ACTIVITIES AT VWEC EDUVERSE FROM MON. JAN 23 TO SUN. JAN 29 2023

ACTIVITIES AT VWEC EDUVERSE

FROM MON. JAN 23 TO SUN. JAN 29 2023

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SL EXPERT SERIES: BRIAN LONSWAY/ACTUALITY

"DESIGNING WITH THE METAVERSE”

FRIDAY JANUARY 27 TH @ 1 PM SLT

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VWEC%20Eduverse/181/178/30

Come join us for the third talk by our team of amazing design professionals for the VWEC Eduverse

Plaza. Brian/actuality is a professor of architecture, teaches in Second Life and was the amazing Lead

Designer for the Eduverse Welcome Center project.

He will share his vision and thinking behind his teaching in Virtual Worlds as well as his contributions to

the Eduverse Welcome Region.

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ONGOING WEEKLY EVENTS

TUESDAY JAN 24

1) 11:30 AM TO 12:00 PM

FIRESIDE CHAT WITH DEX EUROMAT (LEARN POLISH!)

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VWEC%20Eduverse/181/178/30

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WEDNESDAY JAN 25

1) 7 TO 8 AM SLT

FIRESIDE CHAT IN SPANISH WITH PI ILLIOS & MERYL MCBRIDE

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VWEC%20Eduverse/181/178/30

2) 9 AM TO 10 AM [4th Wed. of month]

GUIDED BREATH MEDITATION WITH EWAN BONHAM

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VWEC%20Eduverse/33/59/33

Learn how to focus and reduce stress naturally through practicing this powerful breathing and

mindfulness activity together. Ewan is a retired professor and long-time meditation leader outworld and

in SL..

3) 12 TO 1 PM SLT

WEEKLY PIANO CONCERT BY ARI

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VWEC%20Eduverse/132/100/29

4) 3:30 TO 4:30 PM SLT

WEEKLY FIRESIDE CHAT WITH DODGE THREEBEARDS

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VWEC%20Eduverse/181/178/30

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THURSDAY JAN 26

1) 9:30 TO 10:30 AM SLT

WEEKLY FIRESIDE CHAT WITH DODGE THREEBEARDS

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VWEC%20Eduverse/181/178/30

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FRIDAY JAN 27

1) 10:30 TO 11:30 AM SLT

WEEKLY FIRESIDE CHAT WITH ZINNIA ZAUBER

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VWEC%20Eduverse/181/178/30

2) 1 TO 2+ PM SLT

SL EXPERT SERIES WITH BRIAN LONSWAY/actuality; Designing With the Metaverse"

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VWEC%20Eduverse/181/178/30

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DAYS/HOURS OF VWEC INFOCENTER VOLUNTEERS THIS WEEK

LOCATION:

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VWEC%20Eduverse/157/157/31

MONDAYS

2 to 3 AM John O’Connor

10 to 11:30 AM Namaara McDonough

12 to 1 PM Max Chatnoir

2 to 3 PM MysticStarling

7 to 8 PM tyoba Tarantal

TUESDAYS

9 to 10 AM David Arguna

10 to 11 AM Elli Pinion

12:30 to 1 PM Dex Euromat

5 to 6 PM Beth Ghostraven

WEDNESDAYS

9 to 10 AM Zzri Avian

12 to 1 pm Max Chatnoi

1 to 2:30 PM Suemoon Magic

THURSDAYS

1 to 2 PM Tori Landau

2 to 3 pm Serenity Kitty

3 to 4 PM Elektra Panther

FRIDAYS

1 to 2 AM Sheila Yoshikawa

7 to 8 AM Malia Rose

2 to 3 PM Breila Jenvieve

SATURDAYS

7 to 8 AM Kreatya Shannon

9 to 10 AM Meryl McBride

12 to 1 PM Pi Ilios

SUNDAYS

6 to 7 AM Killashandra.Lavendel

12 to 1 PM Valibrarian Gregg

1 to 2 PM Profgraceful

2 to 3:30 PM Suemoon Magic

3:30 to 5 PM Inquisitive Loon

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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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License

• Original text in this blog is CC By: unless specified public domain.
• 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

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.

• Watch on YouTube
• TOP 5 SECOND LIFE HOME STORES | SECOND LIFE 2021

2022 #VWEDU: Metaverse practice in the place they are studying. Ecology, natural history, geology: these happen in places, not books. Here is a virtual field trip.

Metaverse practice in the place they are studying.  

Ecology, natural history, geology: these happen in places, not books. 

Here is a virtual field trip.  

Metaverse places can be programmed to teach. Any important object can tell about itself, ask questions about itself, and report student interactions.  

• Watch on YouTube

Go there

• https://3dww.a2zsg.com/3dlogin/world/?world=163
• Platform:  3DWebWorldz
• Information
• Teachers Pay Teachers: 

Virtual field trip

• Free trip.
• No travel time.
• No trip arrangements.
• Asynchronous: no time coordination. 
• All time is learning time.
• Students proceed at their own pace.
• See student's face on camera as needed.
• Digital environment is interactive and informative.
• Can be used for content presentation, practice, or formative assessment.
• Can be used by individuals or teams.
• Practice session can be monitored.
• Performance can be monitored, evaluated, and rewarded.

The programmed environment

• The programmed environment of the metaverse. Imagine programming an environment for language leaning. Or for a game.
• What can the metaverse add to online learning? Education in the metaverse The programmed environment.
• The metaverse is a programmed environment. Do the metaverse experts know what that means? You can't build it unless you can program it.

2022 Art in the metaverse. Luna Lunaria. Statuary. Architecture. Installation art.

Art in the metaverse.   Luna Lunaria.  

Statuary.  Architecture.  

Installation art.

Digital art.  New medium for art.  Potential audience in the metaverse is huge.  

• Watch on YouTube
• OSfestival 2022 Parcel 138 Luna Lunaria

• Lunaria Emporium (Part 1): Decor, tapestries, building components, holidays
• Lunaria Emporium, classical, magic, castles, cemetery (Part 2)
• OpenSim Fest: Merchants: Art gallery, space craft, sailing equipment, fashion
• Metaverse fest: OpenSim Fest 2022 #OSFest2022: People, events, exhibits, art, merchandise. You don't have to wait for the metaverse-- it is here.
• Art in this blog
• Installation art
• Installation art in this blog
• Architecture in this blog

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Easy access sources in the metaverse

• Reddit/Second Life
• 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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License

• Original text in this blog is CC By: unless specified public domain.
• 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

2022 #VWEDU: The Metaverse: ANCIENT ROME 320 AD. History, literature, architecture. Time travel in the metaverse.

The Metaverse: ANCIENT ROME 320 AD. 

History, literature, theater, architecture.   

Time travel in the metaverse

The metaverse: go any where, any when.   Here, historical places in the development of western civilization. 

• Watch on YouTube
• "HISTORY IN 3D" - ANCIENT ROME 320 AD
• "Walking around Colosseum"
• Playlist: ROME 320 AD
• Roman Forum 3D buildings
• Website
• Augustan Ancient Rome in 3D: Forum Romanum - detailed tour

2022 We are building the metaverse. See how in this video. It is not your metaverse if you can't build there.

We are building the metaverse.  

See how in this video   

It is not your metaverse if you can't build there.

They are not going to build the metaverse to suit you.  You have to do that, because only you can really know what you want.  

• Watch on YouTube
• Building in Second Life
• Leisurely building and showing build techniques in Second Life.
• More videos about building in the metaverse:
• Second life building
• You don't have to build it yourself.  Look on the marketplace. 
• Second Life Market place 
• You still need to know how to build to place and modify what you buy.

2022 Museums in the metaverse . Create a 3D Virtual Museum in minutes! Museums on your laptop, tablet, smart phone

Museums in the metaverse.  

Create a 3D Virtual Museum in minutes!  

Museums on your laptop, tablet, smart phone

Anything you can show in a museum, you can show in the metaverse.  That puts the museum in practically every home and school.

• Watch on YouTube
• Tutorial 6: Create a 3D Virtual Museum in minutes!
• This video has captions, please turn it on by clicking on the CC button at the bottom of the clip. 
• In this clip, I captured the ideation process for creating an example 'museum exhibit'. I show how I created a mini-museum featuring works from Pablo Picasso, literally in minutes (the duration of this clip). 
• Typically, a group of designers would log into our 3D virtual work area to help each other reach a common design. 
• The RezMela system is ideally suited for this process. It radically reduces exhibit design prototyping costs and produces tangible design solutions after live brainstorming sessions. 

2022 Metaverse museums. The National Museum of Computing. Art museums . NFT museums. History museums. Antarctic research station

Metaverse museums.   The National Museum of Computing.  

Art museums . NFT museums. 

History museums. Antarctic research station

Museums can use the metaverse to reach a world-wide audience.

• Watch on YouTube
• Antarctica Research Station - Virtual World
• Step through your screen and into The National Museum of Computing
• Museums in the Metaverse
• Artists Are Now Developing Their Latest Works in the Metaverse
• New NFTs Will Let Virtual Museum Show Art Across the Metaverse
• Toledo Museum of Art offers viewers new experience of artist Stan Douglas’ film Doppelgänger in the metaverse
• The First Metaverse Museum Of History-Bringing The Past To The Future

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

2021 Metaverse Libraries. Real libraries in a virtual world. Long video with time marks on contents,

Metaverse Libraries.  

Real libraries in a virtual world.  

Long video with time marks on contents

The future of libraries in the age of the internet.  

• Watch on YouTube

• Libraries in the Metaverse, V Hill MACHINIMA Real Libraries in Virtual Worlds 0:10
• Metaliteracy - Literacy in Digital Culture 4:15
• Metamodernism - Our Philosophical Moment 10:50
• Digital Citizenship 16:37
• Online Anonymity 19:13
• Think Before You Post 23:30
• End of Fixed Media 28:05
• Balancing Worlds 32:24
• Metamodernism in the Metaverse 35:31
• Metaliteracy in Learning 39:29
• The Dark Side of Digital Culture 43:42
• Preservation of Digital Formats 46:25
• Digital Legacy 50:19
• Presented 24-Nov-2021 Community Virtual Library, Second Life
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/valerie-h...
• Thanks Sitearm

2022 Metaverse>\: Building a cottage. We build in the metaverse. Some people sell the things they build. There are markets.

Metaverse:  Building a cottage.  

We build in the metaverse.    

Some people sell the things they build.  

There are markets.  

You can build in the metaverse.  Build to suit you.  Or to support your teaching, marketing, or whatever.

• Watch on YouTube

Markets in the metaverse

• Second Life Marketplace
• Kitely Market 

Building in the metaverse

• 
  
• Get your home in the metaverse. Don't just go there, build there. Get free (sometimes) land where you can build what you want.
• It's not your metaverse if you can't build there. Some metaverse provinces offer building tools and sandboxes where you can build without buying land.
• Varieties and features of virtual worlds in the metaverse. And a few common use cases. See what you can do in the metaverse.
• In user-built virtual worlds: we can play, work, create, collaborate, and share with other people

Building in second Life and OpenSimulator

• Autoreturn: How do I use that?
• Create: Make a poster
• Lumiere Noir and the Ivory Tower of Prims
• The Ivory Tower of Prims
• Content creation: Build, script, texture, color, classes, video, particles, collaboration, tools
• V3.2 Building 101 Beginner's building
• Building 101 Start learning how to build

Architecture

• Virtual Museum of Architecture Spring Build-Off
• Rapid prototyping for an entertainment park, Mike Mchugh
• Virtual architecture: People can design and build their own virtual buildings. Walk through them. Picture them from any angle.

Easy-build

• Teachers don't need to learn how to build in virtual worlds to teach there
• In the metaverse, some virtual worlds let educators build scenes that teach the content: User-built made easy.
• Rezmela™ supports easy creation of instructional scenes. A demonstration in VWMOOC19

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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
• Music every Friday at 9 pm New York time:
• https://LiveMusic3D.com

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License

• Original text in this blog is CC By: unless specified public domain.
• 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

2022 VW: BIZ The avatar look. Changing your look in Second Life. Or anywhere in the metaverse. The look specialists may be more in demand than the geeks.

The avatar look.   

Changing your look in Second Life.  

Or anywhere in the metaverse.  

The look specialists may be more in demand than the geeks. 

A tutorial on how use outfit creation to save avatars with extras, how to edit your shape, using skins, shapes and hair from freebie stores...

• Watch on YouTube

• Second Life Marketplace: Avatar appearance
• Ready Player Me  
• "In a digital place, nobody knows what color you are." The power of avatar choice on a digital campus. Appearance and identity
• After the break: Avatar appearance related

2021 #VWEDU: Virtual architecture: People can design and build their own virtual buildings. Walk through them. Picture them from any angle.

Virtual architecture:

People can design and build 

their own virtual buildings.  

Walk through them.  

Picture them from any angle.

The dawn of the virtual reality in architecture.  Draft buildings you can walk into, look around in, put furniture in.

• Watch on YouTube
• Virtual worlds as makerspaces
• Virtual architecture
• Virtual Architect Home Design Software
• Installation art
• Matterport 3D virtual tours
• Beyond the Hype: Architecture in the Metaverse
• More after  the break.

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.

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.  

• Watch on YouTube
• 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 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.

• Watch on YouTube
• 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

• Original text in this blog is CC By: unless specified public domain.
• 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 WW Art in the metaverse: New art city. An art gallery in your browser. Another web world. Artists working in the new media offered by the metaverse.

Art in the metaverse: New art city.  

An art gallery in your browser.  Another web world.  

Artists working in the new media offered by the metaverse.

The virtual worlds of the metaverse offer new possibilities for art and artists. Take a look.

• Watch on YouTube
• New Art City
• New Art City is a virtual gallery & exhibition toolkit for digital art.
• The Identity Factory, San Jose Museum of Art
• New Art City is a virtual gallery & exhibition toolkit for digital art.
• A virtual gallery is a 3D multiplayer environment
• Visitors can see each other and chat.
• Runs in a browser or smart phone, no registration.
• Easily accommodates architecture and installation art.
• Installation art in virtual worlds
• Architecture in virtual worlds
• Virtual world art in this blog.

2021 Lunaria Emporium, classical, magic, castles, cemetery (Part 2)

Lunaria Emporium, classical, magic, castles, cemetery 

(Part 2)

A great shopping place to find products created by Luna Lunaria.

Classical

• Parts for builders 
• Room themes: Christmas, Gothic, Vampire, Arcane Magic, Castles, Steampunk Airships, Medieval, Japanese/Asian, Greek and Roman, Statuary, Décor
• Freebies  (See later article)
• Large architecture in multiple styles, large Venues. 
• Region-size viewing platforms where you can walk through all of the structures available for purchase and experience some stunning builds. 
• Free Ruth 2.0 and Roth 2.0 mesh avatars with all available huds.
• Lunaria Emporium (Part 1): Decor, tapestries, building components, holidays

Go there

• Web address
• HG address:
• grid.kitely.com:8002:Lunaria Emporium
• Lunaria store 

2021 Lunaria Emporium (Part 1): Decor, tapestries, building components, holidays

Lunaria Emporium (Part 1): 

Decor, tapestries, building components, holidays

A great shopping place to find unique products created solely by Luna Lunaria.

Lunaria Emporium

• Parts for builders 
• Room themes: Christmas, Gothic, Vampire, Arcane Magic, Castles, Steampunk Airships, Medieval, Japanese/Asian, Greek and Roman, Statuary, Décor
• Freebies  (See later article)
• Large architecture in multiple styles, large Venues. 
• Region-size viewing platforms where you can walk through all of the structures available for purchase and experience some stunning builds. 
• Free Ruth 2.0 and Roth 2.0 mesh avatars with all available huds.

Go there

• Web address
• HG address:
• grid.kitely.com:8002:Lunaria Emporium
• Lunaria store 

2021 ART: The Mondrian Puzzle: Abstract Art meets Mathematics and a virtual world

The Mondrian Puzzle: 

Abstract Art meets Mathematics

In OpenSimulator.  

Tessellation or tiling the plane fits many interests: art, mathematics, architecture and puzzles.  Mondrian tiled the canvas plane with art.  

• Watch on YouTube

• Mondrian (the artist)
• Mondrian Puzzle
• Multimondrian (a virtual world version with scripting)
• This presentation was made using Melablocks, an App in the RezMela system. 
• RezMela is an application development platform implemented in OpenSimulator.
• It is used for the production of focused 3D applications (Apps)
• [RezMela] Melablocks [Smartblocks] (Kitly market)
• Using Smartblocks

• Update 11/12/2020 VWBPE2021: RECONNAISSANCE Call for Proposals Educators' online calendar and OPLN. Kitely 8X8 megaworlds.

• Update 1/28/2021 Land up, actives down in January. Sundance goes all-in on virtual this year. VWBPE2021 RECONNAISSANCE Call for Proposals.