2022 Upcoming in the educational metaverse: 16th annual Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference: VWBPE2021. All free and online in existing virtual worlds

Upcoming in the educational metaverse: 

16th annual Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference: 

VWBPE2023.  

 All free and online in existing virtual worlds

The educational metaverse has long been operating in Second Life and OpenSimulator.  Here is a well established conference.

• Watch on YouTube
• VWBPE 2022 Thinkerer Award - Dr. Doris Molero
  
• Welcome to VWBPE 2023: Uncommon Realities
• 16th Annual Conference of Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education.
• Main event: March 23 to 25, 2023.
• Also: pre- and post-conference immersive experiences during the two weeks beforehand and afterward. 
• Completely virtual and free to attend. 
• It will run on multiple platforms including Second Life®, streamed live on YouTube.
• VWBPE 2022
• VWBPE ARCHIVES
• Videos by Dr. Doris Molero

2022 Wrestling in the metaverse. With Furries as wrestlers. Sure, it is a show. Entertainment.

Wrestling  in the metaverse.    

With Furries wrestlers.  

Sure, it is a show.  

Entertainment. 

The Furries have a place in the metaverse.  Actually, many places.  Here's one.

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• Wrestling Made in Second Life - Valiant Wrestling
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSq4kFwtPo4
• The challenge is in the animation
• HOBBIES: Water Sports: Public Rezz place
• Competitive sports for online schools. Robotics, search-masters, DTA-Turing challenges
• Project-based learning with work-groups: Not just the content: project skills, team skills, self-confidence
Furry fandom

2022 The metaverse is made of communities. Educators in the metaverse: Virtual Pioneers New Headquarters at Rockcliffe.

The metaverse is made of communities. 

Educators in the metaverse:   

Virtual Pioneers New Headquarters at Rockcliffe.

The metaverse is people, not land.  The land is only valuable if it attracts people.

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• Virtual Pioneers New Headquarters at Rockcliffe
• Virtual Pioneers (web page)
• Virtual Pioneers (videos) 
• Virtual Pioneers (Twitter)
• Articles about Rockcliffe
• Virtual Pioneers in the metaverse. Second Life headquarters. Several videos of tours. And how to get to the metaverse now!
• Web accessed learning Communities in Virtual Worlds--Thanks to Beth Ghostraven
• The community for education in the Metaverse

2022 The old metaverse: Kitely 14th birthday party. Yeah, that's a surprise to those who think the metaverse is just starting. But not to us who hold parties there.

The old metaverse: Kitely 14th birthday party.  

Yeah, that's a surprise to those who think the metaverse is just starting. 

But not to us who hold parties there.

Parties in the metaverse?  Maybe not in those new parts that are just getting started.  People may not know each other.  But we know each other in Kitely and Second Life

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• Kitely 14th birthday party
• Kitely is a commercial grid using OpenSimulator and the hypergrid
• Articles in this blog about Kitely

Related

• The metaverse and OpenSimulator. It's a mini-metaverse. Your own metaverse. On your own machine.
• Finding people in OpenSimulator, a decentralized and interconnected part of the metaverse. Perhaps a hint of the future metaverse.
• Metaverse meet hypergrid. Hypergrid is a mini-metaverse for interconnection. It connects the independent grids of OpenSim
• Metaverse Educators: you are not alone. A lot of us are here already. And here is how to find us.
• Can we have a metaverse connected and decentralized? Yes. The hypergrid is a working proof of concept. Web-worlds could be next.
• What OpenSimulator/hypergrid needs to qualify as the beginning metaverse. It already has most of the needed features: A meeting in the metaverse.
• The OpenSimlator metaverse is developing. Yes. opensource and decentralized. Not as much hype but you are in control.
• Metaverse land: Get your own on your own computer. Free. Easy to install. Outworldz – DreamGrid

2022 Educational metaverse: 14 Reasons Why Virtual Worlds are still better [for education] than Social VR Worlds. A presentation and discussion.

 Educational metaverse: 

14 Reasons Why Virtual Worlds are still better

 [for education] than Social VR Worlds.

 A presentation and discussion.

Virtual worlds (able to run on a flat screen) have lower costs and more developmental experience than VR (using a stereo headpiece).  It may be VR for games and virtual worlds for education.   

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• 14 Reasons Why Virtual Worlds are still better than Social VR Worlds
• Presentation made at Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education2022
• Speaker: Amvans lapis

 A year ago, VCARA started the VR Exploder’s Club wherein educators meet up once a month to determine whether and/or which Social VR Worlds we should establish a presence thereon after exploring different platforms together. Whether we used VR headsets or desktop versions of these platforms, we looked at criteria such as learning curve, real-time communication, interaction capabilities, and more. I will describe specific issues that have been resolved in VWs that still need attention in VR.

• Presentation ends at 40 minutes
• Discussion follows
• VCARA Videos
  

2022 Time travel in the metaverse: Singapore 1825: a historical simulation in Kitely. A different kind of inquiry-based learning.

Time travel in the metaverse:  

Singapore 1825: a historical simulation in Kitely.  

A different kind of inquiry-based learning.

Travel back to history.  We can't do it.  But we can simulate it.  

• Watch on YouTube
• ACRL VWIG Tours Singapore 1825: an historical simulation in Kitely

Related

• Thoughts about Looking for Mr Gelam, a short film An invited article by Chris Mooney-Singh. Immersive learning as time travel.
• Looking for Mr Gelam by Word Forward. Beach Road at Kampong Gelam, the Malay heritage quarter of Singapore. On the Virtual Beach.
• Era of the entrepreneurial educator. The unbundling of education opens the gate for entrepreneurs.

2022 Metaverse education: Caltech Talk on: Online Education and Virtual Worlds. Curious George/ aka George Djorgovsk

Metaverse education:  

Caltech Talk on: 

Online Education and Virtual Worlds.  

Curious George/ aka George Djorgovsk

Lecture on online education and the role of virtual worlds.  Done in a virtual world.  

• Watch on YouTube
• VWEC Expert Series with George Djorgovski (Curious George)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QftYCMRGEbM
• George is Prof. of Astronomy and Data Science, and Director of the Center for Data-Driven Discovery, Caltech 
• and Former Director of the Meta Institute for Computational Astrophysics (MICA)
• Virtual worlds for education
• Lecture runs to 45:30  Q&A follows
• You don't have to watch it all at once. Watch a few minutes at a time,

2022 Educational events in the metaverse. Lots of people here. But we only gather for events. We use VWEC Calendars to find events

Educational events in the metaverse.  

Lots of people here.  

But we only gather for events.  

We use VWEC Calendars to find events

Nobody in the metaverse?  Yes, for those people who don't know how to look.  But we early adopters know otherwise.

• Teaching and Learning in Virtual Worlds
• VWEC Calendars
• Keep up to date with our events by joining the Virtual World Education Consortium. 
• If you have educational events in the metaverse, you may want to pu.

If you are not yet in the metaverse...

• VWEC channel on YouTube
• Twitter 
• Facebook 
• Linkedin 
• Instagram 

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2022 What do we do in the metaverse? We join groups, we make friends, we visit places, we make videos. Here is a video showing a few things we do.

What do we do in the metaverse?   

We join groups, we make friends, we visit places,  we make videos.  

Here is a video showing a few things we do.

Some things we do in the old metaverse --the part that ha been around for years

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• THINGS TO DO IN SECOND LIFE 2021 - 
• SQUID GAME, DRIVERS OF SL, BLAKE SEA SAILING, HOLLYWOOD AIRPORT
• A video showing some of the most active and fun places in Second Life 2021! 
• All of the links to the places mentioned are below, 
• Just copy/paste them into your Second Life chat to teleport!

• Blake Sea (Rez Area):
• http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife...
• Hollywood Airport:
• http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife...
• Drivers of SL:
• http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife...
• Squid Game:
• http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife...
• Castillo Gaming Hub (My Land):
• http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife...

2022 The metaverse of art. Light shows and the particle system. Takes familiarity with the GPU and the particle system

The metaverse of art.  

Light shows and the particle system.  

Takes familiarity with the GPU 

and the particle system

The metaverse is a programmed environment.  To use it effectively you need to know the programming tools.

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• OSfestival 2022 Parcel047 Featuring Poetry reading and Light show

• Light art
• Uses the computer's GPU.
• What Is a GPU?
• Mainly uses the particle system.
• Particle system

2022 Metaverse art. Art Made in Second Life. World-wide reach. Open 24/7. No mobility limitations.

Metaverse art.  

Art Made in Second Life.   

World-wide reach.  Open 24/7.  

No mobility limitations.

The metaverse as your art studio.   

• Watch on YouTube
• Art Made in Second Life - JudiLynn India
• Art done in virtual worlds, Summary

2022 In the metaverse I can walk. Or at least my avatar can That's a lot better than my real body can do.

In the metaverse I can walk.  

Or at least my avatar can  

That's a lot better than my real body can do.  

Disabilities are left behind in the metaverse.

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• Our Digital Selves Official Teaser #1
• Our Digital Selves: My Avatar is Me [full feature film]
• Articles in this blog about disabilities and the metaverse

2022 Homes and other places in the metaverse. You can rent them, buy then or build them. Here is what they look like.

Homes and other places in the metaverse.  

You can rent them, buy then or build them.  

Here is what they look like. 

Some people wait for a house in the metaverse.  Some people already have one.

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• TOP 5 SECOND LIFE HOME STORES | SECOND LIFE 2021