2921 VW: 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.

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.

To get the feel for metaverse life you need to go to a platform where you can build.  If you don't know how to build you can find some freebies and put them out to suit you.   

• Watch on YouTube
• A sample of building in Second Life
• Yes, it was made and posted in 2006.
• Virtual worlds are a lot like the metaverse they are describing.
• Maybe it is déjà vu all over again.

Sandbox: the lowercase kind

• Not this: The Sandbox (Game)
• A sandbox (lowercase) means an area of a virtual world where people can build without owning land.  
• That works to let new people see if they like building without spending any money.
• It also lets content creators build in a grid without having to pay for land.
• How can I find sandboxes and freebies in the hypergrid worlds?

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

2022 VW: Disabilities are left behind in coming to the metaverse. Friends in your laptop. Less than a minute away, no matter where they are.

Disabilities are left behind in coming to the metaverse.   

Friends in your laptop.   

Less than a minute away, no matter where they are.

Mobility limited?  Travel problems?  Friends 1000 miles away?  Not in the metaverse. 

• Watch on YouTube

• This video includes an interview with Gentle Heron, President of Virtual Ability, Inc., describing what Second Life means to her and to others with disabilities.

Disabilities and virtual worlds

• VWBPE Interview with Alice Krueger: Virtual Ability, Inc. in virtual worlds. Differently abled, not disabled
• VWBPE Sponsors and Posters (4)
• Virtual Ability International Disability Rights Affirmation Conference 2013 "LET ME IN"
• International Disability Rights Affirmation Conference (IDRAC)
• Scholarly articles for Disabilities and virtual worlds
• Disabilities and virtual worlds (search),

2021 VW: Rivers run through the metaverse, too. Deer River, camp site, waterfall.

Rivers run through the metaverse, too.   

Deer River, camp site, waterfall.

Second Life Destinations: Deer River is a Fall themed destination celebrating the rich hues of Autumn. Visit the small fishing town, the campsite, enjoy a warm drink at the waterfall and ride Teegle horses around the region.

• Watch on YouTube
• Or visit the place in Second Life.

2021 New presentation formats for VWBPE: Tool Talks and poster presentations

New presentation formats for VWBPE:  

Tool Talks and poster presentations  

15TH ANNUAL VIRTUAL WORLDS BEST PRACTICES IN EDUCATION
MARCH 31 – APRIL 2, 2022
PHOENIX RISING

The VWBPE Conference is a completely virtual conference that is conducted using simulated environments. Participants experience the conference through a virtual reality type setting including conference rooms, theatres, exposition halls, meeting spaces, and other types of venues similar to a brick and mortar type conference.

The conference is free to attend. The cost of the conference is covered by sponsorship and donations.

• Watch on YouTube
• West Side Story--Promotional video made in Second Life
  
• From VWBPE 2021

New Formats

Tool Talks

The big ideas are often shared at conferences, but what about those “little” things that you cannot do without in your practice – be it a tool, technique, or technology? Share a short and engaging demonstration showing us why this idea is not to be missed (Max 20 minutes). Rezzed examples and handouts are encouraged.

Poster Presentations: 

Share your research in our new Posters venue, with opportunities for both asynchronous exploration and scheduled synchronous presentation times during the conference. In addition to their poster, presenters are encouraged to provide a short video overview of their work to be shown at their poster booth. Students are strongly encouraged to share their current work with a poster presentation.

Presentation Proposals are welcomed from all subject areas and virtual environments that support teaching and learning. Whether you work at the elementary, secondary, or post-secondary levels, or support community based programs – we want to hear from you!

2922 Metaverse: Don't just own land. Own your own grid. And have it on your computer. In your possession.

Metaverse: Don't just own land.  

Own your own grid.  

And have it on your computer.  

In your possession.

Dreamgrid lets you run a OpenSimulator on your own PC without tending to a lot of tech details.  

• Watch on YouTube
• Dreamgrid has been installed thousands of times for both home computers and datacenters around the world. 
• Modules for Gloebits, Tides, Partners and Auto-Reboot, Search, Events, Classifieds,
• And how features such as the Auto-Updating Teleporter work. 
• Presentation includes his road map of future development possibilities.
• Dreamgrid – Outworldz Dreamworld – OpenSimulator
• Possession is nine tenths of the law

Dreamgrid uses OpenSimulator 

• OpenSimulator is as decentralized as you can get.
• Open source -- the software is available to the public.
• You can get a copy and create a grid on your own computer.
• And many of these grids are interconnected by hypergrid.

2021 EV How to find events in the metaverse. Twitter may do as the universal contact. Communities are the key.

How to find events in the metaverse.  

Twitter may do as the universal contact.  

Communities are the key.

The metaverse is made of communities.  The tech is just a tool for brining people together.

• Watch on YouTube
• Connecting Up: Communities in the Future - Virtual Worlds
• After the break:
• Twitter links to selected metaverse organizations
• Communities
• Specific organizations
• Broad metaverse/virtual worlds

2021 Metaverse meet hypergrid. Hypergrid is a mini-metaverse for interconnection. It connects the independent grids of OpenSim

Metaverse meet hypergrid.   

Hypergrid is a mini-metaverse for interconnection. 

It connects the independent grids of OpenSim

A trip on the hypergrid to the OSCC. New people finding out about the metaverse need to know about the hypergrid.

• Watch on YouTube
• From Kitely
• https://www.kitely.com/
• To OpenSimulator Community Conference:
• https://virtualoutworlding.blogspot.com/2021/12/2021-vw-metaverse-conference.html

Hypergrid 

• https://virtualoutworlding.blogspot.com/2014/05/2014-vw-opensim-hypergrid-summary.html
• http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Hypergrid
• Hypergrid is a set of protocols that provide interconnections across OpenSimulator grids.

Protocols 

• https://www.comptia.org/content/guides/what-is-a-network-protocol

OpenSimulator 

• http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Main_Page
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenSimulator
• OpenSimulator is open source (free) software that creates virtual worlds.  
• People can run it on their own computers.  
• Commercial operators run it on servers and lease out land at low cost.  

What can we do on the hypergrid?

• Avatars can travel to other grids if they have the address.
• User puts the address in the world map, clicks find, then teleport.
• Avatar has suitcase, can put exportable items in it.  
• Suitcase objects are available at the destination grid.
• Users can add people on other grids to their contacts list.
• Users can send IMs to people on their contact list regardless of grid.

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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202`AET: Gallery in the metaverse. Where artists can display and sell their work. In the metaverse, the world can see your work.

Gallery in the metaverse.  

Where artists can display and sell their work.  

In the metaverse, the world can see your work.

The metaverse can become a new outlet for the work of artists.  Galleries in a laptop.  Open 24/7.  Meet your friends or fans there any time. 

• Watch on YouTube

Selling art in the metaverse

• NFT
• The non-fungible token (NFT) is the basis for selling digital are online.
• Physical art objects can also be sold online for delivery by carriers such as UPS.
• Digital sculptures can be printed in 3D and cast in bronze:
• Shattered, virtual sculpture in real bronze: The art of Toysoldier Thor
• After the break: related articles.

2021 BIZ: STAGE: Model Letter of Agreement - Virtual World Actor

Model Letter of Agreement - Virtual World Actor

New Media Arts has developed a model letter of agreement for the employment of actors in virtual worlds.  It is reproduced below.  Anyone is licensed to use it but it should credit New Media Arts.   

• In the document below, blank spaces or multiple question marks indicate an item that is to be filled in by the producing entity or by the actor.  
• For work that is to be captured on video, volunteers should also sign a letter of agreement granting reproduction and distribution rights to the producing entity.