Sam is early American West small town. You'll find a lumber mill, saloon, chapel and wonderfully detailed mercantile store. Outside of town is a Native American teepee village. Walking around here gives a truly immersive sense of the time period. The world builder, Sam Wyatt, invites folks to come look around, hang out, and play. You can use a house or teepee by rezzing … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2016
Nonprofit to promote Opensim development
New Media Arts, a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit in the U.S. has announced plans to do what it can to support and stimulate Opensim development. As an unfunded opensource project, Opensim has long depended on the volunteer efforts of developers. While these developers have been quite skilled and generous, the lack of a direction or roadmap or even a general sense of what people … [Read more...]
Insights from virtual ancient spaces
Liz Falconer's Virtual Avebury project is a highlight of Week 1 of History Month in Kitely. Avebury is near the famous Stonehenge site but is much larger. In this blog post, Liz notes some affordances of a virtual recreation of an ancient site. By creating the site without the modern roads and buildings, the original arrangement of the stones can be more easily analyzed. … [Read more...]
History Month Week 2 – Medieval
History Month was originally going to be called Medieval Month. The time period from the fall of the Romans to early Renaissance is a popular one in virtual worlds. Perhaps the popularity of this era has to do with the many books, movies, and video games that are at least loosely medieval-inspired. Maybe the popularity of everything Medieval has something to do with the … [Read more...]
History Month Events
The irrepressible Freda Frostbite is organizing a series of events to correspond with each week's theme during History Month. This list is subject to change. All times are Pacific Standard time. Events Aug 6 -- 4:00 PM, Aliens, Eden and Eridu: A History of One Civilization. (First City Eridu) Aug 7 -- 9 AM, Ghaelen Dlareh Speaks About Sacred Music: Late Ancient to High … [Read more...]
History Month Begins
History Month on Kitely is underway! The era for Week 1 is "Big bang thru 500 CE." Events this week include these presentations: 8/6 -- 4:00 PM PT, Aliens, Eden and Eridu: A History of One Civilization. (First City Eridu) 8/07 -- 10:30 AM PT, Ravyn Reads From Canterbury Tales (RISA IV) 8/07 -- 12:00 PM PT, Several Millenia of Poetry In Under An Hour (History Hub) 8/07 … [Read more...]