2015 P2P AvatarFest is the celebration of the strength and diversity of the hypergrid user community

AvatarFest celebrates the strength and diversity
of the hypergrid user community

A pictorial report on AvatarFest, a Hypergrid event.

In compassion with the people of France

Nov. 14 2015

• The people of the Hypergrid gathered at AvatarFest and elsewhere
• to express their compassion and solidarity with the people of france
• In the face of the tragic events of Nov. 13, 2015 
• Avatar Fest, celebration of the Hypergrid community. Nov. 13-16
• “The Hamlet Thing,” 2 to 3 PM SLT ,11/15/2015. At Avatarfest Nov. 13-16

Go there

• Hypergrid address:   avatarfest.net:6000
• Put the address in the World Map, next to Find, click Find, TP 

• AVATARFEST 2015 – From Users for Users of the Opensim Community, 
• November 13th – 16th.
• The region will stay open to the public 2 weeks after the 16th. 
• AvatarFest is the celebration of the strength and diversity of the hypergrid user community

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Metaverse events, current and upcoming

• Avatarfest, Nov. 13-16
• Hypergrid address:   avatarfest.net:6000
• Put the address in the World Map, next to Find, click Find, TP 
• Blog,  Calendar,  G+ community

• MACHINIMUWA VIII  (Win A Share of L$41,000 for Watching Machinima)
• VWBPE Call for papers, Meet 3/9-12/2016. Proposals due by 1/17/2016
• Summer of Arts in 2015, Metropolis Metaversum
• OSCC15 - Call for Proposals,  OSCC15:  Dec 5.
• PURSUE IMPOSSIBLE: UWA 3D Art & Film Challenges 2015
• Immersive Edge, a Hypergrid Story, Launches November 8 & 9, 2015
• WELCOME TO SEANCHAI LIBRARIES
• Entertainment on the Hypergrid
• HYPERGRID EVENTS
• Events on the Hypergrid: HYPEvents
• 2015 UWA Art challenge: developing exhibit, contributions closed

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Metaverse beginner help

• Metaverse 101 Info & Tutorials for getting started in Opensim
• Virtual Outworlding Table of Contents. Summary
• Newcomer help in virtual worlds
• Virtual worlds are about people. Communities, communication, shared goals
• Scroll down for News, Notes, and Info

Readings from Seanchai

Articles about Seanchai

• "The Great Gatsby" Explore. Stage and Virtual World
• STAR WARS SATURDAY RETURNS 9/12 Noon, Kitely, Seanchai
• Seanchai in Kitely. Stories at the campfire created the first virtual worlds

• Shandon Loring gets ready to read "The Last  of the Wild Ones"

Cars are popular in Virtual Worlds

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Overview of AvatarFest

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Overview of AvatarFest

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People in these scenes are probably NPCs

Articles about NPCs

• Pandora, an NPC learning lab. An NPC is a body double for an avatar
• The Hypergrid WIP Show: How to with NPC, Nara Malone. Storytelling of the future
• Private dancer. Non-player Character (NPC) No avateers were used in this video.
• How to make dancing cows and other tales of the NPCs
• NPCs (Non-Player Characters): for video and stage productions. AMP notes
• Dancing NPCs (Non Player Characters). And a Hypergrid warning
• Fun With NPC's Tutorial 1

Starfleet Nyota

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Immersive Edge

• Immersive Edge, not since the dawn of time travel, a collaborative video production
• Immersive Edge, A Hypergrid Story. Storytelling of the future. Teaser 2

TanGLe Grid

• TanGLe Grid

TanGLe Grid

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Events on the Hypergrid

• HYPEvents

Autism

• Torley Linden at Autism Society of America (ASA)
• Social Skills Haven (Kitely), helping those on the autism spectrum

Hogwartz

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Visionz

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Ghost Ship

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News and Notes

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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. 

Next WIP show

• Next WIP show: Sun. Nov. 22, 12 pm SLT, on Cookie II,  Kitely  

• 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

Previous Articles from the WIP show 

• WIP on Cookie II, Kitely, 9/20 Dolls, Discos, and Discussion
• 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

Entertainment on the Hypergrid

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

HG links-- depending on your interests

• Events on the Hypergrid: HYPEvents
• Maria's OS grid survey, 2015
• Best metaverse communities   
• Arcadia Asylum All Around   
• G+ community: Hypergrid Safari
• G+ community: Metaverse Tours
• Hypergrid Destinations

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