2021 #VWEDU: BIZ: The programmed environment of the metaverse. Imagine programming an environment for language leaning. Or for a game.

The programmed environment of the metaverse. 

Imagine programming an environment for language leaning.  

Or for a game

There is a lot of power in the programmed environment offered by some metaverse places.

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• http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cookie/122/242/23
• Selby's comedy channel:
• https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmXCeJpxLXokSPNK_UVR1rS9qHSfJJsNM

Programmed environment

• Any object of interest can stay its name in voice and text.
• Or send users to a web page with instructions about the object.
• Or give users instructions for a game based on knowing about the objects.
• Or record user performance on a set of questions.
• Or play its role in a story or game.
• A virtual vehicle can perform stunts safely
• After the break: language learning, virtual vehicles.

2021 WW: Get your home in the metaverse. Don't just go there, build there. Get free (sometimes) land where you can build what you want.

Get your place in the metaverse.  

Don't just go there, build there.  

Get free (sometimes) land 

where you can build what you want.  

Make the metaverse home by getting your own place there.

• Watch on YouTube:  Creative Spirit Bringing Metaphor to Life

• In the metaverse, some virtual worlds let educators build scenes that teach the content: User-built made easy.
• Beginner's building in OpenSim: Chimp Versus Chair, Prim Sculptor

• School & College listings, Builders Brewery
• Builders Brewery class schedule
• If the province allows building, it will probably have sandboxes where you can practice building.
• Web-worlds may lend you free land if you have a promising building plan.

2021 Biz: Avatars are a metaverse business. Artists can make and sell avatars and avatar clothing

Avatars are a metaverse business.  

Artists can make and sell avatars and avatar clothing

Making avatars for the metaverse is a growing business

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• Avatars in SL
• Second life Marketplace
• Skins For Your Avatar!  Avatars in the metaverse
• Readyplayerme
• How To Create Avatars For Virtual Worlds -- An Oculus/Linden Lab Vet's Advice
• Making avatars (search)

• Features you need in a metaverse world to make and sell avatars (after the break).

2021 Some risks from NFTs. Copyright is a separate matter. And buyers can get scammed. Are these NFTs illegal?

Some risks from NFTs.  

Copyright is a separate matter.  

And buyers can get scammed.

Are these NFTs illegal?

Some cautions for people planning to buy art associated with NFTs.  You need to know what you are doing. 

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• NFT WARNING! | Lawyer Explains SERIOUS Problems With Non-Fungible Tokens
• NFTs vs Copyright: Is That NFT Really Yours?
• I LOST $600 IN AN OPENSEA NFT SCAM
• Introduction to NFTs
• Bored Ape NFT Collector Loses Million-Dollar Stash to Discord Scammers
• Investors Spent Millions on ‘Evolved Apes’ NFTs. Then They Got Scammed.
• Is It Legal To Copy NFT Art?
• 12 Common NFT Scams & How to Stay Safe
• NFT scams
• The IRS Is Coming for my NFTs... (Taxes & NFTs)
• After the break:  Videos from the metaverse.

2021 WW: VW: Where can I learn to work in the metaverse? A first look at finding work in the metaverse. Start with dev meetings.

Where can I learn to work in the metaverse?  

A first look at finding work in the metaverse.  

Start with dev meetings.

New tasks or old tasks in new ways.  Much online work may become metaverse work in the future.

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• I picked up this question from the metaverse subredit that I am following.
• The answer is worth an article, so here it is.
• Get familiar with the metaverse: attend developer meetings.
• Check out available work 
• Choose the line of work that best fits you.
• Two big options:
• Work on tasks newly created by the metaverse?
• Work on existing tasks made more efficient by the metaverse?
• Another pair of options:
• Work for yourself or get hired by a company.
• Can We Work in the Metaverse?
• Easy access Dev meetings and more after the break.

2012 WW: Another web-world. Web pages that you walk into with 2 clicks. Just what you need for advertising.

Another web-world.  

Web pages that you walk into with 2 clicks.  

Just what you need for advertising.  

The metaverse for the people.  No expensive equipment.  All you need is your browser.  

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• Building an immersive platform for creatives to share their NFT work online in an interactive, spatial format.
  
• Web-worlds, 3D virtual worlds running in a browser. Summary
• A walk into the web metaverse. Right now. Nothing to download, nothing to buy, nothing to sign up for. The free metaverse.
• Another part of the web metaverse. Try it out now. Don't wait for people to tell you about it, See for yourself.

Web-world advantages

• Easy access. Run in a browser.  Enter without registration. 
• Run on almost any device with a browser: Smart phone, tablet, Chromebook, PC.
• No special equipment to buy and put on.
• Can be embedded in your web page as part of an advertisement.

2021 Virtual Pioneers in the metaverse. Second Life headquarters. Several videos of tours. And how to get to the metaverse now!

Virtual Pioneers in the metaverse.

Second Life headquarters.

Several videos of tours.

And how to get to the metaverse now!

Virtual Pioneers is a group of historically-minded associates that enjoy using Virtual Environments to learn and explore. Second Life is one of the virtual environments explored.

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• Second Life is a free-to-use desktop app providing 3-D platform access.
• Virtual Pioneers is a group of historically-minded associates that enjoy using Virtual Environments to learn and explore. Second Life is one of the virtual environments explored.
• The Virtual Pioneers visit various virtual simulations across Second Life and beyond. This tour is on Museum Island and features the Vatican.
• How to start in the metaverse after the break.
• All you need is your laptop.

2021 VW: What the metaverse already is like -- an example. And you can easily try it out. Hold your own meeting there. Attend a scheduled developer meeting.

What the metaverse already is like -- an example

And you can easily try it out

Hold your own meeting there.

Attend a scheduled developer meeting.

You too can be a metaverse expert. Start here.   A conversation at a developer meeting in a browser-based part of the metaverse.

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• Go there:
• https://nonprofitvirtualworld.org/location.html?locationid=800000005&dl=true
• Developer meetings are held there every other Friday at 3 pm New York time.
• To find out which Friday, follow https: //twitter.com/cybaLOUNGE
• Or just drop in and see--only takes a few clicks.
• Or hold a trial meeting there at some other time.

A walk in the web metaverse

• Metaverse use case: remote meetings. There is no distance in the metaverse. You are 30 seconds from everywhere.
• Another part of the web metaverse.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9TxKnYUt2o
• Search term: Metaverse school
• url:
• https://metaverse.school/
• Videos about web-worlds:
• https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmXCeJpxLXokg4JFAU1nkKOUY5YVRPcSW
• After the break:  related

2021 Hypergrid business: EchoVoice offers a long-term, low-cost operating solution for voice on OpenSim and other metaverse places.

EchoVoice offers a long-term, low-cost operating solution 

for voice on OpenSim.

Project to provide opensource voice support for OpenSimulator and other metaverse places

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• Group seeks $65,000 to bring voice to OpenSim

• Grids or organizations can self-host their Echovoice servers or connect to a hosting service.
• Organizations that have security requirements will want to self-host.
• The EchoVoice client bridge is designed to work with all of the supported viewers without any development effort by viewer development teams.
• The current EchoVoice bridge design concept should allow users to seamlessly detect and switch to Vivox if they land in a region running Vivox V3/V4/ or the newer V5.
• GoFundMe campaign.

 

2021 BIZ: Metaverse use case: remote meetings. There is no distance in the metaverse. You are 30 seconds from everywhere.

Metaverse use case: remote meetings.  

There is no distance in the metaverse.  

You are 30 seconds from everywhere. 

You can listen to talking heads telling you what the metaverse will be like when it arrives or you can visit a part that has already arrived and is in use.  Meet the people who are making the metaverse.

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• Meeting at the Web Show, a video set in the metaverse
• Go there 
• A developer meeting is held there every other week:
• Fridays 3 pm eastern (New York)
• To find out which week follow CybaLOUNGE on Twitter:
• A walk into the web metaverse. Right now. Nothing to download, nothing to buy, nothing to sign up for. The free metaverse.
• Videos are an added benefit of metaverse meetings
• After the break:  How to make videos in the metaverse.

2021 BIZ: Another part of the web metaverse. Try it out now. Don't wait for people to tell you about it, See for yourself.

Another part of the web metaverse.  

Try it out now.  

Don't wait for people to tell you about it, 

See for yourself 

You too can be a metaverse expert.   

A walk in the web metaverse

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• Search term: Metaverse school
• url:
• https://metaverse.school/
• Videos about web-worlds:
• https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmXCeJpxLXokg4JFAU1nkKOUY5YVRPcSW
• After the break:  related

2021 VW: Biz: Content creation as a business in the Metaverse. Some parts of the metaverse have the features you need. Art, fashion, architecture, interior design, landscaping.

Content creation as a business in the Metaverse.  

Some parts of the metaverse have the features you need.

Art, fashion, architecture, interior design, landscaping.

Any industry that depends on appearance can use the metaverse to display that appearance.

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• Second Life Weekend Sales for Décor and Landscaping Items in SL 
• Second life Marketplace

Creating  and selling objects: needed features

• Varieties and features of virtual worlds in the metaverse. And a few common use cases. See what you can do in the metaverse.

Inworld economy

• Token money: Tokens that function inworld like money.
• Money exchange: Way to exchange inworld tokens for fiat currency. 
• Market: Way to sell things for tokens.

Content creation

• Shops: Shops offer free of low cost items
• Building tools:  Inworld tools support easy building.
• Exporting: You can export what you make to your own computer.
• Importing: You can import mesh objects made elsewhere. 
• Licensing: The host company makes no claim of partial ownership of your work.
• NFT management: Software can properly handle NFT objects.

Mesh tools for creation

• The things you see in the metaverse are mesh objects
• What is a Mesh Object? | Blender 2.8+ Beginner tutorial
• Most commercial content creation is done outside of virtual worlds.
• A commonly used tool is Blender (open source).

License

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• Use as you please with attribution: link to the original.
• All images without attribution in this blog are CC0: public domain.
• Second Life, Linden, SLurl, and SL are trademarks of Linden Research Inc.
• Screenshots from ShareX
• This blog is not affiliated with anything.   Ads are from Google

2021 VW: A walk into the web metaverse. Right now. Nothing to download, nothing to buy, nothing to sign up for. The free metaverse.

A walk in the web metaverse. 

Right now. 

Nothing to download, nothing to buy, nothing to sign up for. 

Walk into the metaverse now. It is in your browser. 

A walk in the free metaverse

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• Search term: 3DWebWorldz
• url:
• https://3dwebworldz.com/
• Videos about web-worlds:
• https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmXCeJpxLXokg4JFAU1nkKOUY5YVRPcSW

2021 VW: ART: The Natascha Randt Memorial. Sometimes the metaverse is painfully real. Avatars are immortal but the people behind them are not.

The Natascha Randt Memorial.  

Sometimes the metaverse is painfully real.   

Avatars are immortal but the people behind them are not.

Ever since my creative partner, Natascha Randt, passed away on September 3rd of this year. I have been working on building her a memorial on Kitely - Virtual Worlds--Karima-Hoisan

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• Web page
• Hypergrid address: grid.kitely.com:8002:The Natascha Randt Memorial

With the help of my fabulous scripting partner, Dale Innis, and also Joey Schaffer (Joey Writer) a close friend and collaborator of Nat's who has also contributed with a special section, we can now say it's done.

The world is a guided tour, that once again, relies heavily on being able to see parcel media and enjoy short clips.

Who was Natasha Randt? -- after the break 

2921 VW: Vivox is going away soon. OpenSim needs a replacement. EchoVoice is offered. GoFundMe Campaign

Vivox is going away soon.  

OpenSim needs a replacement.  

EchoVoice is offered.  

GoFundMe Campaign 

We want to talk in the metaverse.  We need an open source technology for OpenSim.

• Watch on YouTube  EchoVoice GoFundMe Campaign Video
• Echo voice home
• Promo details on IMA site.
• GoFundMe campaign direct link 
• SceneGate OpenSim viewer with beginner and extended modes. Summary

Related

• What do OpenSimulator users want in virtual worlds? Voice? Spatial Voice? New viewers? The Infinite Metaverse Alliance (IMA) calls on OpenSim users to document their wants in a survey.
• OSCC19 ECHOVOICE FOR OPENSIMULATOR

2021 VW: Creator Economy of the Metaverse: Second Life Marketplace, Kitely Market, custom avatars

Creator Economy of the Metaverse: 

Second Life Marketplace,  

Kitely Market, custom avatars

The metaverse is here for you if you want to be a creator.  Well-developed markets have been around for years.

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• Creator Economy of the Metaverse - Roblox, Unity, Unreal and more!

• Creator in the metaverse (search)
• Evolution of Creator Economies

After the break

• How  do you create?
• Creating custom avatars and clothing.
• Markets where products are sold.

2021 VW: WW: Varieties and features of virtual worlds in the metaverse. And a few common use cases. See what you can do in the metaverse.

Varieties and features of virtual worlds in the metaverse. 

And a few common use cases.  

See what you can do in the metaverse.

We don't need to debate what the metaverse is.  Let's think about what we can do with it.

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• virtual world

Fundamental varieties

• Installed:  User installs software that may give better performance or extra features.
• Browser-based: Runs in a browser, nothing to install
• Mobile-able: Runs on smart phones and tablets.
• VR: Designed for stereo-headpieces, but allows on-screen use 

• Important features and matching use cases after the break