2015 PEOPLE: Virtual Lisbon, scaling a replica of the central city

Virtual Lisbon, scaling a 

replica of the central city

Carlos Loff is building a replica of central Lisbon in Aviworlds.  The replica will hold about 3.5 square miles (259 acres) of the center of town, airport, and the harbor.  

World Map of Virtual Lisbon

• Lisbon Google Map
• Grey, white and other colors mark construction, finished and unfinished.
• Blue is water, green is unfinished.

• Lisbon G+ Community
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From Carlos Loff

I have just started it and it will simulate Lisbon - ALMOST - street by street, so I'm not in a hurry - But one of my plans is to invite people to take care of some areas and even allow some building or decoration - Im all open to suggestions - This will be a reference on the Hypergrid but it may be only ready and tuned for Christmas. -- Carlos Loff

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News and Notes

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• Burn2: Carnival of Mirrors, Oct. 18­-25, 2015 Get your plot now!
• Burn2 Website
• Entertainment on the Hypergrid, a G+ community
• HYPERGRID EVENTS
• WELCOME TO SEANCHAI LIBRARIES
• HG WIP Show Sun. Sept 6, 20
• PURSUE IMPOSSIBLE: UWA 3D Art & Film Challenges 2015,
• SciFi Film FestivalSummer of Arts submissions open on Metropolis
• Scroll down for News, Notes, and Info

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Belem Tower

• Belem Tower, Lisbon, a major  landmark

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• Yes, that is my av standing on the top deck

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• The square openings below the deck are gun ports with canons in them.
• The tower was built to defend the harbor.

Cannon at gun port

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Ponte 25 de Abril

Technical matters

• The region is made up of 9 var regions in a 3x3 square
• Var regions are enlarged regions available in OpenSim
• These var regions are 1024 meters on a side. 
• Each of these vars = 4x4 standard (SL) sized sims: 16
• Virtual Lisbon has 9 such vars. 16x9 = 144 standard sized sims
• Cost/month in Second Life= 144x$300 = $43,200
• The region will simulate nearly 2 miles on a side.
• With a total of nearly 3.6 sq miles, or 2304 acres

Container loading port

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Lisbon Airport

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Trucks for airport

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My temp display area

• Go to Aviworlds via Hypergrid:
• Put the line below in your world map, next to Find.  Click Find, TP.
• login.aviworlds.us:8002
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• In Aviworlds, put the line below into the Nav bar of Firestorm, enter
• hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Lisbon/574/83/24

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News and Notes

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HG WIP Show Sun, Sept. 6

The Hypergrid WIP Show

The Hypergrid WIP is a one hour "show & tell" of works in progress or recently completed. All builders from beginner to pro are invited.  Presentations are in voice and text.  For text presentations, best bring the text in a notecard and paste it into chat.  Voice presentations may be captured in video.  Stills and videos from the show may appear in this blog. 

• HG address: Put the line below in the world map, next to Find. Click Find.  TP.
• grid.kitely.com:8002:Cookie II

• In Kitely: put the line below in the Firestorm nav bar, enter
• hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Cookie II/77/373/22

• Upcoming WIPs: Sept. 6, 20

Previous Articles from the WIP show 

• WIP August 23, A conversation about being creative
• The WIP show, 7/18/2015: Virtual mobile art by Lucy Afarensis
• WIP Show at Hobo Sandbox on Cookie II, Kitely
• WIP Show, works in progress on the Hypergrid June 3, 2015
• Hypergrid WIP meeting. The creatives of the hypergrid

PURSUE IMPOSSIBLE: UWA 3D Art & Film Challenges 2015,

The University of Western Australia (UWA) has launched 'PURSUE IMPOSSIBLE, the 6th UWA Grand Art Challenge and MachinimUWA VIII with a starting prize pool in excess of L$560,000.   Deadline: Midnight SLT, 31st October 201

Summer of Arts submissions open on Metropolis

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

Entertainment on the Hypergrid

• Entertainment on the Hypergrid, a G+ community
• HYPERGRID EVENTS

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• Hypergrid Destinations

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