2015 VIDEO: Cute. Elephant. Virtually

Cute.  Elephant.  Virtually

Sometimes cute is enough. Check with your puppy

• Watch on YouTube
• You too can be an elephant trainer.  Virtually.
• It is probably easier than training real elephants.
• And nicer for the real elephants.
• Video/Machinima in virtual worlds. Community, Market, Resources

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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
• Hobo Reserved Sandbox on Kitely. Hobo Island in SL up for sale
• 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

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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: Nov. 8, 12 pm SLT, on world.nextdimensiontales.com:8901 

• Paste the grid address below in the World Map, next to Find, click Find, TP 
• world.nextdimensiontales.com:8901   
• Web Site
• New plans for WIP meeting, to show stuff with OSSL threat functions

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

• 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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