2021 VW: Metaverse hubs to connect the metaverse. The focus is on shared interests, not tech. Because the metaverse is made of people.

Metaverse hubs to connect the metaverse.  

The focus is on shared interests, not tech.

Because the metaverse is made of people.

The metaverse needs hubs.  They would be the first step towards interconnection.  

• The First Metaverse will be a Central Social Hub
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What is a metaverse hub?

"The Metaverse is a collective virtual shared space, created by the convergence of virtually enhanced physical reality and physically persistent virtual space,^[1] including the sum of all virtual worlds, augmented reality, and the Internet."  Wikipedia

• "Persistent virtual space" has been around for years as virtual worlds.
• There are many virtual worlds and many, many active groups in these worlds.
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• Hub (Network): A hub is a network node with lots of links.
• A metaverse hub is a place in the metaverse with links to other parts of the metaverse.
• OpenSimulator and the hypergrid are an example of the developing metaverse.
• Hypergrid hub. (Spreadsheet--the flat web) Links to known grids.
• Grid is a common metaverse term for virtual worlds under one management.
• So hypergrid hub is a web page that connects OpenSimulator grids
• Community Virtual Library: Explore-SL Spreadsheet 
• This is a community hub with links to SL libraries, museums, exhibitions, tutorials, galleries, and more...
• Metaverse & NFT News & Media Network (LnkedIn)
  
• But why not a hub in the metaverse?  That's being set up in 3DWebWorldz.

2021 BIZ: EDU: RezMela's Panocube gives world-wide virtual tours in the metaverse. Exploration of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ryōanji. Distance is nothing to the metaverse.

RezMela's Panocube gives world-wide virtual tours in Kitely.  

Exploration of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ryōanji.  

Distance is nothing to the metaverse.

How your class can travel the world. The video captures a live unscripted session. Exploration of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ryōanji (1488) by Virtual World EdTech designers in Kitely

• Watch on YouTube
• Virtual worlds museums
• Ryōanji,The Temple of the Dragon at Peace is listed as UNESCO World Heritage site. 
• Virtual worlds museums
• RezMela products on Kitely Market
• More after the break

2021 VW: Metaverse conference: OpenSimulator Community Conference 2021 – December 11- 12, 2021. All on your computer, all in the metaverse.

Metaverse conference:  

OpenSimulator Community Conference 2021 – 

December 11- 12, 2021.  

All on your computer, all in the metaverse.

A conference on your computer.  That's the power of the metaverse.

• Watch on YouTube
• OpenSimulator Community Conference 2021
• https://conference.opensimulator.org/
• Schedule:
• https://conference.opensimulator.org/schedule/
• Register
• https://conference.opensimulator.org/register/
• Login
• https://conference.opensimulator.org/login-info/
• Hypergrid Address: 
• cc.opensimulator.org:8002/
• Put the HG address in the Find bar of the world map. click Find, TP.

Music in the metaverse. The walk-in web, No prep, impulse access. No cost. No dress code. Just come in your browser.

Music in the metaverse.  

The walk-in web,  No prep, impulse access.  

No cost.  No dress code.  

Just come in your browser.

Drop in for music with friends  No planning,  No registration.  No cost.  No dress code.  Just come in your browser.

• Watch on YouTube

• 3DWebWorldz music every Friday at 9 pm New York time.
• Go there:
• https://LiveMusic3D.com
• For upcoming events, hover the little red circle over the event schedule.
• Too go to an event, find the performer's panel, click Esc, then click on the panel.
• Performers have their own venues.  

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

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 BIZ: Fashion, marketing, and web-worlds. The Metaverse may be a fashion goldmine. Any entrepreneurs around?

Fashion, marketing, and web-worlds.  

The Metaverse may be a fashion goldmine.  

Any entrepreneurs around? 

Appearances are the main task of metaverse tech.  Fashion is made of appearances.  The two were made for each other.

• Watch on YouTube
• Why the Metaverse Is Fashion's Next Goldmine | The Business of Fashion Show
• Visit https://www.businessoffashion.com for fashion news

How would a person use it? 

• You can have an avatar that looks like you.
• You can dress it as you please (from home).
• You can put it in a replica of your living room.
• Or of any place you choose.
• You can invite friends and family to see it.
• They can talk with you about it: Approve or suggest changes
• If you like the result, you can order the outfit from an online retailer.

2021 TKR: Role playing and narrative-based learning. Therapy, Hobby, language learning. Social activity for online learning.

Role playing and narrative-based learning.  

Therapy, Hobby, language learning.  

Social activity for online learning 

Role-playing is one of the most powerful teaching strategies you can incorporate in your eLearning course.

• Watch on YouTube
• 5 Ways to use Role-Playing in eLearning
• Role playing therapy
• Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning (CITL)
• Role playing in learning (search)

Social skills are vitally important to success in life, but where do we find practice space for them? John Arcadian, a writer and publisher of tabletop role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragons, talks about the benefits that can be gained from playing out characters in Tabletop Role-playing Games.

2021 #VWEDU: DTA: Teaching online. Reinventing the teacher career. Lecturing is not teaching. Teaching is creating conditions in which students learn.

Teaching online.  Reinventing the teacher career.  

Teaching is creating conditions in which students learn.

Lecturing is not teaching.  

Online learning creates opportunities for online teachers especially those who can make effective use of modern technology.

• Watch on YouTube
• Advice for teachers preparing to teach online

Creating conditions in which students learn

• Yes, that is teaching.  It has several elements:
• Content delivery.
• Specifying the relevant skill.
• Evaluated practice in the relevant skill.
• Demonstration of achievement in the relevant skill. 
• Each of these is potentially marketable.
• The Ultimate Marketing Guide for Online Educational Companies

Who would be interested?

• Retiring teachers who don't want to retire mentally.
• Teachers wanting to break location limitations.
• Teachers wanting increased income.  
• Students preparing for a teaching career
• Schools offering online learning
• People in education management

2021 BIZ: VW: Ownership in the metaverse: your inventory. Where you keep what you own. Rezzing and editing your objects.

Ownership in the metaverse: your inventory.  

Where you keep what you own. 

Rezzing and editing your objects. 

The metaverse gets more like you place when you have your things there.  

• Watch on YouTub

• Ownership in the metaverse: your inventory.  
• Where you keep what you own. 
• Rezzing and editing your objects. 
• How this works without NFTs.
• Second Life   https://secondlife.com/
• Go there (in Second Life)
• http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cookie/141/209/21
• Second Life Marketplace

2021 VW: How to spot the fake stories about the metaverse. Those authored by hacks that just rewrite what others have written. Without doing any research themselves.

How to spot the fake stories about the metaverse.   

Those authored  by hacks who

just rewrite what others have written.  

Without doing any research themselves.

The people of the metaverse are really irritated by articles about the metaverse that show total ignorance about the history and current state of the metaverse.

• Watch on YouTube

The clues

• They write as if the metaverse lies in the future.
• (A little research would find  parts of the metaverse that have been around for years.)
• They start with the old Snow Crash story that popularized the name.
• (A little thought would tell them that virtual environments go back to movies, theaters, and oral stories.)
• They think the metaverse requires head-mounted displays.
• (Screen displays are widely used for current metaverse activity.)