July 23, 2008 7:00 PM. 42 attended.
7/23/08 Metaverse Meetup: OpenSim and virtual worlds interoperability
Global Kids (map)
Hello avatars,
We are very excited to announce our next Metaverse Meetup!
As many of you may already know, IBM and Linden Labs recently announced a historic breakthrough in virtual worlds: "...research teams from the two companies successfully teleported avatars from the Second Life Preview Grid into a virtual world running on an OpenSim server, marking the first time an avatar has moved from one virtual world to another".
The topic for this Metaverse Meetup will be OpenSim and virtual worlds interoperability and we are very fortunate to be featuring leading pioneers of OpenSim as presenters: David Levine of IBM Research (Zha Ewry in SL) and Adam Frisby of DeepThink Labs (Adam Zaius in SL). Other members of OpenSim have also been invited to take part and Tish Shute, who writes about OpenSim on her blog Ugotrade, will serve as a guest moderator.
More info about OpenSim and the interoperability announcement:
http://opensimulator....
http://zhaewry.wordpr...
http://www.ugotrade.c...
This Metaverse Meetup will be an excellent not-to-be-missed opportunity to learn more about OpenSim directly from its most influential developers and discuss with fellow Metaverse Meetuppers how all this may affect the future of virtual worlds. We invite you to come and participate.
Special thanks to to Tish Shute who has been kindly assisting in organizing the speakers and to Global Kids for so generously hosting us in their space. Global Kids' RezEd.org is a new hub for learning and virtual worlds so be sure to check them out.
Hope to see you all next Wednesday!
Best,
Annie Ok
Co-Organizer of Metaverse Meetup
P.S. Global Kids have graciously offered to allow our members to bring snacks and beverages with them if they wish. Please respect our lovely hosts and keep the mess to a minimum.
Also, a reminder that this Saturday, July 19th, is the final day of the "Tourists and Travelers" exhibition at Eyebeam, featuring Taeyoon Choi's "Camerautomata Charlie: Image Digesting Robotic Duck" that travels around NYC, shooting and printing pictures of tourists; and Joseph DeLappe's "The Salt Satyagraha Online— Gandhi’s Salt March in Second Life", work derived from his 240 mile walk on a treadmill and in cyberspace.
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ann
Hi, I will be there in RL, and also as Annabelle Fanshaw, to cover this event for my blog- www.travelswithchip.blogspot.com
So please come by and introduce yourself, especialy if you are in Second Life- See you all tonight- AnnPosted July 23, 2008 at 12:13 PM -
A former member
Thanks to Tish and Annie for organizing this event! I had heard of OpenSim, but had no idea how far along it was.
Good to see everyone, there!
Posted July 24, 2008 at 1:08 PM -
Prokofy Neva
I tend to agree with Frank Dellario. Somehow, a happier medium has to be struck between the incredibly noisy and crowded and therefore unproductive Art Lounge place down on the Lower East Side, and an office conference room where constraints like no service of even coffee/soft drinks and having to quickly leave the room on a schedule, and sit in uncomfortable plastic chairs with air conditioning waning.
Posted July 25, 2008 at 12:40 AM -
Prokofy Neva
I realize meeting space is an expense. So, charge $10, these people can mainly afford it. Look for business sponsors. Find somebody's law firm that has catering built into their conference, pick the back room of the Afghan or Chinese restaurant that seats forty -- there are ways to get this done.
Posted July 25, 2008 at 12:40 AM -
A former member
Video of the full presentation:
http://www.vimeo.com/1417228
Photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/annieok/sets/721576063661913...Posted August 18, 2008 at 11:01 AM
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Juan RubioI thought that not being ready with the projector and the connection in SL was a distraction and that it took away from the effectiveness of the meeting. The speakers were also difficult to hear and sometimes their thoughts were not clear. However, I did enjoy speaking with some of the attendees. As is often the case, it is were the most interesting conversations take place, so creating a space for people to talk is essential. Refreshment would be a good thing to encourage such interaction.
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frank dellarioMore meetup and less lecture. What I like and what worked about meetups in the past, is the setup was for people to meet and mingle, and the host made sure to introduce people, no one was off on their own not knowing anyone. sitting and waiting half hour for a lecture to start in chairs, no fun. Better when the focus is on mingleing like in past, and then speaker would be introduced and their talk was more of added benifit to the meetup. This was like a panel at a conference, boring.
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Have real/virtual fun, all you avatars. Greetz from Germany! I'll try to make the next meetup.