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

People of the metaverse: The digital furries. Avatars in animal form. The Second Life furries

People of the metaverse:  

The digital furries.  

Avatars in animal form. 

The Second Life furries

Some people wanted avatars in animal form.  Our creators were glad to oblige.

• Watch on YouTube
• Second Life Destinations - Sudden Stop Furry Sandbox
• Furry fandom
• Furrie costumes (Amazon)
• Furrie avatars (Second Life)
• Destinations

Anthropomorphism, the attribution of human traits, emotions, and cognitive abilities to non-human entities, has appeared in art and storytelling in various cultures throughout history. As a vehicle for the expression of self in three-dimensional form, it comes as no surprise that Second Life has established itself as the most diverse universe for Anthropomorphic Residents to congregate and celebrate their diversity.

Luskwood, a popular treehouse-themed region founded by Eltee Statosky, was one of the first places to become an Anthro hotspot and has inspired many others, as well as the Anthro avatar design company of the same name.

• Luskwood, go there
• http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Lusk/216/169/62
• Put the SLurl in the address bar of the viewer, press Enter

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

2922 ART: Art in the Metaverse: Tour of Moyaland in Second Life. Installation art in the metaverse

Art in the Metaverse:  

Tour of Moyaland in Second Life.  

Installation art in the metaverse

Some provinces in the metaverse let you build on land you rent and make that easy by providing tools fitted to the local tech.  

• Watch on YouTube
• Installation Art

• Tour Moya land with the famous artist Patrick Moya
• Moya has been at the forefront since the 1970s of straddling the latest forms of media and technology to benefit art. 
• He is an early pioneer of video art.
• Moya become a digital artist since his early work on computer in the mid-80s : 
• now, since 2007, he is the owner of a virtual Moya Land in the 3D web of Second Life.

• After the break: Installation art in the metaverse

2022 #VWEDU Metaverse tours. You don't need a classroom in the metaverse. You just need places where students can learn. CVL shows how.

Metaverse tours.  

You don't need a classroom in the metaverse.  

You just need places where students can learn. 

CVL shows how.

Student-centered learning needs places where students can learn.  The metaverse can offer places designed for learning,  The task of the teacher is to get students to the right places. 

• Watch on YouTube
• Let's Take a Tour!  V.Hill (Valibrarian)  J. Neville (Sitearm) MACHINIMA
• SLurl: in Second Life a bit of text that serves as an address to a location.
• The user pastes the text into the top address bar of the viewer.
• SLurls for locations in this video:
• http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Plush%20Nonprofit%20Commons/108/126/21
• http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cookie/199/211/21

Contents

• Agenda 0:24
• Demo Tour 3:20
•   Gathering Spot 5:04
•   Feature the Purpose 8:13
•   Pacing and Focus 9:19
•   Instructions on Moving 10:02
•   Interaction and Immersion 10:47
•   Closure and Take Away 14:22
• Tour Tips 15:10
•   Debrief of Demo Tour and Tour Tips 17:59
•   Final Closure and Take Aways 29:59
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• V Hill (Valibrarian) J Neville (Sitearm)
• Nonprofit Commons
  

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 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

• Watch on YouTube
• 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 

2021 VWMOOC21: The metaverse in your browser. Field Trip to a browser based virtual world. You can go there now!

The metaverse in your browser.  

Field Trip to a browser based virtual world. 

You can go there now!

On your computer screen.  Desktop, laptop, Chromebook, tablet -- anything that will run a browser. No waiting-- go there now.

• Watch on YouTube
• Web-worlds, 3D virtual worlds running in a browser. Summary
• Go there now:  CybaLOUNGE login 

Cybalounge

• A plan for a field trip to CybaLOUNGE. Getting in is too easy. It would also be quick if I didn't talk so much.
• Cybalounge wiki 
• Metaverse Software (the company)
• 3DWW is social VW. How to start
• CybaLOUNGE login 
• How to put 3D on your website

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 ART: Sendalonde Library Grand Opening Exhibit Catalog. Always on megaregion.

Sendalonde Library Grand Opening Exhibit Catalog

Grand opening of Sendalonde Community Library and Theater.

• Watch on YouTube

On May 8, 2021 we had the Grand Opening of the Sendalonde Community Library & Theater on Wellspring on the Kitely grid. At the same time, we had the first performance in the Sendalonde Theater and had our first exhibit Shipwrights of Kitely.

Go there

• Web address
• HG address:
• grid.kitely.com:8002:Wellspring
• KItely

Groups

• Wellspring 
• Community Library 
• Weefolk Township

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

OPENSIMULATOR COMMUNITY VIRTUAL CONFERENCE: 

December 5-6, 2020. 

Presentations Dec.6  on education in OpenSim

OSCC20 is here Dec 5-6 2020. A lot of presentations are in support of online education.

• Watch on YouTube

• OpenSimulator Community Conference 2020  will take place virtually on the OpenSimulator Conference Center grid on December 5-6, 2020.
• The OSCC focus:the developer and user communities of OpenSimulator software.
• Come see how we use these 3D collaborative spaces in amazing ways!
• OSCC hypergrid address: cc.opensimulator.org:8002
• Put the HG address in the Find bar of the World Map, click Find, TP
• You can usually get into a presentation even if you are not registered.
• Announcement
• Schedule
• Registration page
• Registration is free.  
• Presentations will also be live streamed and archived.
• News
• Era of the entrepreneurial educator. The unbundling of education opens the gate for entrepreneurs.

Come see how we use these 3D collaborative spaces in amazing ways!

• Update 12/3/2020 OSCC Dec/ 5-6. 2020. VWBPE2021: RECONNAISSANCE Call for Proposals. The Dickens Project 2020 Edition.

2020 ART: VIDEO: “Deeper” Installation art

“Deeper”  
Installation art 

Another work of installation art, poetry and video by the prolific Karima Hoisan.

• Watch on YouTube

Go there

• On the web
• Digital Rabbit Hole
• HG address:
• grid.kitely.com:8002:Deeper
• In Kitely:
• hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Deeper/132/128/23
• Travel tips for the Hypergrid. A DTA content page

• Other work by Karima Hoisan: after the break

• Update 7/30/2020 . STÖMOL is a feature-length sci-fi video done in Second Life®. July. Opensim Fest 2020 coming in August

2020 #VWEDU: WW: ART: 3DWebWorldz hosts a digital art museum in your browser. Monet, Demuth, Fortier.

3DWebWorldz hosts a digital art museum 
in your browser. 
Monet, Demuth, Fortier.   

An art gallery in your laptop.  No travel, no cost, no virus.  Art as a social experience.

 A web page you walk into

• Calling All Art History Teachers And Art History Lovers
• Art history
• Art museum online 
• 2,500 Museums You Can Now Visit Virtually
• Art galleries online (search)
• An online art colony 

Who would be interested?

• Art teachers
• Art history teachers
• Art history fans
• Art students
• Art collectors
• Art galleries
• Artists
• Artists Guild of America 
• Artist guild (search)

A web-world for a field trip

• A flat web page is fine if you go by yourself.
• A field trip presents art as a social experience.
• The teacher or a docent adds items of interest.
• The students talk with each other to compare viewpoints.
• Assignments may call for students to work together.  
• Social learning Is a recognized mode of learning.

• Linden Lab acquired by investors, Opensim Fest 2020 coming in August

2020 ART: OSCC19 CREATIVITY PANEL

OSCC19 CREATIVITY PANEL

Creativity in OpenSim.

• Watch YouTube
• OSCC videos are up
• VidReader

• Art done in virtual worlds, Summary

• Update 7/9/2020 Focus 360: Virtual model homes. 6 weeks till Opensim Fest 2020. CVL Education Network.

2920 ART: #VWEDu: An online virtual world for training in the visual arts. A visual place for visual arts. A social place for working with teachers and artists.

An online virtual world for training in the visual arts.   
A visual place for visual arts.  
A social place for working with teachers and artists.

Training in graphic design, web design, digital photography, and mixed realities. An online virtual world for this training.   An online virtual world is highly visual and naturally social.  You can talk to the instructor and to other students about your art products.  You can make images and  videos of your work to build your portfolio.

• Watch on YouTube

Go there

• Kitely web page
• HG address:
• grid.kitely.com:8002:Eugene Training
• Travel tips for the Hypergrid. A DTA content page
• Firestorm hop:
• hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Eugene Training/213/13/21
• Eugenio training web page
• Eugenio training blog

2020 ART: WW: 3DWebWorldz Installation art in a web page. Minimalist art

Installation art in a web page.  
Minimalist art in a browser. 

Minimalist installation art in a dance venue makes the audience become part of the art.

Minimalist art: 

dance hall

• Minimalist art
• . . . essentials. . .  of a subject through eliminating all non-essential forms, features. . .
• A group of avatars dancing to the music of the sphere.
• Installation art
• Art in virtual worlds
• Go there: 3DWebWorldz 
• Look for Events-Liz Aday Concert Stage
• Web-worlds: virtual worlds in your browser 

• update 2/27/2020 IMA SceneGate Viewer Release 1.0.0 for Linux and Windows. Kitely updates to OpenSim 9.1.1 OpenSim stats decline reversed this month

2020 ART: Sendalonde Community Library: Installation art. Art in video.

Sendalonde Community Library: 
Installation art. Art in video.   

Art collected by members of the Elf Clan.  

• Watch on YouTube

Folklore exhibit art, books, and opening dance on September 19, 2015.Machinima by Marie Vans

• Wellspring, an Elf Clan affiliate region, a 16-region world of contrasts. Steampunk, Victorian, Fantasy, Caves, etc.

Hypergrid address

• grid.kitely.com:8002:Wellspring
• Travel tips for the Hypergrid. A DTA content page
• Wellspring on the web
• Kitely hop:
• hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Wellspring/687/801/23
• Ingrid (within a grid) Travel tips for OpenSimulator . A DTA content page
• You can read more about Elf Clan and the charter at http://elfclan.spruz.com

• SceneGate improvements. Brand New Grid: Rêves Fantastiques GridList becomes social! Great Canadian Grid seeks funds to reopen

2020 #VWEDU: Volunteer Virtual Classroom Speaker. A potential use for virtual worlds? Let's think about it.

Volunteer Virtual Classroom Speaker.  
A potential use for virtual worlds?   
Let's think about it.

One company is offering to match the experience of virtual visitors with the needs of classes.  

The Empty Classroom

If they must be in a classroom

• Virtual visits to classrooms? 
• Already on offer from Nepris
• Not via virtual worlds, but online by camera.
• With all the advantages of online.  
• "Without leaving your home or office, you can connect with students..."
• For professionals
• For educators

2020 #DTA: #VWEDU: WRITE: Would you use a virtual world to teach creative writing? Imaginary worlds are another kind of virtual worlds.

Would you use a virtual world to teach creative writing? 
Imaginary worlds are another kind of virtual worlds.

Suggestions about how to use virtual world resources to teach creative writing: Writing in the scene, working together apart, scenes as prompts. role-play, cold reads.

• Indeed, all virtual worlds were initially imagined.
• One reason we like virtual worlds is that we can create the worlds we imagine.
• And we can share that imagined world with others.
• Articles in this blog about writing

How would a DTA use virtual worlds to teach creative writing?

• DTA=Digital Teaching Assistant
• Manage brainstorming sessions:
• DTA can guide ideation sessions. Group ideation: "Brainstorming"
• Maintain an organized collection of prompts and scenes.
• Present scenes and writing prompts as directed by the teacher
• Provide entry fields with writing prompts for "write on site" exercises.
• Collect exercise products and deliver them to the teacher with grammar checked.
• File exercise products in word processor form.
• Manage cold reads by the writing group.
• Manage group role-play
• Provide promotion prompts at the teacher's direction.
• DTA can guide ideation sessions. Group ideation: "Brainstorming"

• update 1/9/2020 Brand New Grid: Rêves Fantastiques GridList becomes social! Great Canadian Grid seeks funds to reopen Kitely Market Passes $100,000 in Sales.

2020 ART: #VWEDU: Nuna art gallery in OpenSim, 3rd rock grid. A great addition to art and education in virtual worlds (Part 1)

Nuna art gallery in OpenSim, 3rd rock grid.  
A great addition to art and education in virtual worlds
(Part 1)

An extensive and well-curated art museum in OpenSim, organized to fit art education and with informative content nearby.  This article introduces the gallery and tells about art reproductions and copyright.  Subsequent articles will deal with exhibits and themes.

The Nuna Gallery

• Nuna Virtual Art Gallery
• Facebook connection
• How the Nuna Gallery came to be

Go there

• Hypergrid address:
• grid.3rdrockgrid.com:8002:The Nuna Gallery
• Firestorm hop 
• hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/The Nuna Gallery/375/459/141
• Travel tips for the Hypergrid. A DTA content page
• Ingrid (within a grid) Travel tips for OpenSimulator . A DTA content page

• Update 1/2/20: GridList become social! Great Canadian Grid seeks funds to reopen. Kitely Market Passes $100,000 in Sales. AVsitter is now open-source!