news about the new home of #hgsafari and #HypergridInternationalExpo aka #HIE on this week's trip our in the #hyperverse https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/06/a-change-of-venue.html

This feels weird.

@Juno Rowland and I are at Wolem Wobbit's gig at HIE. But none of us is on stage with him, accompanying him on keys as usual.

Apparently, most of the audience has crashed recently. I suspect the lack of a backing band to be the reason.

#OpenSim #OpenSimulator #Metaverse #VirtualWorlds #VirtualEvent #HypergridInternationalExpo #HIE2024

You can try all you want to convince me that the Metaverse and 3-D virtual worlds are dead. Stillborn even.

Or that their time will come in the near future. As in they aren't there yet.

In the meantime, I'll spend a nice weekend at virtual events such as Hypergrid International Expo.

Thirza wrote the following post Fri, 19 Apr 2024 18:26:24 +0200
#HypergridIternationalExpo or #HIE begins with a party today, come explore the 100+ Expo booths and listen to some great music. Plan to attend the talks and amazing art show on Saturday and SUnday, and why not get inspired to participate next year!
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Thirza wrote the following post Fri, 19 Apr 2024 18:27:06 +0200 don't know about this multi language event? Here is our website! https://sites.google.com/view/hieopensim/home

I'd go to the opening events tonight, but they collide with my regular weekly virtual party. And I don't really want to log in two Jupiters on the same machine and attend two parties.

And I'm not even talking about the 80s roller party in Kitely yet that @Juno Rowland and I were invited to, and that she would probably enjoy more than I.

#OpenSim #OpenSimulator #Metaverse #VirtualWorlds #VirtualEvent #HypergridInternationalExpo #HIE2024

tl;dr: Next Hypergrid International Expo will be on Saturday, April 20th, and Sunday, April 21st. Same location, but new booths.

Yes, that's only a bit more than half a year after last time. But last time was about six years after the time before that.

Metaworld Opensim Social wrote the following post Wed, 10 Jan 2024 23:05:48 +0100 HIE OPENSIM: Next Expo!
https://hieopensim.blogspot.com/2024/01/next-expo.html

#OpenSim #OpenSimulator #Metaverse #VirtualWorlds #VirtualConference #VirtualPerformance #VirtualArt #HypergridInternationalExpo #HIE #HIE2024

Another article about the people involved in #HIE the #hypergridInternationalExpo - this time @NuriaVives aka Xirana Oximoxi https://hieopensim.blogspot.com/2023/11/xiranas-hie-adventure.html

#HIE the #hypergridinternationalexpo was last weekend in #opensim on #craftgrid. Missed the 3 day event? read about it here https://hieopensim.blogspot.com/ or watch it here https://www.youtube.com/@hieexpo

Here's a premiere: the first #FollowFriday for #OpenSimulator.

For those who don't know what I'm talking about: OpenSimulator, also called #OpenSim, is a free and #OpenSource platform for 3-D #VirtualWorlds that uses largely the same technology as #SecondLife. It was launched as early as 2007. It mostly became a network of #federated, interconnected worlds (#grids) when the #Hypergrid was introduced in 2008. And "#Metaverse" has been a part of the standard OpenSim vocabulary since before 2010, too.

It currently measures about 420 public grids at various sizes from tiny to slightly larger than Second Life itself and countless private grids, the vast majority of which are on the Hypergrid.

So without further ado, here are some suggestions:

• Shelenn Ayres
  #InfiniteMetaverseAlliance CEO. Co-organiser of the on-going #OpenSimFest #OSFest2023 that'll continue until the end of the month. Follow her now for the daily schedule. Also maybe your first #Friendica connection.
  → @Shelenn Ayres
  
• Mal Burns
  Creator and main host of #InworldReview, also creator of several other YouTube video series about virtual worlds. One of the organisers of #HypergridInternationalExpo which will return next month after six years.
  → Main account: @Mal Burns Main
  → OpenSim account: @Metaworld Opensim Social
  
• Thirza Ember
  Organiser of the weekly #HGSafari. One of the hosts of Inworld Review. Another one of the organisers of #HIE.
  → @Thirza
  
• Tosha Tyran
  One of the four founders and owners of #CraftWorld, one of the five oldest grids. Another one of the organisers of HIE.
  → @Tosha T.
  
• Kelso Uxlay
  Co-founder and co-owner of the #CreaNovale grid. Co-builder of the famous four-seasons varsim known as #Novale. And yet another one of the organisers of HIE.
  → @Kelso Uxlay
  
• Lone Wolf
  Founder and owner of the #WolfTerritoriesGrid, the second-largest OpenSim grid. Might be the single person who owns the most virtual land in the world, but he offers it for rent. Also founder and owner of the OpenSimSocial #Mastodon instance.
  → @Lone Wolf
  
• Hyacinth Jean
  Founder and owner of the #GroovyVerse grid and the GroovyToot Mastodon instance. Prolific #MeshBody maker; has forked Ruth 2.0 into #LuvMyBod and Diana and created her own private mesh body. Currently working on an alternative to #OpenSimWorld.
  → @Hyacinth 🏳️‍⚧️ ☮️
  
• vrsimility
  Working on an authentic, detailed recreation of 19th century #Liverpool in OpenSim.
  → @vrsimility
  
• OpenSimulator Community Conference
  The #OSCC is a yearly community event with a whole number of panels about OpenSim in particular and virtual worlds in general. Expect #OSCC23 to happen in December.
  → @OpenSim Community Conference
  
• Finally, the OpenSim community on #Lemmy
  Not a user for a change, but a place on Lemmy for OpenSim users/avatars to meet and discuss.
  → @OpenSim

#FOSS #FLOSS #Decentralized #Decentralization #Decentralised #Decentralisation #VirtualWorld #WolfTerritories #WolfGrid #Ruth2 #OSFest

The next rehearsal at HIE is coming up!
Join us from 12 noon SLT to practice your skills have fun and meet other performers.
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#HIE #HypergridInternationalExpo #CraftWorld

While going around #DorenasWorld and taking pictures for our #HypergridInternationalExpo booth, I came across something alarmingly dangerous.

A #lioness.

And a male lion.

And three cubs.



I regret nothing.

#OpenSim #OpenSimulator #Metaverse #VirtualWorlds #Löwin #Wildschwein #Wildschweine #WildPig #WildPigs #WildBoar #Meme #EyeContact #EC

#hie booths are popping up everywhere on the #hypergridinternationalexpo regions... just a gentle reminder to get yours done and dusted! read about it at #hieopensim blog
https://hieopensim.blogspot.com/2023/07/booth-fun-at-hie.html