Friday, November 29, 2013

2013 WRITE: BLOG: PROMO: Twitter is my 3rd choice of social media to promote virtual world projects

Twitter is my 3rd choice of social media
to promote virtual world projects.

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How to use Twitter to promote your virtual world projects.
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Thursday, November 28, 2013

2013 IPRIGHTS: United Content Creators of Second Life has posted a survey.. Have your say.

UCCSL has posted a survey.. Have your say.
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Did the new TOS posted in August: 
  • have an effect on what you are doing in Second Life?
  • lead you to look at other grids?
  • affect your attitude towards Linden lab? 
  • tell it to the United Content Creators of Second Life
  • https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VSW5NDJ
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Wednesday, November 27, 2013

2013 STAGE: Video of an acting exercise at A.R.T. Plays Around Fridays

Video of an acting exercise at 
A.R.T. Plays Around Fridays
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A video of an acting exercise with open ended scenes at A.R.T. Plays Around Fridays.  Actors are given a short scene with ambiguous dialog and perform the dialog with various subtext instructions setting the context.
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Watch on YouTube
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Experimental Theater, Art Plays Around Fridays
by Avatory Repertory Theater
A.R.T. Plays Around Fridays
Location Link. Click to go or drag to the viewer screen:
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cookie/194/194/21
Comments by MadameThespian Underhill 
On most Friday evenings at 5 pm in their theater at Cookie, actors of the Avatar Repertory Theater company gather to do scene work or short plays or improv  games for the purpose of working together to build ensemble and stretch their voice acting chops.  Sometimes they've been known to introduce pieces of material they are working on to develop full length productions -- up to a year-long process!  This amazing process, open to the public to come and watch, is called "A.R.T. Plays Around Fridays."  On this occasion,   MadameThespian Underhill led a small group of actors from the company -- Corwyn Allen, Kayden Oconnell, Ada Radius -- in an exercise of "open ended scenes" -- very short scenes with ambiguous dialog -- to practice playing subtext and intentions through voice acting.  The video is from this unrehearsed exercise.
Avatar Reptertory Theater is a project of New Media Arts, Inc. a nonprofit organization tax exempt under IRC 501(c)(3).  Donations may be tax deductible depending on your tax jurisdiction and circumstances.
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Video captured, edited, and produced by 
Selby Evans, AKA Thinkerer Melville
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Tuesday, November 26, 2013

2013 HELP: Make a poster to help people to join your group

Make a poster to help people to join your group
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Hobo Helpers join poster
  • The script is in this poster.  Pick up a free copy here:
  • Location Link. Click to go or drag to the viewer screen:
  • http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cookie/147/100/22
  • The poster should be free to copy, and full perm.
  • The script inside is annotated.  
  • You only need to put in the link to your group.
  • If you have problems, send a notecard to thinkerer.melville
You will need to find a link to your group in place of the link to the Hobo Helpers group.
Below are instructions on how to get the link to your group 

Monday, November 25, 2013

2013 EDU: Oregon State University. Dorms in a holodeck

Oregon State University.  Dorms in a holodeck
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Oregon State University facilities in Second Life, including clever use of holodeck technology.
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Sunday, November 24, 2013

2013 PLAY: HEALTH: Creations for Parkinson's, the Drax Files. Creativity for health

Creations for Parkinson's, the Drax Files.  
Creativity for health
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Virtual worlds give you the ability to create and live as you may not be able to in the physical world.   From the Drax Files.
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Watch on YouTube
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2013 HELP: Changes in the way you get into Kitely

Changes in the way you get into Kitely
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You have to open a viewer before a Kitely web page will take you to its world.
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If you have been entering Kitely directly from the web page of the site you want to visit, you will notice a change (forced by changes in Firefox and Chrome).  The web page will no longer start your viewer.  You have to start your viewer manually.  The web page you have been using in the past will give you the sign on information, including the password to use in logging in with the viewer.  
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If you have the appropriate viewer running, the Kitely web page will take you to location when you click on Enter World.   You will have other uses for the Kitely world entry page, so don't loose the password to that page.
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You can use any viewer for Opensim.  Firestorm is recommended by Kitely.  Here is the Download page.  Be sure to get Firestorm for Opensim.  Firestorm for Second Life will not work.  If you have Firestorm already installed, you can check to see if it is for Opensim: Click Help (top left), then About Firestorm.  Look for the phrase " with OpenSimulator support" in the part about Firestorm.
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In the Firestorm start page, look in the login line for an option: Log into grid:  click the dropdown and choose Kitely.
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If you do not see the Log into Grid option in Firestorm, look to the right for Select Mode and select Hybrid.
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For more details about logging in, see
How to Enter Kitely Virtual Worlds
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Saturday, November 23, 2013

2014: PROMO: Facebook is my second choice for Social Media to promote Virtual World projects

Facebook is my second choice 
for Social Media to promote VW projects
VW= Virtual World
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Use Facebook to promote Virtual World projects.
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Second Choice?  Why not first? 
  • Facebook has twice as many people
  • But it depends on what you are looking for
  • Looking for girls from Ghana who want to get to know you better?
  • Looking for hundreds of requests to join in games?
  • Like to see trick ads that look like regular posts? 
  • Then Facebook is for you.
  • Looking for people with serious tech experience and serious interests? 
  • They already went to G+
Fortunately it is not either-or.  Because Facebook does have a lot to offer

Friday, November 22, 2013

2012 HELP: IPRIGHTS: The Catch 22 of Linden Lab's new Terms of Service

The Catch 22 of Linden Lab's new Terms of Service
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Intellectual property rights and how the Terms of Service trap them.
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  • You are a content creator
  • You actually read the terms of service
  • You see that accepting the TOS gives LL a license to sell your creations 
  • Without paying you, without crediting you, without even telling you
  • You don't like that
  • You don't accept the TOS
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  • You want to delete your creations and close your account
  • But you can't delete your things 
  • Not without going inworld
  • Not without accepting the TOS 
  • Not without giving LL a license to sell your creations
  • Catch 22

Thursday, November 21, 2013

2013 ART: Tinker & the Steampunkables, an interactive story

Tinker & the Steampunkables, an interactive story
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Tinker & the Steampunkables an interactive story in a virtual world, pictures and links.
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Visit the sim to experience this story with 7 treasures and over 50 great prizes as you meet the characters and chat with the cogs to find out what happened to the Tinker.  
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Steampunk musical to be shown on Nov 23rd at 1 pm SLT.
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Tinkerer's shop
Click the image to enlarge
The Tinker
Smoke, smoke...with a blinding explosion followed by unusual dreams of gears raining down on the world…the Tinker awakens in a strange new world in the year 2525.  Chat with Cogs and Characters to learn what happened to the lands of Steam Center and fin. 

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

2013 VIDEO: SEE: Virtual Voice- reviewing the hottest beaches in the virtual worlds

Virtual Voice-- 
reviewing the hottest beaches in the virtual worlds
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Video report on beaches in virtual worlds
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Watch on YouTube
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Published on Jul 14, 2012
"Our pilot show for virtual voice!
segments:
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"Virtual Voice- reviewing the hottest beaches
worlds covered in this segment
  • IMVU, 
  • Second Life,
  • Inworldz, 
  • Open Sim, 
  • Nuvera Online,
  • Frenzoo
"Virtually Delicious- covering fashion, value and style
worlds covered on this segment- IMVU
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"Gadgets and Gizmos- covering cool new or unique items
world covered on this segment- Second Life
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"Virtually Fabulous- a mini talk show made to highlight an artist, creator, musician or charity event amongst other things--
worlds covered in this segment -IMVU with special guest VallaOfTheAncients
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"Builders Box- a show on how to build, create or do a specific topic in the virtual world
worlds covered in this segment- Second Life
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"We make this entire show ourselves and have all rights to music shown, video done with permissions from people interviewed. If you would like to share this show, please feel free to on your site, magazine pages, homepages! "
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013

2013 EDU: The basics of education are the purposes --Sir Ken Robinson

The basics of education are the purposes
Sir Ken Robinson
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We need education that develops creativity and adaptability.
Children have a vast appetite for learning and it only dissipates when we educate them.
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Watch on YouTube
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Sir Ken Robinson addresses the fundamental economic, cultural, social and personal purposes of education. He argues that education should be personalize to every student's talent, passion, and learning styles, and that creativity should be embedded in the culture of every single school.
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Sunday, November 17, 2013

2013 EDU: ART: The Art of Virtual Reality @ University of Massachusetts, Lowell

The Art of Virtual Reality 
@ University of Massachusetts, Lowell
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Watch on YouTube
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The Art of Virtual Reality - UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center May 11th 2013 Part 1 Jay Jay Zifanwe & Bryn Oh
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The Art of Virtual Reality a presentation on 3D Virtual Environments and how professionals around the world use this platform to promote their real life work or start new ones.
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Hosted Live by Sophia Yates at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center on on May 11th 2013 and broadcast live by AviewTV.com by Petlove Petshop & Emmo Wei in association with LaPiscean Liberty & Secret Rage.
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The Art of Virtual Reality @ University of Massachusetts, Lowell
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Saturday, November 16, 2013

2013 EDU: Cyber Challenge: by John Low, Chief Creative Officer, Carney

Cyber Challenge: by John Low,
Chief Creative Officer, Carney, Inc
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Carney, inc.
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Watch on YouTube
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Published on Oct 31, 2013
Federal employees are required to take annual cyber security awareness training, typically in the form of eLearning. While these programs provide relevant information they all too often fail to engage learners, and fall well short of promoting behavior change and conviction. 
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Gaming concepts combined with evolving technologies are giving us better ways to engage with learners, and impact behaviors. We will take a look at the role of serious games in promoting cyber security best practices within the U.S. federal government, including Cyber Challenge, which has been played by more than five million people. In addition to Cyber Challenge we explore the following:
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How serious games have been used to significantly improve the quality of large scale cyber awareness training within the U.S. federal government 
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A development approach for incorporating game-based learning across multiple price points
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Key features for playability
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A framework for structuring content into gaming objectives 
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The near future of cyber awareness training
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Friday, November 15, 2013

2015 HELP: Cookie II appears on Kitely

Cookie II appears on Kitely
Updated 2/20/2015
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Cookie II on Kitely
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Cookie II on Kitely
  • 4 sims in a square
  • Free to visit, no time costs to anybody
  • Open to anybody
  • Builders in the groups can leave lasting builds 
  • Max prim dimensions at least 256 meters
  • You will have to register and install a viewer 
  • such as Firestorm for OpenSim
  • Here is the entry page: Cookie II on Kitely 
  • To get in one of the groups, read on

Thursday, November 14, 2013

2013 ART: 'THE MACHINE', Lilia & Moeuhane, LEA6

'THE MACHINE',  Lilia & Moeuhane,  LEA6  
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  • We have solved all our problems. Thanks to our ingenuity. 
  • We have cured all illnesses. Thanks to our technical savvy.
  • We have cheated death. Thanks to our code.
  • We invented the machine. 
  • The only thing left to do: 
  • Keep the machine running that keeps us running.

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

2013 IPRIGHTS: Email from UCCSL to Peter Gray dated November 11, 2013

Email from UCCSL to Peter Gray 
November 11, 2013
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UNITED CONTENT CREATORS OF SL

TO:                    Peter Gray

FROM:              Kylie Sabra & The UCCSL Council

DATE:               November 11, 2013

After a meeting of the Council of the UCCSL Noon, Sunday, November 3, 2013, and subsequent vote by membership; below are the issues we find of concern in the current Second Life Terms of Service.

We hope to work together to resolve these issues, and in the creation of a new terms of service agreement that grants Linden Lab the license it requires while honoring and protecting the rights of content creators.

FROM SECTION 2.3 OF SL TOS

Except as otherwise described in any Additional Terms (such as a contest’s official rules) which will govern the submission of your User Content, you hereby grant to Linden Lab, and you agree to grant to Linden Lab, the non-exclusive, unrestricted, unconditional, unlimited, worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual, and cost-free right and license to use, copy, record, distribute, reproduce, disclose, sell, re-sell, sub license (through multiple levels), modify, display, publicly perform, transmit, publish, broadcast, translate, make derivative works of, and otherwise exploit in any manner whatsoever, all or any portion of your User Content (and derivative works thereof), for any purpose whatsoever in all formats, on or through any media, software, formula, or medium now known or hereafter developed, and with any technology or devices now known or hereafter developed, and to advertise, market, and promote the same. You agree that the license includes the right to copy, analyze and use any of your Content …

The problematic terms in the above language are:
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1. Unlimited is far too broad
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We would prefer to see limitations on the license. We are unsure of exactly what is the intention behind the assertion of this right but the purpose that we glean from the context it is to transfer user content to third parties. Accordingly, we would appreciate reports of transfers of content so long as we are present (active account holders) in the Second Life virtual world.
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We would also appreciate some limitations on transfer of content. For example, those creators who have withdrawn from SL due to the change in ToS as well as those who have not logged in to accept the new Terms should be excluded.
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Another example of an acceptable limitation would not be a restriction at all but a reporting and attribution requirement. Specifically that all creator content sold or transferred by Linden Lab will be 1) attributed to its original creator and 2) a report of the transfer provided to its creator.
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2. Perpetual
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The perpetuity of the license is somewhat acceptable for member creators as it applies to copies of works already sold and in other inventories until the account associated with that creator is terminated. The perpetuity clause is not acceptable however as it relates to creators’ personal inventories and their original works. We would like a limitation that would reflect that distinction.
3. Sublicense 
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We would prefer if the license granted to third parties is restricted to the original terms under which the content was originally uploaded i.e. that the third party does not inherit the “unlimited” rights acquired by Linden Lab under the new provision 2.3.
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4. Purpose of use needs to be limited
The language "for any purpose whatsoever in all formats" is far too broad and unacceptable. We would prefer that language be limited and would appreciate your input in this regard as we are not convinced that the language above adequately recognizes the rights of different categories of content creators, for example visual artists.
Finally, I would like to arrange a meeting to discuss the options we present in this letter and to present a few other ideas we believe would result in a more co-operative relationship between Linden Lab and its creator community.
Also, please provide an update on Linden Lab's efforts and intention, if any, to modify the current ToS.
I look forward to receiving your feedback.
Kylie Sabra, Council Facilitator
United Content Creators of SL
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UCCSL Council
Council Facilitators
                                        Kylie Sabra                                                   Trinity Yazimoto
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Tactical Teams

                                        Legal                                                          Juris Amat
                                        Press                                                          Kylie Sabra
                                        International Communications                 Trinity Yazimoto
                                        Social Media                                             Thinkerer Melville
                                        Special Events                                          Amethyst Jetaime
                                        Membership                                              Christy Cobalt
                                       
Guild Leads

Animators                                        Christy Cobalt                  
Artists & Machinimists                   Dacob Paine & Mater Rhode         
Builders                                           libtc65                                 
Fashion, Avatars & Accessories  Lovecat Thei                    
Musicians                                        Yavanna Llanfair      
Scribes                                           Farzaneh Eel                    
Scriptmakers                                  Leona Mantarai              
Sculptmakers & Meshmakers     Kitsune Lassiter            
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