Conference organizers expect the OpenSimulator Community Conference 2014 to be
a sell out event this year. The conference will be held on November 8-9,
2014 on an OpenSimulator grid designed specifically for the event, and focuses
on the developer and user community creating the OpenSimulator software.
“Registration has been
brisk this year,” said conference organizer Chris Collins. “We have fewer
than 100 general admission tickets remaining and they seem to be going
quickly.”
High Profile Keynote
Speakers
The conference features
several high profile keynote speakers this year, including Philip Rosedale, CEO
of High Fidelity, who will speak about the future of the Metaverse, and Steve
LaValle from Oculus Rift, who will discuss the Oculus team’s race to deliver
consumer grade virtual reality for mainstream adoption.
In addition, a keynote
panel of core OpenSimulator developers will discuss the future of the platform,
including the
Hypergrid, content licensing and permissions, scalability, and project
maturity. Keynote panelists include Justin Clark-Case, Crista Lopes, Mic Bowman, Oren Hurvitz,
Michael Cerquoni, and Melanie Milland.
Volunteers, Content
Donations Still Needed
Conference organizers
have also asked members of the OpenSimulator community to consider volunteering
for the conference or making donations of content to help showcase the features
and possibilities of the OpenSimulator platform.
“We still need
volunteers to help with audience assistance and greeting, so we encourage
experienced OpenSimulator users to sign up to be a volunteer,” said Collins.
“We also hope to give people more avatar choices this year, so we
appreciate donations of avatar components or other content that can be shared
with conference attendees.”
New Learning Lab Track
Gives Hands-On Experience
The Learning Lab track
is a new addition to the conference schedule this year, featuring hands-on
learning sessions to help content developers, teachers, and others learn how to
design and create engaging content in the OpenSimulator platform.
Topics in the Learning
Lab include developing interactive fiction and gamification components for
community building, importing and exporting content from other platforms, and
using OpenSimulator for K-12 education.
“The conference is a
great introduction to OpenSimulator for those who aren’t familiar with it,”
said Collins, “and we hope experienced OpenSimulator users will come away with
new tools and practical knowledge to continue to grow the platform.”
Registration for the
virtual OpenSimulator Community Conference is free and open to the
public. The conference will also be livestreamed through UStream.
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INFORMATION:
OpenSimulator is an open-source platform that supports the
creation of collaborative, immersive, distributed and social 3D virtual
environments over the Internet. OpenSimulator software is now the basis for the
emerging metaverse of many “grids” or worlds of varying sizes and purposes.
http://opensimulator.org
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With the advent of Next Generation Second Life, or like citizens call it "SL2", this conference becomes extremely interesting. If LL abandons SL in the next years, can anyone in opensims continue it? especially with development and maintenance hassles, what about cost sustainability? - I hope they report extensively on this- Cheers and good luck.
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