2015 HELP: HG: Pandora, an NPC learning lab. An NPC is a body double for an avatar

Pandora, an NPC learning lab
An NPC is a body double for an avatar
Used for video production and immersive stories

Non-Player Characters (NPCs)  are made as duplicates of avatars.  They can be animated to duplicate animated actions of avatars.  They are of particular value for making videos, where they can be used in many scenes in place of the duplicated avatar.  They are also of value in immersive stories, where they can appear characters in the stories.  NPCs can be created and used in OpenSim, not Second Life

NPC kits at Pandora

• Get your NPC kits here.
• How to make dancing cows and other tales of the NPCs
• Pandora HG address
• Paste the line below into the World Map, next to Find.  Click Find, TP
• world.narasnook.com:8900:Pandora
• Subscribe to Nina's YouTube channel to get tutorials as they are released. 

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• Tutorials
• Examples of uses
• Immersive and Interactive Stories
• Role-play as story
• Stories move to multi-media
• The story returns to the people
• OSSL functions and threat level restrictions

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News and Notes

SciFi Film Festival

• SciFi Film Festival 2015 has a submission fee but
• For videos shot in Second Life, University of Western Australia 
• pays the fee.  

• Deadline for Regular submissions Midnight – 1 August 2015
• Deadline for Late Submissions Midnight – 29 August 2015

Summer of Arts submissions open on Metropolis

• Summer of Arts 2015
• Open to artists now.
• Open to everyone September 25, 2015 

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2015 WRITE: PEOPLE: SL Enquirer offers aspiring writers a place to show their work.

Why would writers be interested in virtual worlds? 

Fiction writers create virtual worlds in their stories.  They can create virtual worlds that people can look at, walk around in, capture in pictures.  They can meet with other writers have a conversation about their work.  They can write about virtual worlds, have conversations with their readers, get suggestions from their readers, find publishers interested in publishing some of their work, as with the SL Enquirer here.  Why would writers not be interested in virtual worlds?   

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News and Notes

SciFi Film Festival

• SciFi Film Festival 2015 has a submission fee but
• For videos shot in Second Life, University of Western Australia 
• pays the fee.  

• Deadline for Regular submissions Midnight – 1 August 2015
• Deadline for Late Submissions Midnight – 29 August 2015

Summer of Arts submissions open Monday on Metropolis

• Summer of Arts 2015
• Open to artists now.
• Open to everyone September 25, 2015 

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2015 EDU: Science reports and advocacy. Ball State University honors projects

Science reports and advocacy.
Ball State University honors projects

Public presentations.  The public side of science.  Don't just learn about science, learn how to tell about it. For the Honors projects at Ball State University, the Hypergrid became a way to offer presentations to a larger academic public .       

Measles can be eliminated 

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Take Five Short Poetry Wrkshp-Tue 7/28,7PM SLT

This week at the Short Poetry Workshop we’re doing Take Five. Everyone is given 5 words to use in a poem. Use any poetry form including free verse. The group will then chose 5 more words to use in the next poem. It’s great fun to see how everyone writes different styles using the same 5 words

• Location Link. Click to go or drag to the Viewer screen: 
• http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cookie/160/134/21/ 

SciFi Film Festival

• SciFi Film Festival 2015 has a submission fee but
• For videos shot in Second Life, University of Western Australia 
• pays the fee.  

• Deadline for Regular submissions Midnight – 1 August 2015
• Deadline for Late Submissions Midnight – 29 August 2015

Summer of Arts submissions open Monday on Metropolis

• Summer of Arts 2015
• Open to artists now.
• Open to everyone September 25, 2015 

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• HYPERGRID EVENTS
• Entertainment on the Hypergrid
• OpenSimWorld: HyperGrid Destinations Directory  
• OpenSimWorld: upcoming events
• Calendars: Entertainment in the virtual worlds
• More news in my blog roll (column on the right)

2015 SEE: PEOPLE: Trial plan for Metaverse Tours

Trial plan for Metaverse Tours

Metaverse tours are currently in suspension for the summer.  This proposal is not an official plan for operation, but a proposal for operating Metaverse Tours. Serene Jewell is the owner of the community and would be the one to decide to adopt this plan or any part of it.   

Starting a metaverse tour

• Suggested alternative
• Touring groups on the Hypergrid, operating plans for future growth

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News and Notes

SciFi Film Festival

• SciFi Film Festival 2015 has a submission fee but
• For videos shot in Second Life, University of Western Australia 
• pays the fee.  

• Deadline for Regular submissions Midnight – 1 August 2015
• Deadline for Late Submissions Midnight – 29 August 2015

Summer of Arts submissions open Monday on Metropolis

• Summer of Arts 2015
• Open to artists now.
• Open to everyone September 25, 2015 

Scroll down for News, Notes, and Info

• HYPERGRID EVENTS
• Entertainment on the Hypergrid
• OpenSimWorld: HyperGrid Destinations Directory  
• OpenSimWorld: upcoming events
• Calendars: Entertainment in the virtual worlds
• More news in my blog roll (column on the right)

2015 TKR: The Age of Disruption. How shall we adapt? Adrian Wooldridge

The Age of Disruption.  How shall we adapt? 

How should we adapt and change in the face of unprecedented disruption to the world of work? It is tempting to dismiss disruption as yet another business fad. But nothing could be more wrong.

• Watch on YouTube

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News and Notes

SciFi Film Festival

• SciFi Film Festival 2015 has a submission fee but
• For videos shot in Second Life, University of Western Australia 
• pays the fee.  

• Deadline for Regular submissions Midnight – 1 August 2015
• Deadline for Late Submissions Midnight – 29 August 2015

Summer of Arts submissions open Monday on Metropolis

• Summer of Arts 2015
• Open to artists now.
• Open to everyone September 25, 2015 

Scroll down for News, Notes, and Info

• HYPERGRID EVENTS
• Entertainment on the Hypergrid
• OpenSimWorld: HyperGrid Destinations Directory  
• OpenSimWorld: upcoming events
• Calendars: Entertainment in the virtual worlds
• More news in my blog roll (column on the right)

2014 PEOPLE: BIZ: Hypergriders: Seven things YOU can do to promote the Hypergrid

Hypergriders: 
Seven things YOU can do to promote the Hypergrid
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1. Google+ communities
2. Outworld communities
3. Social media likes
4. Pass on articles related to HG
5. Promote events and places on the web
6. Your blog
7. Videos

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News and Notes

SciFi Film Festival

• SciFi Film Festival 2015 has a submission fee but
• For videos shot in Second Life, University of Western Australia 
• pays the fee.  

• Deadline for Regular submissions Midnight – 1 August 2015
• Deadline for Late Submissions Midnight – 29 August 2015

Summer of Arts submissions open Monday on Metropolis

• Summer of Arts 2015
• Open to artists now.
• Open to everyone September 25, 2015 

Scroll down for News, Notes, and Info

• HYPERGRID EVENTS
• Entertainment on the Hypergrid
• OpenSimWorld: HyperGrid Destinations Directory  
• OpenSimWorld: upcoming events
• Calendars: Entertainment in the virtual worlds
• More news in my blog roll (column on the right)

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2015 PEOPLE: SEE: Myst, white water, waterfalls and line dancing. Storybuilding with the linking books

Myst, white water, waterfalls and line dancing.  
Storybuilding with the linking books. 

A new Age of Myst.   Here it is, a more elaborate world than the originals, with more things to do, more places to explore.  And in this world, you are not alone.  You can bring your friends, you can talk with them, share photographs and videos with them.  A new age in the Myst saga.  Maybe even a new era.

The waterfall and white water
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Remember Myst and the subsequent games, Riven and Uru?  And the current offering you don't have to remember: Myst online.  The Myst world has extended into other virtual worlds.  New ages are being built in virtual worlds such as Kitely.  
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Here is a new age, more elaborate world than the originals, with more things to do, more places to explore.  And in this world, you are not alone.  You can bring your friends, you can talk with them, share photographs and videos with them, dance with them.  All at no cost.
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Brantly No. 3 Shaft has puzzles and problems to solve.  In that way, it keeps to the original design.  But in addition, it has the waterway, a horseback and hiking trail, a flight center and coming soon, an amphibious journey. In the middle of it all there is a mysterious and sometimes dystopian story about the collapse of civilization and its attempted restoration.
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• To go there via HG:
• Paste the line below into the viewer World Map, next to Find.  Click Find, TP
• grid.kitely.com:8002:Brantley No. 3 Shaft
• Web Page and direct Kitely access: Brantley-No-3-Shaft Web page
• Firestorm hop (from Kitely): 
• hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Brantley No. 3 Shaft/384/384/110

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News and Notes

SciFi Film Festival

• SciFi Film Festival 2015 has a submission fee but
• For videos shot in Second Life, University of Western Australia 
• pays the fee.  

• Deadline for Regular submissions Midnight – 1 August 2015
• Deadline for Late Submissions Midnight – 29 August 2015

Summer of Arts submissions open Monday on Metropolis

• Summer of Arts 2015
• Open to artists now.
• Open to everyone September 25, 2015 

Scroll down for News, Notes, and Info

• HYPERGRID EVENTS
• Entertainment on the Hypergrid
• OpenSimWorld: HyperGrid Destinations Directory  
• OpenSimWorld: upcoming events
• Calendars: Entertainment in the virtual worlds
• More news in my blog roll (column on the right)

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2015 PEOPLE: COMEDY: I am much too old to be doing this!

Thinkerer Selby Evans Church Bulletins

Another housebound video from Lauren's Place.  The video is not housebound.  The performer is.  The performance is comedy, but the video shows that no one is housebound is a virtual world.

• Watch on YouTube

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• Housebound does not mean home alone

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News and Notes

SciFi Film Festival

• SciFi Film Festival 2015 has a submission fee but
• For videos shot in Second Life, University of Western Australia 
• pays the fee.  

• Deadline for Regular submissions Midnight – 1 August 2015
• Deadline for Late Submissions Midnight – 29 August 2015

Summer of Arts submissions open on Metropolis

• Summer of Arts 2015
• Open to artists now.
• Open to everyone September 25, 2015 

Scroll down for News, Notes, and Info

• Entertainment on the Hypergrid
• OpenSimWorld: HyperGrid Destinations Directory  
• OpenSimWorld: upcoming events
• Calendars: Entertainment in the virtual worlds
• More news in my blog roll (column on the right)

2015 ART: PEOPLE: The WIP show, 7/18/2015: Virtual mobile art by Lucy Afarensis

The WIP show, 7/18/2015:  
Virtual mobile art by Lucy Afarensis

Virtual mobile art displayed at the HG WIP show.  This art would probably be a part of an art installation.  Installation art is more practical in a virtual world than in the old ("real") world.  People can bring virtual installation art into the old world with a large-screen video.    

Mobile art by Lucy Afarensis

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GIF by Thirza Ember
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• HG address below: paste into the World Map next to Find. Click Find, TP
• grid.kitely.com:8002:Cookie II 
• in Kitely: paste into Nav (top) bar of Firestorm, Enter.
• hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Cookie II/68/369/22
• The Hypergrid WIP Show
• Installation art (Wikipedia)
• Mobile Art (Wikipedia)

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News and Notes

Fibonacci Short Poetry Workshop-Tue 7/21, 7pm SLT 

Have you told a Fib today? You haven’t? Well join us at the Short Poetry Workshop as we revisits Fibonacci poetry, which is based on the Fibonacci number sequence. There are lots of variations to experiment with so join us at the Short Poetry Library to learn, write and share your Fibs

• Location Link. Click to go or drag to the Viewer screen: 
• http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cookie/160/134/21/ 

SciFi Film Festival

• SciFi Film Festival 2015 has a submission fee but
• For videos shot in Second Life, University of Western Australia 
• pays the fee.  

• Deadline for Regular submissions Midnight – 1 August 2015
• Deadline for Late Submissions Midnight – 29 August 2015

Summer of Arts submissions open Monday on Metropolis

• Summer of Arts 2015
• Open to artists now.
• Open to everyone September 25, 2015 

Scroll down for News, Notes, and Info

• Entertainment on the Hypergrid
• OpenSimWorld: HyperGrid Destinations Directory  
• OpenSimWorld: upcoming events
• Calendars: Entertainment in the virtual worlds
• More news in my blog roll (column on the right)

2015 HG: PEOPLE: Touring groups on the Hypergrid, operating plans for future growth

Touring groups on the Hypergrid, 
operating plans for future growth

Metaverse tours, HG Safari and perhaps other groups organize trips to explore places on the Hypergrid.  At present, these groups depend on a small group of hard-working volunteers.  There might be more such groups if the management were easier. This article analyzes the possible functions of these touring groups and suggests possible future arrangements that may better fit some functions and resources.  

HG Safari Clubhouse

Functions of group tours, visitor viewpoint

• Select destinations.
• Provide experienced guides.
• Arrange visits with owners/managers at the destination.
• Share discoveries, Q&A, pictures, etc. in community
• Share experiences with the public, promoting HG.

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News and Notes

SciFi Film Festival

• SciFi Film Festival 2015 has a submission fee but
• For videos shot in Second Life, University of Western Australia 
• pays the fee.  

• Deadline for Regular submissions Midnight – 1 August 2015
• Deadline for Late Submissions Midnight – 29 August 2015

Summer of Arts submissions open Monday on Metropolis

• Summer of Arts 2015
• Open to artists now.
• Open to everyone September 25, 2015 

Scroll down for News, Notes, and Info

• Entertainment on the Hypergrid
• OpenSimWorld: HyperGrid Destinations Directory  
• OpenSimWorld: upcoming events
• Calendars: Entertainment in the virtual worlds
• More news in my blog roll (column on the right)

2015 TKR: The Golden Age of creativity. New Tech and the Power to Create

The Golden Age of creativity.  
New Tech and the Power to Create

What challenges and opportunities do new technologies pose for the ‘power to create’? How can institutions adapt to these changes? How will the world of work have to adapt, and how can we learn from reform in previous eras?

• Watch on YouTube

In this excerpt from the event 'New Tech and the Power to Create' Anthony Painter discusses how some stand to benefit from new technology and the enormous changes, while others are at risk of being replaced.

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News and Notes

SciFi Film Festival

• SciFi Film Festival 2015 has a submission fee but
• For videos shot in Second Life, University of Western Australia 
• pays the fee.  

• Deadline for Regular submissions Midnight – 1 August 2015
• Deadline for Late Submissions Midnight – 29 August 2015

Summer of Arts submissions open Monday on Metropolis

• Summer of Arts 2015
• Open to artists now.
• Open to everyone September 25, 2015 

Scroll down for News, Notes, and Info

• Entertainment on the Hypergrid
• OpenSimWorld: HyperGrid Destinations Directory  
• OpenSimWorld: upcoming events
• Calendars: Entertainment in the virtual worlds
• More news in my blog roll (column on the right)

2015 HOBBY: Second Life Crazy Train Rally. For railroaders everywhere

Second Life Crazy Train Rally.  
For railroaders everywhere.

Model railroads in a virtual world.  Low cost.  Take no space in your house.  Do not require dusting.  Carry with you on your laptop.  Work on them with your fellow rail fans.  Ride through worlds other people have built.  Show off your train to your friends when they show you pictures of their trip to France.   What's not to like?

• Watch on YouTube

• Sponsored by the Virtual Railway Consortium.
• Held on the Second Life Railroad,
• It is over now, but the video lingers on.
• Starter stuff: a free Open Source VCR Train and your imagination.
• Think Mardi Gras Floats. Think Color. Think Crazy.
• Free, Family Friendly, non-combative event. Open to all.

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News and Notes

SciFi Film Festival

• SciFi Film Festival 2015 has a submission fee but
• For videos shot in Second Life, University of Western Australia 
• pays the fee.  

• Deadline for Regular submissions Midnight – 1 August 2015
• Deadline for Late Submissions Midnight – 29 August 2015

Summer of Arts submissions open Monday on Metropolis

• Summer of Arts 2015
• Open to artists now.
• Open to everyone September 25, 2015 

Scroll down for News, Notes, and Info

• Entertainment on the Hypergrid
• OpenSimWorld: HyperGrid Destinations Directory  
• OpenSimWorld: upcoming events
• Calendars: Entertainment in the virtual worlds
• More news in my blog roll (column on the right)

2014 TKR: BIZ: Strategy Everywhere. Where is yours?

Strategy Everywhere.  Where is yours?

Sir Lawrence Freedman, one of the world's leading authorities on war and international politics, synthesizes the vast history of strategy, and reveals how it has come to pervade virtually every aspect of life today.

  

• Watch on YouTube

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News and Notes

SciFi Film Festival

• SciFi Film Festival 2015 has a submission fee but
• For videos shot in Second Life, University of Western Australia 
• pays the fee.  

• Deadline for Regular submissions Midnight – 1 August 2015
• Deadline for Late Submissions Midnight – 29 August 2015

Summer of Arts submissions open Monday on Metropolis

• Summer of Arts 2015
• Open to artists now.
• Open to everyone September 25, 2015 

Scroll down for News, Notes, and Info

• Entertainment on the Hypergrid
• OpenSimWorld: HyperGrid Destinations Directory  
• OpenSimWorld: upcoming events
• Calendars: Entertainment in the virtual worlds
• More news in my blog roll (column on the right)

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20134 WRITE: BLOG: A dozen+ tips for building your blog about virtual worlds

Tips for building your blog about virtual worlds

Use the resources of hypertext, the web and virtual worlds to build readership for your blog

1.  Know your audience

2.  Write to your audience

3.  Write to catch and hold attention

4.  Post the search description if you can.

5.  Help the search engines to help you

6.  Use pictures, screenshots, graphics, and calendars to break up the text.

7.  If there is a lot there, tell the contents above the break 

8.  Plug in to content sources

9.  Use BOPs in your virtual world

10. Curate your content

11. Use social media

12. Signal what you want the reader to notice

13. Aim for fast loading

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News and Notes

SciFi Film Festival

• SciFi Film Festival 2015 has a submission fee but
• For videos shot in Second Life, University of Western Australia 
• pays the fee.  

• Deadline for Regular submissions Midnight – 1 August 2015
• Deadline for Late Submissions Midnight – 29 August 2015

Summer of Arts submissions open Monday on Metropolis

• Summer of Arts 2015
• Open to artists now.
• Open to everyone September 25, 2015 

Scroll down for News, Notes, and Info

• Entertainment on the Hypergrid
• OpenSimWorld: HyperGrid Destinations Directory  
• OpenSimWorld: upcoming events
• Calendars: Entertainment in the virtual worlds
• More news in my blog roll (column on the right)

2015 PEOPLE: ROLE: Report from Starfleet Astraios, July 2015, Stardate redacted.

Report from Starfleet Astraios, July 2015, 

Stardate redacted.

TimeLine: Secret! The ability of the HG protocol to establish wormholes was not public knowledge till March 12, 2073.  If you are reading this before that date, you must assume that the information given below is fictional.  You may safely discuss this information with others as if it were true, counting on general time-blindness to keep people from taking you seriously. Do not, however, allow yourself to consider the possibility that the HG protocol can create wormholes or that HG stands for Higgs Grid.

Starfleet  Astraios Banner

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HG address: paste the line below in World Map, next to Find, click Find. TP 
grid.3rdrockgrid.com:8002:Starfleet Astraios 

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News and Notes

SciFi Film Festival

• SciFi Film Festival 2015 has a submission fee but
• For videos shot in Second Life, University of Western Australia 
• pays the fee.  

• Deadline for Regular submissions Midnight – 1 August 2015
• Deadline for Late Submissions Midnight – 29 August 2015

Summer of Arts submissions open Monday on Metropolis

• Summer of Arts 2015
• Open to artists now.
• Open to everyone September 25, 2015 

Scroll down for News, Notes, and Info

• Entertainment on the Hypergrid
• OpenSimWorld: HyperGrid Destinations Directory  
• OpenSimWorld: upcoming events
• Calendars: Entertainment in the virtual worlds
• More news in my blog roll (column on the right)

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