Today we took a Hypergrid jump tour from jokaydiaGRID to NewWorldGrid.
We visited a historical recreation of Mount Grace Priory in England.
Read on for a full transcript and photos of our excursion.
As of October 27th, I have joined the fantastic team at ReactionGrid.
My new role is Director of Community Development.
Read on for some of my thoughts on where I’ve been, where I’m going, and what brought me to make this new career jump.
Today we took a Hypergrid jump tour from jokaydiaGRID to FrancoGrid.
We attended an amazing mixed-reality live Opera on FrancoGrid.
Read on for a full transcript and photos of this beautiful event.
Today we took a Hypergrid jump from jokaydiaGRID to ReactionGrid.
We visited PESD Island, a place where teens learn about history and art. It’s a great example of how to cultivate collaborative learning.
Read on for a full transcript and photos of our journey!
Cubey Terra recently wrote a bittersweet short story called “The Oldbie.” If you’ve ever used Second Life, you should read it.
It inspired me. So I’ve written a similar story. A story about virtual worlds and the future.
It’s called “Jetpack.” This one’s for you, Cubey.
From the movie Time Bandits:
“You see, to be quite frank, the fabric of the universe is far from perfect. It was a bit of botched job, you see. We only had seven days to make it.
And that’s where this comes in. This is the only map of all the holes. Well, why repair them? Why not use them to get stinking rich?”
Or, you could use them to build a foundation for the future of Virtual Worlds.
Most people deeply involved in Virtual Worlds, from researchers to developers to enthusiastic users, have read Neal Stephenson’s novel “Snow Crash.”
In it, Stephenson coins the term “Metaverse.” He describes it as a perceptually immersive successor to the Internet, populated by avatars interacting with each other in a collaboratively created virtual space.
If you’ve read it, you probably remember the Metaverse with its cool motorcycles, thrilling swordfights between avatars in The Black Sun, and the endless glittering stretch of The Street.
Seductive stuff, yes?
But I bet most of you don’t remember something mentioned in the novel. And I can sum it up in a simple question:
Be Cunning and Full of Tricks 