Wolf Grid is an OpenSim World With AI Integration and Other Innovations
Seems this virtual world is only 3 years old, but it already has a landmass larger than Second Life’s. The reason could also be that land is cheaper than Second Life and there is the assistance of AI for generating the landscapes versus Second Life ...continues
To celebrate the release of the Lucasfilm's Habitat beta footage coming soon, here's some screenshots of stuff that haven't been seen for 36 years.
These were on the end of the tape containing in-game newspapers and weren't part of the original transfer.
Here you see QLink explaining that they were closing Habitat down and thanking everyone. New info here is that they claimed it'd only be closed for a month. It was a year!
We're opening up the Club Caribe restoration project to everyone and we need your help!
It's been 30 years since the service shut down, but we have images + footage of almost 300 unique rooms or regions that can be rebuilt in the browser using a simple tool @SpindleyQ
created.
It's never been more viable to rebuild this pioneering world than today.
Connecting the hatchery where new avatars arrived in Club Caribe up to the rest of the world is going great! Almost at the point of being able to connect up these new areas to the areas I recreated 6 years ago and then we will have ourselves a party.
Here’s how the new Avatar region flow looks currently
Jan., 26, 2024 - Was delighted to present at the Virtual Worlds Education Consortium - VWEC Expert Series Panel via my Second Life avatar, "SarVana Haalan". The presentation, "Using Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Education in 3D Immersive Virtual Worlds" allowed me to share information and experiences as related to the educational use of GenAI in 3D immersive virtual worlds.
Video: https://lnkd.in/ePiu2Mex
First round ends January 24, 2024 to decide on a theme for OSFest 2024 happening from Oct 4 thru Oct 20, 2024. Not on discord? vote by email to opensimfest@gmail.com
Join @Bogusmeatfactory in NeoHabitat on Friday, January 5th from 7pm EST to 11:45pm EST for a fun time! Here’s the event schedule. I hope to see a bunch of you there, even if you never played Habitat in the past. It’s a lot of fun with people.
@SpindleyQ made a Lucasfilm’s Habitat tool to convert artwork from the games original compiled binary files from the source, into bitmaps you can view in a browser.
I posted about the EC Habitats hack day when it was announced but I wrote an article about it to provide context to what it actually is and how it helped inspire modern programming concepts like webapps and promises/futures.
As I hope you've already discovered, the Fediverse is nothing like Twitter/𝕏. There is no algorithm automatically forwarding your posts to those who might be interested in them. Also, even though Mastodon has introduced full-text search, it's only slowly picking up.
Instead, the key to post visibility and discoverability is using hashtags.
If you're using OpenSim, and you aren't sure what to tag, here are some recommendations. If I mention a tag explicitly, it most likely already exists.
First of all, of course, #OpenSimulator and #OpenSim. You may use either, but I recommend using both.
Then there's #Metaverse. The OpenSim community has used that word for some 15 years already. Besides, it helps demonstrate three things to those who search for it. One, "The Metaverse" isn't dead. Two, it wasn't invented by Zuckerberg either. Three, it can be done and has been done without a blockchain, a cryptocurrency and NFTs. (If you want to write about Zuck's worlds, use #Horizons or specifically #HorizonWorlds instead.)
I myself also use #VirtualWorlds, and so do some Second Life and OpenSim users.
If you write about a grid or mention it sufficiently, tag it. #OSgrid, #Kitely, #3rdRockGrid, #Groovyverse, #CraftWorld, #Bridgemere, #DorenasWorld, #Dereos, #ArtDestiny, #DiscoveryGrid, #BarefootDreamers, #Neverworld, #Astralia, #AviWorlds, #EtheriaGrid, #TheGridThatShallNotBeNamed (you know which one I mean) etc. This should include dead grids such as #Metropolis.
Sometimes things might get complicated, for example if there's a popular abbreviation or acronym for a grid. In that case, feel free to tag e.g. both #AlternateMetaverse and #AMV or both #GreatCanadianGrid and #GCG. It really only gets complicated with #WolfTerritories, #WolfTerritoriesGrid, #WTGrid and #WolfGrid, all four of which have been used by Lone Wolf himself.
In addition, if you actually write about a grid, you might want to use #Grid. Not so much for fleeting mentions.
Of course, #Hypergrid if you mention that.
Events usually come with their own official suggestions for social media hashtags. This year, for example, we've already had #OSG16B for OSgrid's 16th birthday, #OSFest2023 for OpenSimFest (#OpenSimFest or #OSFest) and #HIE2023 for the Hypergrid International Expo (#HypergridInternationalExpo, #HIE or #HIEOpenSim). The OpenSimulator Community Conference is always shortened to #OSCC, and the year is always two-digit, e.g. #OSCC23. And let's not forget #CornflakesWeek.
Other things worth tagging include OpenSim's own mesh bodies: #RuthAndRoth for the whole project, #Ruth2 and #Roth2. #RuthToo and #RothToo or even #RuthTooRC3 and #RothTooRC1. #LuvMyBod. #Max, #Maxine and #Maxwell.
Some more examples for OpenSim-related tags I've used before: #OAR, #HGSafari, #MadeInOpenSim, #ArcadiaAsylum, #LbsaPlaza, #WrightPlaza, #EventPlaza, #Clutterfly, #OpenSimWorld, #BakesOnMesh (feel free to yoink this one, Second Life users), #FirestormViewer (ditto), #PBR (ditto), #LSL (ditto) and #OSSL, #ZHAO (ditto) and #khAOs, #SFposer, #DreamGrid, #Sim, #SimBuilding (good for talking about how a sim is built)... You could also reference what I call #TheGreatGridDyingOf2022.
More generally, there are tags such as #Avatar/#Avatars, #VirtualArchitecture, #VirtualTravel and #VirtualClothing/#VirtualFashion. And if it's related to education, #VirtualWorldsEducation would be the tag.
🏗️ #ClimateDiary I walk around the #Hypergrid and #Opensim a lot. Nowhere I find a reflection about the #climatecrisis we are in. Why is that? Does anyone of you know a grid, which reflects where we stand with regards to survival of wo-mankind on this planet? This reflection came up topday, when I visited regions which were built for "recreation", kind of lovable nature resorts. Is that all what #virtualworlds are able to contribute?
Fascinating. I was driving my daughter to an appointment right now and heard an ad on a commercial RADIO station for a concert/event TODAY at 3pm ET with Ed Sheeren happening at the "State Farm park" (or something like that) INSIDE OF FORTNITE!
Radio being used to advertise a event... in a virtual world!
It makes total sense - I just personally had not heard an ad like that.
Happy September! September celebrates Self-Care Awareness. 🌿 Dive into these serene Second Life destinations, offering meditation spaces, reflection corners, supportive communities, and more. Take a moment, find your oasis. ✨🧘♂️
The Virtual Worlds Massive Online Open Course is a month-long course on connecting online for collaborative learning and teaching through Second Life and other virtual spaces. The event runs from September 1st through 30th with the theme “Connecting in Virtual Worlds. Communities of Practice”
#EU#EC#Web4#Metaverse#VirtualWorlds: "Today, the Commission has adopted a new strategy on Web 4.0 and virtual worlds to steer the next technological transition and ensure an open, secure, trustworthy, fair and inclusive digital environment for EU citizens, businesses and public administrations.
The internet is evolving at an extremely fast pace. Beyond the currently developing third generation of the internet, Web 3.0, whose main features are openness, decentralisation, and user full empowerment, the next generation, Web 4.0, will allow an integration between digital and real objects and environments, and enhanced interactions between humans and machines.
The outlook of the EU economy beyond 2030, published in March, highlights digitalisation as one of its key drivers and Web 4.0 as a major technological transition bringing a seamlessly interconnected, intelligent and immersive world. The global virtual worlds market size is estimated to grow from €27 billion in 2022 to over €800 billion by 2030.
Virtual worlds will impact the way people live together, bringing both opportunities and risks that need to be addressed. The new strategy aims for a Web 4.0 and virtual worlds reflecting EU values and principles, where people's rights fully apply and where European businesses can thrive."