Short fiction by Selby Evans
Here is a historical museum of a bit of art, history, and architecture. Virtual worlds can house an unlimited number of museums. Even outdoor museums depicting the world they tell about. Architecture you can walk through. Dinosaurs that walk past you. Geology you can walk into. Dioramas you can walk around in.
Just when you thought you were doing in right, you were missing something important. Coloring inside the lines is neat and pleases the teacher. It is great for duplicates, but not for originality.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
