2016 VIDEO: PROMO: Video or machinima? Words do make a difference in search (SEO)

Video or machinima?  
Words make a difference in search (SEO)

A bit of SEO advice for people who make machinima (videos) or write about them.

• Of course words make a difference in search.  Everybody knows that.
• Your post about machinima will be found only by people looking for machinima.
• Machinima is a specialized term used mainly by people in virtual worlds and games.  
• In the big world, people refer to videos or animated videos.
• So if you want your posts to be found by people in the big world,
• you need to use the term video also.

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Retourne Short Poetry Workshop, Tue 8/30, 7pm SLT

This week the Short Poetry Workshop presents the Retourne, a French repetition form. It contains four quatrains and each line has eight syllables.The first stanza's second line is the second stanza's first line, the first stanza's third line is the third stanza's first, and the first stanza's fourth line is the fourth stanza's first.

• http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cookie/160/134/21/ 

Metaverse events, current and upcoming

• Selby's daily news collection:  Virtual worlds are real    
• AvatarFest 2016: Sept 30-Oct 2
• Kitely adds events calendar to login page
• Events on the Hypergrid: HYPEvents
• Entertainment on the Hypergrid
• HYPERGRID EVENTS
• Destination guide: OpenSimWorld
• Opensim AAM Virtual Performers
• Sign of the Kite 
• WELCOME TO SEANCHAI LIBRARIES
• In a virtual world, your deodorant never fails.

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2016 WRITE: Immersive Edge - An immersive story told in a virtual world. Remember Myst?

Immersive Edge - Remember Myst?  
A Hypergrid Story told in a virtual world

Immersive story:  You are there.  In the scene.  Not just reading about it.  Standing there. looking around.  With a quest.   Carrying out actions to advance the story.  Solving problems. (Problem-solving is the modern equivalent of slaying dragons. But if you learn to do it well, you can get paid for it.)   

• The story in video
• Immersive Fiction: Immersive Edge
• In flat stories, you read about scenes.
• You may see pictures of scenes.
• But the pictures are still.  Nothing is happening.  
• In immersive stories,  You are one of the characters. 
• You are in the scene.
• You are part of the action.
• In some immersive stories, your choices determine the outcome.
• Immersive Edge is entered into this contest by the Future of StoryTelling
• The contest is closed for this year, but they have a festival coming in October

Go there

• HG address: world.narasnook.com:8900:Pandora
• On HG, put address in Find bar of World Map.  Click Find, TP

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Metaverse events, current and upcoming

• Selby's daily news collection:  Virtual worlds are real    
• AvatarFest 2016: Sept 30-Oct 2
• Kitely adds events calendar to login page
• Events on the Hypergrid: HYPEvents
• Entertainment on the Hypergrid
• HYPERGRID EVENTS
• Destination guide: OpenSimWorld
• Opensim AAM Virtual Performers
• Sign of the Kite 
• WELCOME TO SEANCHAI LIBRARIES
• In a virtual world, your deodorant never fails.

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2016 BIZ: HG: Virtual worlds, virtual reality, mixed reality--this means business.

Virtual worlds, virtual reality, mixed reality
--this means business.

Some things being developed in virtual worlds have potential use in "real world" businesses.   For these things to be useful to most businesses that work with the general public, virtual worlds need to be portable, much easier to use, and specialized for particular tasks.  Opensim software is well suited to that kind of future development.  This report notes some potential applications and offers preliminary suggestions about the specializations that might be needed. 

Examples of businesses that could use virtual worlds software

• Selling fashion products.
• Developing and customizing architecture.
• Developing and customizing Interior design.
• Designing and selling designs for stores and malls.
• Designing and selling landscapes and gardens.
• Models and prototypes: cars, trains, cruise ships, vehicle interiors

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Metaverse events, current and upcoming

• Selby's daily news collection:  Virtual worlds are real    
• AvatarFest 2016: Sept 30-Oct 2
• Kitely adds events calendar to login page
• Events on the Hypergrid: HYPEvents
• Entertainment on the Hypergrid
• HYPERGRID EVENTS
• Destination guide: OpenSimWorld
• Opensim AAM Virtual Performers
• Sign of the Kite 
• WELCOME TO SEANCHAI LIBRARIES
• In a virtual world, your deodorant never fails.

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2016 EDU: History Hub in Kitely: The age of steam begins: Liverpool-Manchester line.

History Hub in Kitely:  The age of steam begins: 
Liverpool-Manchester line 

The first railway to rely exclusively on steam power.  No photographic, only architectural records.  But this reconstruction in a virtual world shows about what in must have like.  Go there, walk around, ride the shuttle from Liverpool to Manchester.   History is not just for reading any more.

In 1830 Packhorse, stagecoach and canal boat were the only way to travel and move goods a significant distance, albeit slowly, until the Liverpool & Manchester Railway Company opened its office in Dale Street, Liverpool.

Go there

• Age of steam
• In Kitely, paste Firestorm hop in Nav (top) bar of viewer, enter
• hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Age of Steam/88/16/26
• HG address: grid.kitely.com:8002:Age of Steam
• On HG, put address in Find bar of World Map.  Click Find, TP

Go to History Hub

• History Hub
• Firestorm hop:  on Kitely, put the hop in the Firestorm Nav (top) bar, enter 
• hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/History Hub/123/130/22
• HG address: grid.kitely.com:8002:History Hub
• Put the HG address in the World Map Find bar. Click Find, TP

Related Articles

• History builds showcased this month on Kitely
• History Month in August on the virtual world of Kitely. Autodocent on call
• HISTORY MONTH 2016
• History month in Kitely. The Vikings in the virtual world
• Kitely history month, Arabian world 
• History month, Week 2, Medieval age
• Kitely History Month, medieval age, Panagia Paramythia. A role-playing, treasure hunt game
• History hub in Kitely, Pirate's Haven
• Kitely history month, week 3. Bohemia story
• Kitely History Month, medieval age, Panagia Paramythia. A role-playing, treasure hunt game
• History month in Kitely. The Vikings in the virtual world
• Kitely History month, Week 2, Medieval age
• Kitely history month. The henge and the necropolis
• Kitely history month, Arabian world

Go to History Hub

• Firestorm hop:  on Kitely, put the hop in the Firestorm Nav (top) bar, enter 
• hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/History Hub/123/130/22
• HG address: grid.kitely.com:8002:History Hub
• Put the HG address in the World Map Find bar. Click Find, TP

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Metaverse events, current and upcoming

• Selby's daily news collection:  Virtual worlds are real    
• AvatarFest 2016: Sept 30-Oct 2
• Kitely adds events calendar to login page
• Events on the Hypergrid: HYPEvents
• Entertainment on the Hypergrid
• HYPERGRID EVENTS
• Destination guide: OpenSimWorld
• Opensim AAM Virtual Performers
• Sign of the Kite 
• WELCOME TO SEANCHAI LIBRARIES
• In a virtual world, your deodorant never fails.

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**2016 ART: PEOPLE: New Woodbury. Creative Collaborators here, too

New Woodbury.  Creative Collaborators here, too   

The Woodbury clan is moving into Kitely.  They are skilled creators who keep building and so keep needing more space.  The metaverse tours came by a few weeks ago and they were happy to show us around.

Overlooking cat 

Click image to enlarge

• You can't overlook a cat, but a cat this size can overlook you.

Go there

• In Kitely, paste Firestorm hop in Nav (top) bar of viewer, enter
• hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Woodbury/131/122/92
• HG address: grid.kitely.com:8002:Woodbury
• On HG, put address in Find bar of World Map.  Click Find, TP

Video

• Tizzers Foxchase videos

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Metaverse events, current and upcoming

• Selby's daily news collection:  Virtual worlds are real    
• AvatarFest 2016: Sept 30-Oct 2
• Kitely adds events calendar to login page
• Events on the Hypergrid: HYPEvents
• Entertainment on the Hypergrid
• HYPERGRID EVENTS
• Destination guide: OpenSimWorld
• Opensim AAM Virtual Performers
• Sign of the Kite 
• WELCOME TO SEANCHAI LIBRARIES
• In a virtual world, your deodorant never fails.

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2016 HG: Planning for the future OSHG. A discussion of HG security. HGProjects

Planning for the future OSHG.  
A discussion of HG security. 

The shift by MOSES to the Halcyon branch of OpenSim has major implications for hypergrid. A recent discussion in OpenSim Virtual helps to clarify the issues.  Here I summarise and comment on the issues, then provide a copy of the original content. 

• Plans for development of OpenSimulator/Hypergrid: Moses developments

Summary

• The military is seriously concerned about the security of the hypergrid.
• Main military concern is "unauthenticated access to databases."
• Grid operators and content creators may need to be concerned also.
• Mike Dickson, in particular, is concerned.
• The military has also had problems getting its patches accepted by core.
• The main problem with acceptance is backward compatibility

To follow developments

• Join and follow OpenSim Virtual
• Follow Virtual Outworlding
• Follow my G+ stream

Related

• New Media Arts plans to support the development of OpenSimulator/Hypergrid

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Metaverse events, current and upcoming

• Selby's daily news collection:  Virtual worlds are real    
• AvatarFest 2016: Sept 30-Oct 2
• Kitely adds events calendar to login page
• Events on the Hypergrid: HYPEvents
• Entertainment on the Hypergrid
• HYPERGRID EVENTS
• Destination guide: OpenSimWorld
• Opensim AAM Virtual Performers
• Sign of the Kite 
• WELCOME TO SEANCHAI LIBRARIES
• In a virtual world, your deodorant never fails.

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2016 ART: The lost gardens of Apollo--Installation Art on the sim scale

The lost gardens of Apollo.
Installation Art on the sim scale

Some may remember: "The Lost Gardens of Apollo" once was a well known place in the virtual world of Second Life, built by Dane Zander. It was online from 2005 till 2011. Now there is an almost perfect rebuild by Delphi Bernard and approved by Dane himself. A place worth seeing for all who miss or missed the Original.  OpenSimWorld

Go there

• HG address: hypergrid.org:8002:The Lost Gardens of Apollo
• Put the HG address in the World Map Find bar. Click Find, TP
• Sim Deathwatch: Featured Second Life Destination Lost Gardens of Apollo Destined to Disappear This Month

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Metaverse events, current and upcoming

• Selby's daily news collection:  Virtual worlds are real    
• AvatarFest 2016: Sept 30-Oct 2
• Kitely adds events calendar to login page
• Events on the Hypergrid: HYPEvents
• Entertainment on the Hypergrid
• HYPERGRID EVENTS
• Destination guide: OpenSimWorld
• Opensim AAM Virtual Performers
• Sign of the Kite 
• WELCOME TO SEANCHAI LIBRARIES
• In a virtual world, your deodorant never fails.

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2016 PEOPLE: OSGRID 9th Birthday dance PARTY at Event Plaza Opensim

OSGRID 9th Birthday dance PARTY at Event Plaza Opensim 

OSGRID celebrates its 9th birthday.  The Hypergrid community gathers to join in.  See the video. 

• Watch on YouTube

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Metaverse events, current and upcoming

• Selby's daily news collection:  Virtual worlds are real    
• AvatarFest 2016: Sept 30-Oct 2
• Kitely adds events calendar to login page
• Events on the Hypergrid: HYPEvents
• Entertainment on the Hypergrid
• HYPERGRID EVENTS
• Destination guide: OpenSimWorld
• Opensim AAM Virtual Performers
• Sign of the Kite 
• WELCOME TO SEANCHAI LIBRARIES
• In a virtual world, your deodorant never fails.

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2016 HG: Plans to support development of OpenSimulator/Hypergrid: Moses developments HGPprojects

Plans for development of OpenSimulator/Hypergrid: 
Moses diverges from the OS Core.

The MOSES project announces new plans for its future, with a shift to the Halcyon branch of OpenSimulator.  The Halcyon branch is based on code newly released to open source by Inworldz.   The Halcyon branch may offer important advantages in the development process for OpenSim and some important disadvantages for the current users of OpenSim/Hypergrid.. 

What the Halcyon branch may offer

• A roadmap for development.
• "a professional systems engineering approach to planning a modernized OpenSimulator code base."
• Funded development efforts from MOSES and Inworldz.
• NVIDIA PhysX physics integration.
• Browser-based viewer for OpenSim
• Increased security

What the Halcyon branch may not offer

• Backwards compatibility with previous versions of OpenSimulator.
• A hypergrid-like functionality.
• Easy way to get an instance running on your desktop.
• Easy transfer  of scripts from the current OpenSim.

Relevant links

• US military turns to Halcyon branch of OpenSim
• BY DOUGLAS MAXWELL
• Douglas Maxwell is the science and technology manager for virtual world strategic applications at the U.S. Army's Simulation & Training Technology Center.
• Moses Halcyon Test Grid  
• The MOSES project
• Military Metaverse 

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Metaverse events, current and upcoming

• Selby's daily news collection:  Virtual worlds are real    
• AvatarFest 2016: Sept 30-Oct 2
• Kitely adds events calendar to login page
• Events on the Hypergrid: HYPEvents
• Entertainment on the Hypergrid
• HYPERGRID EVENTS
• Destination guide: OpenSimWorld
• Opensim AAM Virtual Performers
• Sign of the Kite 
• WELCOME TO SEANCHAI LIBRARIES
• In a virtual world, your deodorant never fails.

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