Saturday, December 31, 2016

2016 GAMES: EDU: If they made games like the educational system, would anybody play?

If they made games like the educational system, would anybody play?
Why do people voluntarily learn to play games but only learn that stuff in school because they have to?  Can anyone harness that intrinsic motivation to learn that games induce?   Suppose they made the educational system like games.
  • What is the difference between games and education?
  • Do people learn things when they play games? 
  • Why do people play games when nobody makes them do it?
  • If they made education like games, would anybody play?
  • More about games
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Friday, December 30, 2016

2016 STAGE: EDU: Virtual Shakespeare? No, real stage plays in a virtual world

Virtual Shakespeare?  
No, real stage plays in a virtual world
All theater stages are virtual worlds.  Just not digital.  So they can't come to your house and let you watch them in your pajamas.  They can't come to your high school to show your English classes how it is done.  If the stage is in New York and you live in River City, you are out of luck.  That was before the age of the internet.  Now look what the digital stage can do.

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Tuesday, December 27, 2016

2017 SEE: EDU: HG Safari: A visit to Virunga National Park and the work of Dian Fossey

HG Safari: A visit to Virunga National Park 
and the work of Dian Fossey
This sim was made to honor Dian Fossey, who single-handedly saved the mountain gorillas from certain extinction.  Educators: Would you rather tell about the work of Dian Fosse in this simulation or in a classroom?  
Overview of the Virunga sim
  • In a virtual world, I can get a view from almost any angle or distance.
  • That is one of the superpowers of avatars.
  • HG Safari community
  • Other articles on this blog about HG Safari
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Go there 

  • Hypergrid address:
  • http://www.outworldz.com:9000
  • Put the HG address in the Find bar of the world map, Click Find, TP
  • At Outworldz welcome center, find the Virunga TP panel on the wall.
  • Click on Dian Fossey Research Center 

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New Year Short Poetry Workshop-Tue 12/27, 7pm SLT

This week at the Short Poetry Workshop we’ll have a time for reflection while we say goodbye to 2016 and ring in 2017. Whether Free verse or form, come share your thoughts about this past year or the new beginnings, resolutions, or new goals for this coming year. Join us at the Short Poetry Library to learn, write and share your New Year poems.

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Monday, December 26, 2016

2016 OSHG: PEOPLE: Worlds in your browser. The worlds of WebGL are coming

Worlds in your browser.   
The worlds of WebGL are coming
Updated 2/4/2017
Web Graphics Library (WebGL) allows browsers to render 3d graphics, using the computer's GPU.   A number of initiatives are working to develop software to access and run virtual worlds in browsers.  Some of these worlds are like limited versions of OpenSimulator and the MOSES project is working to develop a WebGL interface to connect the Halcyon Fork of  OpenSimulator to the browser.  
WebGL (Web Graphics Library) is a JavaScript API for rendering 3D graphics within any compatible web browser without the use of plug-ins.   WebGL is integrated completely into all the web standards of the browser allowing GPU accelerated usage of physics and image processing and effects as part of the web page canvas. WebGL elements can be mixed with other HTML elements and composited with other parts of the page or page background.  WebGL programs consist of control code written in JavaScript and shader code that is written in GLSL, a language similar to C/C++, and is executed on a computer's Graphics Processing Unit (GPU). WebGL is designed and maintained by the non-profit Khronos Group.

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Sunday, December 25, 2016

2016 PEOPLE: BIZ: Want to know when people are in your virtual world? An accidental feature by Kitely

Want to know when people are in your virtual world? 
An accidental feature by Kitely
Sometimes the owner of a virtual world wants to know when there are people in his world. A feature offered by Kitely offers this information in a web page. You just open the world page and the status is right there. Even the count.  Maybe you want to go inworld and greet them.
Nobody there


Somebody there
  • It is people to people in virtual worlds.  
  • We can welcome people to our worlds.  
  • We can invite them to have a seat.  
  • We can ask them how we can help them.
  • We may even be able to help them.
  •  An we can be a lot more sincere than a web page.
  • We can be even more sincere than Facebook.
  • Other business links in this blog

Who cares if people are in your virtual world?

  • Content creators
  • Mall owners
  • Educators
  • Role players
  • Event venues
  • Community site owners 
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Saturday, December 24, 2016

***2016 TECH: OSHG: Early demo meeting in Cybalounge. Not your father's virtual world

Early demo meeting in Cybalounge.  
Not your father's virtual world
Updated 2/4/2017
Valibrarian Gregg and a few others attended a presentation by Edward Tarber in Cybalounge, a limited virtual world available in a browser.   We had a total of 5 concurrent.  Edward streamed a presentation in voice.  As a demo, it worked quite well.  Edward expects to have an improved version of the virtual world available in January.
Meeting in Cybalounge for presentation 
by Edward Tarber
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  • Presentation was in voice via streaming.
  • It took about 40 seconds to enter as guest (no registration, no password).
  • This method invites impulse entry
  • We listened to the voice presentation and saw slides.
  • We could type questions or comments.
  • With a few improvements, this system would be adequate for presentations.
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Friday, December 23, 2016

2017 HOBBIES: PEOPLE: Cross-country ski touring at Novale of CreaNovale Grid (OpenSim) Video

Cross-country ski touring at 
Novale of CreaNovale Grid (OpenSim) 
Video showcasing new cross-country ski touring at Novale of CreaNovale Grid (OpenSim), winter We want a region that is appealing to contemplative explorers, photographers, curious minds, and playful discoverers. To this end, we pay a lot of attention to ambient sounds and to building first the big picture on how the many scenes and diverse habitats are integrated in a coherent and organic way and then by adding details and humor.

Go there

Hypergrid address:
hg.creanovale.ca:8052:novale
Put the hg address in Find bar of World Map, click Find, TP
The tour in the video starts at the touring station near the landing in SW corner of Novale.  and goes east up to the old greenhouse, turns north toward the farm, goes between the two barns, then on the little wood bridge then to the chapel.  
  • The video illustrates the value of making a video by following a tour-scripted object.  
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Tuesday, December 20, 2016

2916 TKR: 7 Ingredients of Creativity

7 Ingredients of Creativity
Another presentation on creativity. That is one the main themes on this blog.  


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Swannet Short Poetry Workshop-Tue 12/20, 7pm SLT

This week the Short Poetry Workshop introduces the Swannet, which is a rhyming sonnet-like form of three stanzas and a couplet that repeats the first and last line of the first stanza. Join us at the Short Poetry Library to learn, write and share your Swannet.

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Monday, December 19, 2016

***2016 ART: Virtual (digital) art is art. It is time to reinvent our language and our thinking.

Virtual art is art.  It is time to reinvent our thinking
Those painted canvas pictures, you hang on the wall--are the real?  No, they are really painted canvas.  You could call them pigmented art.  You don't because art is art and the medium is not relevant.  Except when the medium is new.   Virtual art has been emerging in many forms and was too new to be called (no modifier) art.  That was then.  This is now.


Digital art is an artistic work or practice that uses digital technology as an essential part of the creative or presentation process. Since the 1970s, various names have been used to describe the process including computer art and multimedia art, and digital art is itself placed under the larger umbrella term new media art." -- Wikipedia
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Sunday, December 18, 2016

2016 PEOPLE: THERAPY: HG Safari at Lighthouse Point: Counsellors and educators explore sexuality

HG Safari at Lighthouse Point: 
Counsellors and educators explore sexuality
Leighton Marjoram invites the HG Safari to see how his grid helps counsellors and educators use virtual worlds to explore gender difference and sexuality.  
HG Safari gathers at Lighthouse Point
Creativity, Collaboration, Community

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Go there 

  • Hypergrid: HG address: 
  • grid.lighthousepoint.co.uk:8002:LHP HG
  • Put the HG address in the Find bar of the World Map,click Find, TP
  • Web address for the grid: Lighthouse Point grid

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