Wednesday, April 6, 2016

2016 NEW: HG: Hello world! I'm NubieTubie, and I'm here to rescue you. From the flat world, that is. HGProjects

Hello world!  I'm NubieTubie, 
and I'm here to rescue you.  
From the flat world, that is. 
Updated 6/8/2016
Introducing Nubie Tubie, a fictional character brought to life to represent new people coming into virtual worlds as beginners--Newbies.  The inworld adventures of Newbie are intended to show the world the beginners experience and perhaps to suggest ways to make that experience easier.    
  • What is the flat world, you ask.
  • It is the world you are looking at right now.  
  • The world of the flat screen.  
  • There is another world on the internet, one where I can walk around. 
  • Where I can go places, chat with friends, make friends, listen to music.
  • Where I can build things out of nothing and store things in the cloud.
  • Where I can find people that share my interests.  
  • Where I can work with people that like the same things I do. 
  • Where I can--But wait!  I don't know what I can do.  I must go there to find out.
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Tuesday, April 5, 2016

2016 HG: NEW: Community-based entry: Welcome paths for community seekers in OpenSim. HGProject

Community-based entry to virtual worlds:  
Welcome path for community seekers
Updated 7/2/2016
Communities in some OpenSim virtual worlds can bring new people directly into their their places. They can provide entry instruction specifically suited to bring people into the community.  They can bring people into a place that gives an immediate introduction to the activities of the community, provides them with suitable avatar and equipment and arranges for prompt contact with group members.  
  • Don't count on people coming into HG because they want to be in a virtual world.  
  • Most of us are here because of what we can do in virtual worlds.
  • Much of the doing depends on other people.  
  • We are here because of our communities.
  • In OpenSim, communities can take charge of their own entry path.
  • In social media, OpenSim communities can do their own marketing. 
  • In Google groups, OpenSim communities can communicate.
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  • So imagine your community promoting its offerings to the public.
  • Avatar Repertory Theater starts community promotion. HG projects
  • The promotion comes from feeder sites that link to your website.
  • There they see how to get into your virtual world.
  • With instructions that bring them into your community place.
  • And in your place you have set up a welcome site.
  • A site specifically designed for entry into your community.
  • With free avatars suited to your community.
  • With instruction on skills used in your community. 
  • With an invitation to join the community inworld group.  
  • In that group they can introduce themselves in IM.
  • They can maybe start a conversation with others online at the time.
  • You don't have to imagine.  You can visit.
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Three Cubed Poetry Workshop-Tue 4/5, 7pm SLT 

The Short Poetry Workshop this week will present a challenge for those who hate numbers as Frederique Eilish McMillan guest hosts for the Three Cubed poetry form. It is based on a variation of the Triad poetry form but with a more daunting set of rules.

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        Monday, April 4, 2016

        2016 BIZ: HELP: EDU: Portable places, buildings in a box, layouts as you like them. Rezzers, Holodecks, Holoscenes, Rezmela™

        Portable places, buildings in a box.  
        Rezzers, Holodecks, Holoscenes, Rezmela™
        OARS are files downloaded from your sim that you can reload as a sim any grid that allows uploading of OARS.   Rezzers go a step further, letting you package a sim in a box.  Holodecks go still further, letting you package a large number of sim-sized builds and rez any one on selection.  Rezmela™ goes still further, letting you select objects from a library and place them in the scene, thus designing the layout of the scene.

        • Real time, 5 minutes
        • This video clip shows the creation of an immersive virtual exercise 
        • using an application running in the OpenSim environment. 
        • You may want to get the native English speaker
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        • Build once, rez anywhere (in Hypergrid).
        • Sell on Kitely market.
        • Great for self-destruct builds that recreate for the next user.

        Where would you use these?

        • Architecture
        • Game design
        • Educational build
        • LIbrary layout
        • Museum design
        • Office layout
        • House design
        • Store layout
        • Mall layout
        • Dance venues
        • 3D maps
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              Sunday, April 3, 2016

              2016 EDU: STAGE: Anton Chekov and the Theater of the Absurd

              Anton Chekov and the Theater of the Absurd
              The theater of the absurd originated in the late 1950's, about dozen years after World War II ended or at least morphed into the cold war.  It was and is an inquiry into the meaning of life.  Not a quest for the meaning, but  an inquiry into what we can do if we don't find it, thus related to existentialism.  Here Seanchai Library and the Tacoma Arts Commission team up to present a theatrical event that would have been absurd in the 1950's a presentation of a modern play in Tacoma, integrated with a virtual world build of world wide reach.
              • EXPLORE can be found on the Open Metaverse at 
              • grid.kitely.com:8002:EXPLORESeanchai
              • Ten public performances, beginning April 8 and closing April 24, 2016
              • Web site:  EXPLORE Anton Chekhov and the Absurd
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                    Saturday, April 2, 2016

                    2016 EDU: Children's reading in the age of technology.

                    Children's reading in the age of technology.
                    As digital media play an ever larger role in children’s lives, how do we develop creative approaches to learning and literacy that capitalize on the benefits of technology, yet remain human-centered and inclusive?

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                          Friday, April 1, 2016

                          2016 EDU: PROMO: Calendar for educators in the metaverse: Second Life, Hypergrid, OpenSim

                          Calendar for educators in the metaverse:  
                          Second Life, Hypergrid, OpenSim 
                          The metaverse (of the virtual worlds) is spread all over the world.  If you want to know what is going on, you need a calendar.  Here is a calendar for educators of the Metaverse.

                          Note that times are Pacific time, 
                          standard or daylight as current in San Francisco.
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                                Wednesday, March 30, 2016

                                2016 VIDEO: BIZ: Video Editor agreement template -- by New Media Arts

                                Video Editor agreement template -- by New Media Arts
                                New Media Arts has prepared some templates that we use to record formal agreements between New Media Arts and skilled contractors that we pay to perform certain services in support of our projects.  From time to time we will publish some of these as templates so that others may use them in making similar agreements.  We believe that we have covered every item that needs to be covered in connection with each particular service, but we make no warranty of any kind.  Users are encouraged to get legal advice for matters that involve substantial amounts of money.  
                                New Media Arts

                                Letter of Agreement - Video Editor
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                                Tuesday, March 29, 2016

                                2016 BIZ: PROMO: VID: The secret world of the virtual. HGProject

                                The secret world of the virtual.   HGProject 
                                A marketing video summarizing some of the things we do in virtual worlds.  Recommended for people wondering about virtual worlds and people interested in marketing virtual worlds. 

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                                Tongue Twister Short Poetry Workshop-Tue, 3/29, 7pm SLT 


                                This week the Short Poetry Workshop features “Tongue Twister” poetry with guest host Arabella Nemeth. Tongue Twisters are designed to cause the speaker to have trouble pronouncing all the words correctly. Since it’s almost April Fools, let’s see how tongue twisted we can get Arabella.

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                                      Monday, March 28, 2016

                                      2016 ART: VIDEO: Art in virtual worlds is often in motion and usually in 3D. It takes a video to present it on the flat screen

                                      Art in virtual worlds is often in motion and usually in 3D. 
                                       It takes a video to present it on the flat screen
                                      A video of Rebecca Bashly's art build,  'Chronophobia'.  


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                                              Sunday, March 27, 2016

                                              2016 PEOPLE: NEW: Community-based welcome site.

                                              Community-based entry to virtual worlds:  
                                              Welcome site for community seekers
                                              Communities in OpenSim virtual worlds can bring new people directly into their their places. They can provide entry instruction specifically suited to bring people into the community.  They can bring people into a place that gives an immediate introduction to the activities of the community, provides them with suitable avatar and equipment and arranges for prompt contact with group members. Here we offer such a site for actors, writers, and people interested in video production.
                                              Cookie II Welcome Center
                                              • Don't count on people coming into HG because they want to be in a virtual world.  
                                              • Most of us are here because of what we can do in virtual worlds.
                                              • Much of the doing depends on other people.  
                                              • We are here because of our communities.
                                              • In OpenSim, communities can take charge of their own entry path.
                                              • In social media, OpenSim communities can do their own marketing. 
                                              • In Google groups, OpenSim communities can communicate.
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                                              • So imagine your community promoting its offerings to the public.
                                              • Avatar Repertory Theater starts community promotion. HG projects
                                              • It draws them to the community website, 
                                              • where they see how to get into a virtual world.
                                              • With instructions that bring them into the community place.
                                              • (They put the target location in the "Start at" box of the entry page.) 
                                              • And there, the community has set up a welcome site.
                                              • Cookie II bigger, better, beyonder. A 4X4 now, 16 old style sims
                                              • A site specifically designed for entry into this community.
                                              • With free avatars suited to this community.
                                              • With instruction on skills used in this community. 
                                              • With an invitation to join the community inworld group.  
                                              • In that group they can introduce themselves in IM.
                                              • They can maybe start a conversation with others online at the time.
                                              • You don't have to imagine.  You can visit.

                                              Community-based welcome steps

                                              • Promoted web site: New Media Arts
                                              • Entry instruction on web site (TBD, April)
                                              • Inworld welcome region, Cookie II (ready for use)
                                              • HG address: grid.kitely.com:8002:Cookie II
                                              • Put HG address in world map next to Find.  Click Find, TP
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