2022 Mingling the metaverses. OpenSim conference talks about Decentraland and NFTs.

Mingling the metaverses.  

OpenSim conference talks about 

Decentraland and NFTs.  

OpenSim Community Conference is about all things metaverse, not just about OpenSimulator. 

• Watch on YouTube
• OSCC20: Decentraland: A Blockchain Based Virtual World
• Decentraland
• Decentraland (Wikipedia)
• Blockchain
• NFT (non-fungible token) 
• DAO (decentralized autonomous organization)
• OSCC Presentation archive

Could an OpenSimulator grid sell land with NFTs?

• Yes, a grid-owner could do that.
• You can't maintain scarcity, though.
• Anybody can set up their own grid.
• Even run it on their own computer if they have enough bandwidth.

Related

• How to find events in the metaverse. Twitter may do as the universal contact. Communities are the key.
• Metaverse: How many people are currently online in your part of the metaverse? Answers for a few parts
• Gallery in the metaverse. Where artists can display and sell their work. In the metaverse, the world can see your work.
• Buying and selling land in the metaverse. With and without NFTs. If there is a bubble, how do you manage it?
• Metaverse hubs to connect the metaverse. The focus is on shared interests, not tech. Because the metaverse is made of people.

Easy access meetings in the metaverse

• Fridays 3 pm eastern (New York) 
• At the Web Show, a video set in the metaverse 
• Go there with this url: https://nonprofitvirtualworld.org/loc... 
• A developer meeting is held there every other week: 
• To find out which week, follow CybaLOUNGE on Twitter: 
• https://twitter.com/cybaLOUNGE
• 3DWebWorldz: Meetings alternate with the Web Show
• Welcome Center.  https://3dwebworldz.com/
• I am usually available weekdays at 1 pm New York time 
• In these 2 places:
• Welcome Center.  https://3dwebworldz.com/
• https://nonprofitvirtualworld.org/location.html?locationid=800000002&dl=true

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2022 Metaverse: the many worlds model. How can the metaverse be decentralized and interconnected? Metaverse hub

Metaverse:  the many worlds model.  

How can the metaverse be decentralized and interconnected?    

Metaverse hub

The many virtual worlds that could assemble into the metaverse are presently disconnected. A hub could start to bring them together.

MyMetaverse hub: automatic entry

• Below is a link to a preliminary version of a metaverse hub.
  But wait:  There are instructions at the entry point.  Read those instructions!
• It is a virtual world in your browser.
• Go to MyMetaverseHub
• https://mymetaversehub.com/

• The web page starts you in a virtual world--a 3D web page.
• But not the kind of 3D world that requires a thing over your eyes.
• This 3D world just displays on your screen.  
• Yeah--the beginner's trial model.  No investment beyond your computer.
• It will probably even work on a tablet.  
• This collection takes you into a web-world as a guest.
• You can't make any permanent changes, but you can click on things,
• ,
• More after the break.

2021 #VWEDU: Metaverse quests: The quest model, serious games, inquiry-based learning. Score-keeping and display, learning principles. Quest template.

Metaverse quests: 

The quest model, serious games, inquiry-based learning.  

Score-keeping and display, learning principles.  

Quest template.

A quest can be for something useful, such as an educational achievement.   

• Watch on YouTube
• Go directly to the location
• https://3dww.a2zsg.com/3dlogin/world/?world=250
• Note: you may have to reload to get everything to appear
• Reload: button, lower left, circling arrows.  
• Go to 3DWebWorldz.  Medieval quest is under adventures. 
• https://3dwebworldz.com/

A serious game

• Learning the nomenclature.  That's learning the names of things.
• The vocabulary of a foreign language.
• The correct names for the specialized objects in any technical field.
• These usually have to be overlearned so that accurate recall is no effort.
• Treasure hunts can provide serious games to practice that vocabulary skill.
• They can also  provide formative assessment indicating level of achievement.
• Inquiry-based learning
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inquiry-based_learning
• To introduce a social element, form teams with a team assignment,  

2022 The OpenSimlator metaverse is developing. Yes. opensource and decentralized. Not as much hype but you are in control.

The OpenSimlator metaverse is developing. 

Yes, opensource and decentralized.  

Not much hype, but you are in control.

OpeSimulator is free, opensource software.  People run it their own machines and connect with others over the hypergrid. 

• Watch on YouTube
• OSCC21: The Metaverse is coming, and OpenSim can show the way
• OpenSim’s decentralized, open-source, hyperconnected universe 
• can point the way to how to do it right.

2022 Metaverse performances Spirit Light Dance Company. An interview with the artistic director, Caryl Meredith

Metaverse performances  

Spirit Light Dance Company.  

An interview with the artistic director, Caryl Meredith  

Dance in the metaverse.  Worldwide audience. Physical limitations don't count. 

• Watch on YouTube
• "Performing in VR - PART ONE" Behind the Scenes with Caryl Meredith
• Artistic Director Spirit Light Dance Company
• Curtain 0:06
• Self Introduction 0:21
• Theatre of Light 1:24
• Spirit Light Dance Company 2:26
• "Phoenix Rising Open" (selection) 3:02
• Self Background 4:09
• Teaching in VR 4:36
• "DevaShree" (performance selection) 5:40
• Performing in VR 6:42
• Learning VR Performance Tech 7:34
• "In the Air Tonight" (performance selection) 9:39
• Intermission 11:03

More

• "Performing in VR - PART TWO" Behind the Scenes with Caryl Meredith
• "Performing in VR - PART THREE" Behind the Scenes with Caryl Meredith - /stage set demos/
• "Performing in VR - PART FOUR" Behind the Scenes with Caryl Meredith - /dancing with avatars/
• "Performing in VR - PART FIVE" Behind the Scenes with Caryl Meredith - /finale/

2022 The global village, the metaverse. Marshall McLuhan in the Metaverse. The metaverse is the new message. For those who can speak it.

 

The global village, the metaverse.   

Marshall McLuhan in the Metaverse.  

The metaverse is the new message.  

For those who can speak it.

A video of a class discussion about these ideas.  

• Watch on YouTube
• The global village 
• The medium is the message

Timeline

Epigraph 0:00 Agenda 0:17 The Medium is the Message 2:36 The Message is Not as Important as the Medium 7:00 Oral Culture 11:30 Visual Culture 13:56 Changes in Human Society 15:22 Print, Knowledge, and Power 19:39 What is the New Medium? 22:21 What is the Basis of Print Media? 24:50 What is the Basis of Digital Media? 26:42 What is the Organ of Digital Culture? 28:39 McLuhan’s Electronic Media 29:27 What is the Organ of Digital Culture? (reprise) 33:20 Tools 36:19 Tools, Techné, and Pharmakon 38:46 David Bowie and the Internet 42:51 The Alien 46:41 Digital Media and Society 50:57 Digital Media and You 55:55 Epilogue 58:29

What is the message here?

• People write articles about the metaverse.
• People make videos of themselves talking about the metaverse. 
• People make videos of their avatar in the metaverse as they talk about the metaverse.
• People make videos of themselves in the metaverse showing their activities in the metaverse.

2022 #VWEDU: Metaverse educational simulations. Students can visit the scene instead of just reading about it. Digital field trips.

Metaverse educational simulations.  

Students can visit the scene instead of just reading about it.   

Digital field trips.

The textbooks used to be limited to pictures.  Now that they are online, they can take students to replicas of the scenes. 

• Watch on YouTube
• OSCC21: Designing Educational Virtual Simulations
  
• Experience and lessons learned in designing virtual simulations for learners in high and low resource settings 
• Challenges and opportunities for co-creating simulations with globally distributed teams.

2022 #VWEDU: Metaverse Collaboration with VWEC (at VWBPE 2022). Eduverse: Destination for educators in Second Life

Metaverse Collaboration with VWEC (at VWBPE 2022).  

Eduverse:  Destination for educators in Second Life 

Educators started in Second Life a long time ago.  Now they are assembling there and branching out.

• Watch on YouTube
• Educators who worked to establish the VWEC Welcome Plaza in Second Life share progress at the Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference 2022 
• Eduverse (VWEC Welcome Plaza)
• Education articles in this blog
• VWBPE playlists (YouTube)

2022 The early metaverse: Second Life? WSJ says it is now a player in the new metaverse movement. Perhaps its time has come.

The early metaverse: Second Life?  

WSJ says it is now a player in the new metaverse movement. 

Perhaps its time has come.  

Second Life has been operating since 2003.  It seems to have many of the features predicted for the metaverse.  Except maybe the hype.

• Watch on YouTube
• Remember Second Life? It’s Now Taking On Big Tech’s Metaverse | WSJ

"Buying" land in Second Life.

• You "buy" a full region (256m x 256m) for $349
• That is really a setup charge.  
• You pay a monthly maintenance fee of  $229
• But nobody is rushing in to buy up land.
• No rush, because SL can make all the land people want.  
• More details.
• More about Second Life after the break.

2022 Metaverse: Tips on how to be a smart user in Second Life and OpenSimulator. Change settings on the viewer.

Metaverse: 

Tips on how to be a smart user 

in Second Life and OpenSimulator.  

Change settings on the viewer.

People learn from experience.  Smart people learn from other people's experience.

• Watch on YouTube
• WELCOME TO SECOND LIFE! // TOP 10 TIPS & TRICKS!
• Firestorm settings for beginners. A DTA content page

2022 Metaverse fashions: Designer Showcase - Earning money in the metaverse: Making fashions, making videos.

Metaverse fashions: 

Designer Showcase - 

Earning money in the metaverse: 

Making fashions, making videos.

A video about selling fashionable clothing in the metaverse

• Watch on YouTube
• Second Life - Designer Showcase - February 2022
• 330 lindens is about a dollar
• We walk around the Designer Showcase for their February Round. 
• The Event is in a new location 
• so be sure to use the link here in the description if you are interested in coming. 
• https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Corrupted%20Innocence/82/75/3502
• Second Life Marketplace
• Kitely Market

2022 Metaverse: Decorate your home in the metaverse. Practice interior decoration. Build your portfolio, sell your services.

Metaverse:  Decorate your home in the metaverse.   

Practice interior decoration.  

Build your portfolio, sell your services.

Interior decoration. landscaping, and architecture fit quite well with what virtual worlds can offer.

• Watch on YouTube

• Decorating your house in Second Life with Beau
• You can slide ahead on YouTube with the time slider.
• How To Decorate On Second Life
• Landscape and Decorate With Me! 
• Furnishing my dream house| Second Life
• SecondLIfe: 10 Must know tips on decor in secondlife.
• Second Life | WHERE TO GET LAND, HOUSES AND FURNITURE
• Where To Buy Land and Houses + Set up! | Second Life
• Second Life Full Starter Guide Tutorial for Beginners 2020 - What You Need to Know

2022 Metaverse groups in Second life: Focus on recent: Metaverse, NFTs, Blockchain, Land, Events, Games, Music, Shop

Metaverse groups in Second life: 

Focus on recent: Metaverse, NFTs, Blockchain, 

Land, Events, Games, Music, Shop

Second Life has groups dealing with all the recent metaverse matters.  It is a piece of the metaverse that has been around for years, developing communities. 

How to find groups 

• For Second Life and OpenSimulator:
• Get the search panel: Ctrl f.
• On the top bar, click groups.
• Enter a term that fits your interest.

Land

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• Yes, you can buy and sell land in Second Life.
• Land (Second Life Wiki)
• All about land in Second Life
• Land Buying FAQ
• Landowner in Second Life. Summary
• Buying and selling land in the metaverse. With and without NFTs. If there is a bubble, how do you manage it?
• Metaverse money makers. Real estate barons/ Lucrative Business of Virtual Real Estate. Virtual Breadwinner.

Shop

• Second Life Marketplace

2022 LIBR: The literary metaverse. Once Upon a Time in Digiworldz. Fairy tales built in 3D.

The literary metaverse.  

Once Upon a Time in Digiworldz.  

Fairy tales built in 3D.   

The ACRL Virtual Worlds Interest Group took a hypergrid jump field trip from Second Life, to Kitely and over to Digiworldz. Fairy tales built in 3D illustrate new ways to encounter literature through immersive learning.

• Watch on YouTube

ACRL

• Association of College and Research Libraries
• a division of the American Library Association 
•  a professional association of academic librarians and other interested individuals.

Metaverse Educators: you are not alone. A lot of us are here already. And here is how to find us.

Metaverse Educators: you are not alone.  

 A lot of us are here already.  

And here is how to find us.

Some of the virtual worlds that make up the pre-metaverse have been developing for years.  And some have attracted a lot of educators.

• Watch on YouTube
• OSCC21: Virtual Worlds Education Consortium across the Metaverse.
• Community Virtual Library
• OSCC Presentation archive
• https://www.youtube.com/c/AvaconOrg/live
• https://www.youtube.com/c/AvaconOrg/videos

• OPENSIMULATOR COMMUNITY VIRTUAL CONFERENCE: December 5-6, 2020. Presentations Dec.5 on education in OpenSim
• OPENSIMULATOR COMMUNITY VIRTUAL CONFERENCE: December 5-6, 2020. Presentations Dec.6 on education in OpenSim

2020 #VWEDU: Metaverse for immersive language learning. Role play in virtual worlds.

Metaverse for immersive language learning.  

Role play in virtual worlds.  

Language is a social skill.  Learning it takes a social environment. But that does not mean you have to pay people to provide it. 

• Watch on YouTube
• Non Player Characters in 3DLES OpenSim
• Education in Virtual Worlds (English)
• 25 ESL Roleplay Ideas for the Classroom
  

• Immersive learning (Wikipedia)
• Experiential learning  (Wikipedia)
• Didactic learning (Wikipedia)
• Communicative language teaching (CLT)  (Wikipedia)
• Related articles after the break

2022 The metaverse: English as a second language. After you finish formal lessons you want practice. Find people you can talk to in Second life.

The metaverse: English as a second language.  

After you finish formal lessons you want practice.

Find people you can talk to in Second life.

You want to practice conversations in English?  Meet people in Second Life.  They will talk with you if you stick to subjects they are interested in

• Watch on YouTube
• Tour of Learn It Town ESL Academy

Practice

• Lots of courses can get you started in English as a second language. 
• But where do you go from there? 
• You need to keep practicing to further develop your skills.  
• But how do you find English speakers where you live?
• Try the metaverse.  The language is mostly English.
• And you can find lots of people there if you know how to look.
• Metaverse groups: Find people that share your interests. Join the groups and learn of the events. Here are some groups for Second Life.
• People will want to talk to you about their interests.
• So you need to join groups that share some on your interests.
• And you may have to go to meetings in the middle of your night.
• But during the day in Europe and the Americas there are about 45.000 people online. 

2022 #VWEDU: Metaverse for education. Not like a classroom. More like a field trip. EDUmetaverse

Metaverse for education.  

Not like a classroom.  

More like a field trip.  

EDUmetaverse

The EDUmetaverse is a collection of 35+ Virtual Worlds. Designed to change the way students learn online or face to face. Opening up worlds of learning possibility.

• Watch on YouTube
• Ancient Egypt - Virtual World
• Blog (EDUmetaverse)
• Web site
• Visit the 3D site (enter as guest)
• Up arrow to go forward; left or right arrow to turn.
• 'The Book' - Virtual World Interview