Virtual Outworlding

Wednesday, September 21, 2022

2022 The old metaverse: Kitely 14th birthday party. Yeah, that's a surprise to those who think the metaverse is just starting. But not to us who hold parties there.

The old metaverse: Kitely 14th birthday party.

Yeah, that's a surprise to those who think the metaverse is just starting.

But not to us who hold parties there.

Parties in the metaverse? Maybe not in those new parts that are just getting started. People may not know each other. But we know each other in Kitely and Second Life

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Kitely 14th birthday party
Kitely is a commercial grid using OpenSimulator and the hypergrid
Articles in this blog about Kitely

2022 Educational metaverse: 14 Reasons Why Virtual Worlds are still better [for education] than Social VR Worlds. A presentation and discussion.

Educational metaverse:

14 Reasons Why Virtual Worlds are still better

[for education] than Social VR Worlds.

A presentation and discussion.

Virtual worlds (able to run on a flat screen) have lower costs and more developmental experience than VR (using a stereo headpiece). It may be VR for games and virtual worlds for education.

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14 Reasons Why Virtual Worlds are still better than Social VR Worlds
Presentation made at Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education2022
Speaker: Amvans lapis

A year ago, VCARA started the VR Exploder’s Club wherein educators meet up once a month to determine whether and/or which Social VR Worlds we should establish a presence thereon after exploring different platforms together. Whether we used VR headsets or desktop versions of these platforms, we looked at criteria such as learning curve, real-time communication, interaction capabilities, and more. I will describe specific issues that have been resolved in VWs that still need attention in VR.

Presentation ends at 40 minutes
Discussion follows
VCARA Videos

2022 Time travel in the metaverse: Singapore 1825: a historical simulation in Kitely. A different kind of inquiry-based learning.

Time travel in the metaverse:

Singapore 1825: a historical simulation in Kitely.

A different kind of inquiry-based learning.

Travel back to history. We can't do it. But we can simulate it.

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ACRL VWIG Tours Singapore 1825: an historical simulation in Kitely

Thoughts about Looking for Mr Gelam, a short film An invited article by Chris Mooney-Singh. Immersive learning as time travel.
Looking for Mr Gelam by Word Forward. Beach Road at Kampong Gelam, the Malay heritage quarter of Singapore. On the Virtual Beach.
Era of the entrepreneurial educator. The unbundling of education opens the gate for entrepreneurs.

2022 Metaverse education: Caltech Talk on: Online Education and Virtual Worlds. Curious George/ aka George Djorgovsk

Metaverse education:

Caltech Talk on:

Online Education and Virtual Worlds.

Curious George/ aka George Djorgovsk

Lecture on online education and the role of virtual worlds. Done in a virtual world.

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VWEC Expert Series with George Djorgovski (Curious George)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QftYCMRGEbM
George is Prof. of Astronomy and Data Science, and Director of the Center for Data-Driven Discovery, Caltech
and Former Director of the Meta Institute for Computational Astrophysics (MICA)
Virtual worlds for education
Lecture runs to 45:30 Q&A follows
You don't have to watch it all at once. Watch a few minutes at a time,

2022 Educational events in the metaverse. Lots of people here. But we only gather for events. We use VWEC Calendars to find events

Educational events in the metaverse.

Lots of people here.

But we only gather for events.

We use VWEC Calendars to find events

Nobody in the metaverse? Yes, for those people who don't know how to look. But we early adopters know otherwise.

Teaching and Learning in Virtual Worlds
VWEC Calendars
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