2018 STAGE: The Bird Cage, Mzfelicia, and the Boy Toys (NPCs)

The Bird Cage, Mzfelicia, 
and the Boy Toys (NPCs)

Report on a special event at The Birdcage, a new venue in OpenSim.Live.  The event features Non-Player Characters (NPCs) as dancers.

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• The Birdcage

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• Guest Act: Mzfelicia Honeycomb and the BoyToys
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• Web Site

• The Boy Toys are NPCs (Non-Playing Characters)
• They look like avatars, but do not represent real people.
• They can be programmed with animations to execute simple actions. 
• Here they dance in synchrony with Mzfelicia Honeycomb.
• NPCs are a feature available in OpenSim
• Music is off in this video because of copyright issues.

The Birdcage is a 1996 American comedy film directed by Mike Nichols, written by Elaine May, and starring Robin Williams, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane, and Dianne Wiest. Dan Futterman, Calista Flockhart, Hank Azaria, and Christine Baranski appear in supporting roles. It is a remake of the 1978 Franco-Italian film La Cage aux Folles by Édouard Molinaro starring Michel Serrault and Ugo Tognazzi.   Wikipedia

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