the $25,000 Grand Prize for their space simulation and she received the Thinkerer Award for her passion for virtual world education. She loves OpenSimulator and is proud to be a member of the OSCC Organizing Committee.
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Siobhan Muir
Award Winning author Siobhan Muir lives in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and writes kick-ass adventure with romance for men and women to enjoy. She’s been working in OpenSimulator for 11 years, meshing written stories with visual and virtual scenes that readers can walk through. She’s created hypergrid stories with sometimes amusing results – disappearing teapots, anyone? – and is bridging the gap between non-gamers and virtual storytelling.
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Dorena Bree
Dorena: Dorena Bree, who used to go by Endora Twinklens in OpenSim, has been a part of Nara’s Nook since 2014. This was her first experience in 3D story building and she continues to learn something new every day. Primarily, she enjoys helping the writers at the Nook by making props for their stories. Her own stories tend to be comedically entwined with her love for campy B movies.”
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Shannon Albright
Romance Author, Graphic Artist and Content Creator.
We’ve created an animated story where every prop and character is an NPC. This gives us the ability to precisely time and synchronize elements of the story while creating an environment that interacts with the audience. We’ve created a game engine within the OpenSim system that mimics the Unity 3D timeline, and will demonstrate with a retelling of a Celtic Yule Tale.
Game Development in Opensim: Leveling up
Animated Storytelling With Everything as an NPC
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Break / MealExpiredJoin us for some time exploring the many Sponsor, Crowdfunder, and speaker booths along with HyperGrid resources and art installations across the OSCC Expo Zones. Speaker booths are located in OSCC Expo Zone 3 and there are extensive Hypergrid resources and links to many HyperGrid enabled OpenSimulator grids to explore.
Shop during lunch! Hypergrid Shopping Tour: Where to find content
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Cynthia Calongne / Lyr Lobo (Poster Booth #3)OSCC Co-Chair, Professor
Lyr is a Professor at Parker University in Dallas, Texas and a VR researcher. Since 2005, she taught 54 university classes in virtual worlds and mentored 800+ 13-year-old students. Her team won the $25,000 Grand Prize for their space simulation and she received the Thinkerer Award for her passion for virtual world education. She loves OpenSimulator and is proud to be a member of the OSCC Organizing Committee.
Cynthia Cologne / Lyr Lobo will conduct a guided tour of finding goodies on the hypergrid.
In Conversation: Mal Burns talks with Tish Shute
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Mal Burns (Poster Booth #2)
Mal Burns is host of the “Inworld Review” – a weekly news and discussion program mostly focused on the hypergrid which has been running for over 15 years. Mal has used virtual environments for nearly two decades, is concerned about user interfaces in general and has a wealth of media and design experience behind him. In the organic sphere he is now retired and uses his experience to deploy and promote immersive spaces. He also has a twitter stream (@malburns) which provides news links on a daily basis.
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Tish Shute
I work at the intersection of design, research, technology, & market to develop innovative products leveraging AI and spatial computing for entertainment, games, AVs, robotics, intelligence augmentation, and augmented ecosystems. Currently I’m working on a simulation game about the future of our planet and life centered AI that brings together nature, humans, and AI. In our divided world we are unable to address the global challenge of our collective future. Through play we are creating an opportunity for us to design together a better future for our planet and AI.
Enjoy a discussion between Mal Burns and Tish Shute reflecting on early OpenSimulator and speculating on our immersive future.
The Open Metaverse Research Group
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Michael Lorrey / Mike Lorrey
Mike Lorrey has a long history in Virtual Worlds and VR. As an editor of cyberpunk author Neal Stephenson’s Quicksilver Metaweb wiki, and an early participant in Blaxxun, he has been affiliated with the Extropy Institute transhumanist futurist think tank, developing proposals and solutions for many technology based problems foreseen by the organiztion in the 1990s. Since joining Second Life in 2006 he became one of the top 25 land barons and developed the first virtual stock exchange, capitalized the first commercial opensim grid, as well as being a pioneer in blockchain technology development. He is currently a Director of the International Spaceflight Museum with facilities in SL and Kitely, and is founder of Galactic Systems and the Galactic Virtual World grid. He cofounded the OMRG earlier this year.
In light of the past few years sad performace by the VW/VR industry and community continuing with the same tired walled garden business models, the OMRG was formed by a group of OpenSim users with experience in other VW and metaverse platforms to develop proposals to solve the true outstanding issues that we feel are hindering a true open metaverse from being developed.
Max – New Free Mesh bodies for OpenSim Avatars
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Judith Adele / Ada Radius (Poster Booth #5)
Retired CPA, opera singer, fiber artist. I’ve been making character avatars since 2006, rigged mesh since 2010. Co-founder of Avatar Repertory Theater 2007-2017 and AnonLiterary Magazine 2007-2009 with Iain McCracken. Founder of New Media Arts Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charity whose mission is virtual community libraries, arts and education, since 2010.
RuthAndRoth
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Ada Radius (3D CGI artist, avatar design & rigging);
Ai Austin (professor emeritus The University of Edinburgh, software engineer, tester);
Serie Sumei (resource management, scripter, graphics).https://www.linkedin.com/in/judith-adele-13a3b616/
https://www.pinterest.com/adaradius/
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063886281550
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Serie Sumei
Serie has developed and managed multiple Open Source software projects and is currently an admin in the RuthAndRoth Github organziation.
Max is the new free mesh body, successor to the RuthAndRoth mesh bodies developed seven years ago. Max has female and male forms that share topology, built specifically to the SL/OS armature, system avatar parameters, and UV map islands. A rough alpha test version of Maxine’s Blend file is available at GitHub/RuthAndRoth now, and we expect a release inworld in OpenSim, February or March 2024. CC-BY 4.0 licensing.
A Home for Arcadia Asylum
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Mike Higgins / Kayaker Magic (Poster Booth #5)
After 4 decades of writing code in the Real World, Kayaker Magic has been scripting in virtual worlds since 2008. By taking apart items made by Arcadia Asylum, Kayaker learned a great deal about building vehicles in OpenSim, animating, 3D modeling, UV mapping, texture mapping and efficient mesh. He wants to preserve Arcadia’s work so others can learn these lessons as well.
MikesKayakJournal.net
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Judith Adele / Ada Radius (Poster Booth #5)
Retired CPA, opera singer, fiber artist. I’ve been making character avatars since 2006, rigged mesh since 2010. Co-founder of Avatar Repertory Theater 2007-2017 and AnonLiterary Magazine 2007-2009 with Iain McCracken. Founder of New Media Arts Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charity whose mission is virtual community libraries, arts and education, since 2010.
RuthAndRoth
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Ada Radius (3D CGI artist, avatar design & rigging);
Ai Austin (professor emeritus The University of Edinburgh, software engineer, tester);
Serie Sumei (resource management, scripter, graphics).https://www.linkedin.com/in/judith-adele-13a3b616/
https://www.pinterest.com/adaradius/
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063886281550
Ada Radius is gathering and cataloging the creative interactive artworks of Arcadia Asylum. Kayaker Magic has set up a small grid to hold this large collection of Her work where Her name(s) will appear as the creator of every item. The non-profit New Media Arts is funding this project to make sure it survives for future generations to borrow, admire, and learn from.
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Break / MealExpiredJoin us for some time exploring the many Sponsor, Crowdfunder, and speaker booths along with HyperGrid resources and art installations across the OSCC Expo Zones. Speaker booths are located in OSCC Expo Zone 3 and there are extensive Hypergrid resources and links to many HyperGrid enabled OpenSimulator grids to explore.
Help! I’m Lost in the Metaverse!
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Valerie Hill / Valibrarian Gregg (Poster Booth #9)
Dr. Valerie Hill is a library and information science educator with a research focus on the intersection of information literacy and global digital participatory culture. She has taught at all age levels, served as a school librarian, and is a National Writing Project trainer. She is a co-coordinator of the Virtual Worlds Education Consortium and Director of the Community Virtual Library.
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Becky Adams / Elli Pinion
Dr. Becky Adams has been in education as a teacher, instructional designer, and Higher Education administrator for 26 years. She was the Director for Online Course Development at the University of New Mexico until her recent retirement. She has been using Virtual Worlds for her undergraduate and graduate students in both face to face and online classes since 2009 and finds it a creative environment for project based teaching and learning. She is co-coordinator of the Virtual Worlds Education Consortium and serves on the board of several virtual world organizations.
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Bruce Gross / Cooper Swizzle (Poster Booth #13)
Bruce became drawn to 3D Virtual Immersive Environments for training after being introduced to them at a professional association meeting for trainers. Bruce realized they created opportunities for both synchronous and asynchronous trainings for learners, and offered a very cost-effective solution for companies utilizing them. He realized that 3D environments enabled better engagement for learners, and began implementing use of 3D Environments as replacements for PowerPoint slides in webinars (where he had attendees watch via the webinar screen as he explored the topics in the 3D world). And he was able to convince the company leadership to try a pilot program using 3D worlds for training as a substitute for the expensive face-to-face, week-long training marathons that had been a staple of the company leadership development.
After completing the highly successful pilot 3D leadership training series, he was able to continue and expand the 3D course offerings and subsequently ran a 5-year 3D-based training program before retiring from the company. Holding certifications in DDI®️, Forte®️, and 3D Virtual Worlds from the University of Washington (2012), Bruce brings a broad spectrum of experience in training and enjoys using and sharing knowledge gained from his 15+plus years of training experience.
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Shannon Broden / Kreatya Shannon
Shannon Broden (Kreatya Shannon) is a Masters of Library Science and Information Science student at San Jose State University. She volunteers helping the VWEC with the metaverse database project.
Educators find it difficult to navigate across grids and metaverse platforms. The goal of the Virtual Worlds Education Consortium is to bring educators in virtual worlds together, both to share what has been successful and to tackle obstacles across different platforms and communities. This panel discussion shares VWEC Ambassadors collaborating across the metaverse to provide better communication and networking opportunities for teaching and learning.
Using Generative AI to Create Content for 3D Immersive VWs
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Sally S. Cherry, MLS(ASCP) (Poster Booth #12)
Sally S. Cherry, MLS(ASCP) aka SallyC is a Medical Laboratory Scientist specializing in STI Laboratory Methods Training and Consulting who is also a tech geek. As a 3D Immersive Virtual Worlds Evangelist and Virtual Content Creator, she is passionate about creating 3D immersive virtual environments for the purpose of sharing special interest information; conducting laboratory training; promoting public health messages; raising public awareness about medical laboratory science careers; and fostering collaborative networks. Her real (physical) life and virtual worlds projects and activities are inspired by her vision… “Real To Virtual; Virtual To Real” (R2V2R).
https://Linktr.ee/CherryNetwork
https://opensimworld.com/user/SallyCherry/blog
https://discord.com/channels/sallyc4614
https://www.youtube.com/@sarvonne
https://www.tiktok.com/@r2v2rliving
http://virtualnetworkweaver.com”
The presentation, “Using Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Create Content for 3D Immersive Virtual Worlds“ provides basic information about generative artificial intelligence (AI) as well as some examples of its potential use and application within the 3D immersive virtual worlds community. Generative artificial intelligence (AI) also known as generative AI or GenAI is the branch of artificial intelligence under the category of machine learning focused on developing algorithms and models to generate new content (text, images, videos, or other digital media). The presentation discusses how GenAI may be used for information sharing; storytelling; generating AI images; script writing; generating data for training; upscaling photographs; and other “thinking-outside-the-box” applications.
Making Classic Clothing in OpenSimulator Worlds
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Beth Ghostraven (Poster Booth #8)
Beth Ghostraven has been playing around with her appearance in virtual worlds since 2010. Tired of hunting for non-skanky clothing to wear to meetings and events, she started designing system and prim clothing for educators and other professionals. Her clothing is available FREE at the Ghostraven Professional Attire shop at OSCC, in Region 5.
A professional appearance for your avatar is essential for educators and others networking in virtual worlds. This workshop will help attendees learn to make their own custom clothing. The focus is on traditional (non-mesh) avatars and system clothing.
Developing Virtual Simulations to Support Retention of Skills in Essential Newborn Care
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Rachel Umoren (Poster Booth #19)
Dr. Rachel Umoren is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Adjunct Associate Professor of Healthcare Simulation Science and Global Health at the University of Washington. Her research focuses on innovative uses of technology to improve the quality of newborn care.
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Matt Cook
Mr Cook is a Research Engineer at the University of Washington and lead developer for the virtual ENC project.
This presentation highlights the approaches to developing scenario-based virtual simulations including level design and flow, responding to the needs of novice users and gamification. We will use as a case study, vENC, a virtual simulation supporting the retention of health professional skills in essential newborn care
OSCC 2023 Closing, Thanks and Conference Photo
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Joyce Bettencourt / Rhiannon ChatnoirAvaCon, Inc., Co-Founder
Joyce Bettencourt is co-founder and Vice President of AvaCon, Inc.(https://avacon.org), a 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to promoting the growth, enhancement, and development of the metaverse, virtual worlds, augmented reality and 3D immersive spaces. AvaCon were organizers of 2010 in Boston & 2011 in Oakland Second Life Community Convention, the Federal Consortium of Virtual Worlds virtual workshops, and the ongoing OpenSimulator Community Conference. AvaCon also currently fiscally sponsors the nonprofit community of practice, Nonprofit Commons in Second Life, where Joyce has been a community leader and host of weekly Friday meetings.
In addition, she is Creative Director of The Vesuvius Group (http://thevesuviusgroup.com), a collaborative studio specializing in developing online immersive and social environments for community-building. Joyce is a 2012 graduate of the Singularity University Graduate Studies program, focused on applying exponential technologies to addressing Global Grand Challenges.
Previously she was digital media producer for the Online Leadership Program at the educational nonprofit Global Kids and helped produce digital media learning content including the Second Life Curriculum, many virtual and physical world events, and the social issue game CONSENT! As her avatar Rhiannon Chatnoir, she has organized numerous social good online events, including the Virtual Haiti Relief campaign within the virtual world of Second Life that helped raise awareness and $10,000 USD in virtual micro transactions.
http://about.me/joycebettencourt
Closing thoughts about the conference, thank-you and group photo for presenters, staff and volunteers.
Etheriel Dream Pop Rave 10 at Pirates Atoll
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Etheriel 7 – Dream Pop Rave (After Party)
After conspiring about the next Opensim takeover of the world, come down to Tiki Beach on Pirate’s Atoll for an afterparty and dance your av off! DJ Strannik Z will spin toons with a Dream Pop / Shoegaze focus.
The usual instructions for how to get there are at this link.
Once you are in a hypergrid enabled world, you can put the following in your map: login.digiworldz.com:8002:Pirates Atoll
After arriving in the main station, there will be a linked poster, or you can take the Tiki Beach subway stop to get to the party.
Public or Invitation Only: Open to All
Maturity Rating: Appropriate for Mature Audiences (M)
Grid Name: DigiWorldz
Grid Website: http://piratesatoll.com
HyperGrid Enabled?: Yes
HyperGrid URL: http://login.digiworldz.com:8002:pirates atoll
Region Name: Pirates Atoll
Map Coordinates: 128/128/23
Parcel/Venue Name: Tiki Beach
Check http://piratesatoll.com for more info and updates.
Rockin’ the Blues After Party
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DJ Kith Whitehawk
DJ Kith Whitehawk is the owner of Rockin’ The Blues and other music venues on Wyldwood Bayou Grid. Rockin’ the Blues has been in existence for 11 years and features an eclectic mix of blues genres and fun every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday beginning at 6 pm. Hot Daddy’s is a DJ’s choice venue with a wide variety of music types & themes every Monday beginning at 6 pm. DJ Kith performs at Rockin’ The Blues on Saturday nights starting at 7:30 pm, 1st & 3rd Sundays at 6 pm and at Hot Daddy’s on the fourth Monday of each month at 6 pm.
Grid location: https://opensimworld.com/hop/80282
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DJ Rosa
Rosa brings her “Latin Party” to her mixes in many virtual worlds with tunes from all your favorite Latin superstars of music! You’ll hear songs from artists like Carlos Santana, Pitbull, J-Lo, Christina Aguilera, Celia Cruz, Rick Martin and several other artists from Latin countries!
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DJ Rosa – 6:00pm
DJ Kith – 7:30pm
Arcadia Asylum Hypergrid Tour, Monday
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Mike Higgins / Kayaker Magic (Poster Booth #5)
After 4 decades of writing code in the Real World, Kayaker Magic has been scripting in virtual worlds since 2008. By taking apart items made by Arcadia Asylum, Kayaker learned a great deal about building vehicles in OpenSim, animating, 3D modeling, UV mapping, texture mapping and efficient mesh. He wants to preserve Arcadia’s work so others can learn these lessons as well.
MikesKayakJournal.net
Tour the new grid special-built to preserve the wonderful works of Arcadia Asylum.
Gather at speaker booth 05 (The Aquatic Circus Tent) in region Expo Zone 3 /100/38/25 for an LM to the new grid.
Or just HG to arcadiaasylum.org:8002
Grid website: https://ArcadiaAsylum.org
Grid: https://arcadiaasylum.org:8002
Region: Welcome (128/128/21)
Kintsugi Tour at Sakurajima on Virtual Harmony
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Andrew Stricker / Spinoza Quinnell (Poster Booth #3)
Andrew Stricker serves as an innovation and strategy analyst for LeMay Center at Air University. Previously, Dr. Stricker served Vanderbilt University as associate provost for innovation through technology. He has also served 27 years as an Air Force officer and scientist specializing in learning sciences and human-factors engineering. His research is focused on modeling adaptive expertise and the design of learning technologies. His graduate work was conducted at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas and Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
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Cynthia Calongne / Lyr Lobo (Poster Booth #3)OSCC Co-Chair, Professor
Lyr is a Professor at Parker University in Dallas, Texas and a VR researcher. Since 2005, she taught 54 university classes in virtual worlds and mentored 800+ 13-year-old students. Her team won the $25,000 Grand Prize for their space simulation and she received the Thinkerer Award for her passion for virtual world education. She loves OpenSimulator and is proud to be a member of the OSCC Organizing Committee.
Join Lyr Lobo and Spinoza Quinnell on a tour of Sakurajima and the Kintsugi Contemplative Pathways for the Wounded Healer. We will meet on Zoom, discuss the research behind the simulation, and experience the Kintsugi Contemplative Pathways journey as we rebuild broken pottery with gold while reflecting on the role of a wounded healer, the triumph of the spirit, and our thoughts on the future.
How to participate
Gather at OSCC or in Zoom before heading over to Sakurajima so we can share the backstory by voice comfortably with the group. Those who wish can join us on the tour and those who cannot can stay in Zoom.
To join inworld, visit Booth 3 on Expo Region 3:
hop://cc.opensimulator.org:8002/OSCC Expo Zone 3/99/86/26
To participate via Zoom, please register at this address:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAlcu-orjkuE9ZP6-mwCK8u-Ue9i1itkOtf
Creating Music with AI
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DJ Kathryn Yer
Having worked for many years as a DJ in RL, Kat brought her love of music and Irish charm to virtual worlds. She is also quite the 3D modelor, game designer, coder, and builder with that unique sense of humor and personality like no other. You can catch Kat’s shows at the 381 Club in sinespace where this witch from Northern Ireland spins tunes three times a week from 6-8 pm Eastern Time on Saturday and Sunday evenings.
DJ Kathryn Yer shares with us how to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies like Suno.ai and ChatGPT to write music with lyrics in various styles. Learn some tips on how to best write AI prompts with proper syntax as she also shares some of the lessons she has learned in composing music using AI an instruments. We anticipate this workshop to be conducted in Zoom Meetings, though that may change.
For Zoom, please register using this form.
AvaCon OSCC23 Holiday Party
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Joyce Bettencourt / Rhiannon ChatnoirAvaCon, Inc., Co-Founder
Joyce Bettencourt is co-founder and Vice President of AvaCon, Inc.(https://avacon.org), a 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to promoting the growth, enhancement, and development of the metaverse, virtual worlds, augmented reality and 3D immersive spaces. AvaCon were organizers of 2010 in Boston & 2011 in Oakland Second Life Community Convention, the Federal Consortium of Virtual Worlds virtual workshops, and the ongoing OpenSimulator Community Conference. AvaCon also currently fiscally sponsors the nonprofit community of practice, Nonprofit Commons in Second Life, where Joyce has been a community leader and host of weekly Friday meetings.
In addition, she is Creative Director of The Vesuvius Group (http://thevesuviusgroup.com), a collaborative studio specializing in developing online immersive and social environments for community-building. Joyce is a 2012 graduate of the Singularity University Graduate Studies program, focused on applying exponential technologies to addressing Global Grand Challenges.
Previously she was digital media producer for the Online Leadership Program at the educational nonprofit Global Kids and helped produce digital media learning content including the Second Life Curriculum, many virtual and physical world events, and the social issue game CONSENT! As her avatar Rhiannon Chatnoir, she has organized numerous social good online events, including the Virtual Haiti Relief campaign within the virtual world of Second Life that helped raise awareness and $10,000 USD in virtual micro transactions.
http://about.me/joycebettencourt
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Michael Bailey / Marcus Llewelyn
Michael Bailey has been working with technology for the past 24 years. Originally a programmer, he discovered Second Life in 2007, and then became invested in the OpenSimulator project in 2009. Since then, he has acquired expertise scripting and building in virtual environments, as well as familiarity with the OpenSimulator software and it’s configuration. As an open source advocate, he makes heavy use of tools such as Blender and Open Broadcaster Studio. He’s streamed for the OpenSimulator Community Conference (OSCC) since 2014. He was instrumental in the OSCC 2016 live streaming setup, coordination, training, and A/V promotional materials. Currently a staff member at AvaCon Inc., he is dedicated to promoting projects for social good by means of video tutorials, presentations on useful software, and content creation.
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Dave Fliesen / Sun Tzu
David is a Character Creator, MOCAP and iClone MOCAP Animator, Unity Game Designer, and Metaverse Consultant in the area of Charleston, South Carolina. His past work has included game-based design for the military and designing an undergraduate course on virtual worlds for Rasmussen College. He is a digital aborigine, who aspires to find new, innovative, and creative ways to use gaming and virtual world technologies to make the world a better place.
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James Lloyd / James Atlloud
AvaCon volunteer staff member and fan of Open Simulator. Also does a weekly webcast with Mal Burns.
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Jeroen Frans / Frans Charming
AvaCon staff member for many years.
Join the AvaCon staff for a holiday party and post conference appreciation.
This is a chance for final end-of-year networking with other #OSCC23 attendees. You can also find out about the events, resources, and programs AvaCon offers, including the Free Virtual Land for Social Good Community.
Tuesday December 19, 2023 2:00pm – 3:30pm PST
On the Avacon grid
Hypergrid Address hop://grid.avacon.org:8002/Avacon Plaza/135/186/28
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Images of AvaCon holiday party 2019 by Alba Rocca