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Celebrating 5 years in OpenSim

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2015 7:56 pm
by Dot Matrix
Looking at the dates of archived region files the other day made me realise that the 5th anniversary of Devokan moving from Second Life to OpenSimulator is rapidly approaching.

Time for Devokan Storybuilders to celebrate? Yes!

In that time OpenSim has improved leaps and bounds. I mean this quite literally — in early days region physics crashed regularly so we moved by sitting on a prim and editing it.

Hypergrid technology means we can build on different grids, choosing them by matching their individual strengths to particular projects, while still keeping in touch with each other, even using a single avatar to visit all.

So… what is planned?

Tour the Metaverse
On Saturday 31st January, there will be a special Metaverse Tour of just a few Devokan or Myst/Uru-related builds. We’ll start at the Kitely Welcome Center, from 1 pm Pacific time, and from there visit updated versions of the original Devokan regions on OpenSim, i.e. Deepwater and Waysmeet, before moving on to other Devokan or Myst/Uru-related regions in Kitely and the wider Metaverse.

If you're interested in reading how a group of "D'ni Refugees" role-played the move from Second Life to OpenSim all those years ago, the story is here: Devokan 1: Endings and Beginnings.

Echo Starship concert on Time Vault
A week later, on Saturday 7th February (i.e. just 5 years after the farewell party on SL Devokan), starting at 2 pm Pacific time, there will be a concert featuring live ambient improvisations by the gifted artist Echo Starship, one of the originators of ambient music in virtual reality -- many thanks, Roxy, for all your help in getting this set up, and to Echo for agreeing to take part.

The concert will take place on Starfyre, the SE region of Time Vault, built by Paislee and award-winning artist Shenn Tao (aka Shenn Coleman in SL); the other regions are Future Past, Tao Lia and Illusion. Paislee is readying dragons for those who would like to explore the regions by flight, and Roxy will bring dance balls.

The concert is timed to be part of that week's Metaverse Tour. To whet your appetite, here's a photo taken from Future Past looking towards the main tower of Starfyre.
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Re: Celebrating 5 years in OpenSim

Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2015 10:54 am
by Dot Matrix
I blogged about the events on The D'ni Voice: Devokan Storybuilders celebrating 5 years in OpenSim.

SL blogger Nalates picked up on this post and blogged about her connection with the original story (this happened before she took up blogging): Myst-Uru & Devokan. She was a key member of the team. We all had great fun with this, though it was a bittersweet time particularly for Paislee and myself.

If anyone is interested in the story discussions that went on behind the scenes during these events, they are here: Devokan planning: Storyline ideas (to end Jan 2010) (OOC)

Re: Celebrating 5 years in OpenSim

Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2015 7:46 pm
by Dot Matrix
It's not long until the Metaverse Tour starts -- 1 pm Pacific today.

The tour starts in the Kitely Welcome Center: http://www.kitely.com/virtual-world/Ila ... ome-Center

It helps to make sure your outfit (and avatar) is hypergrid-safe beforehand. If you need help here, use one of the free avatars from the kiosk near the Welcome Center landing point.

First stop is Evensong: http://www.kitely.com/virtual-world/Dot-Matrix/Evensong

Pick up an exploration pack from the book pedestal near the landing point. It includes a Devokan Hub HUD plus information about today's destinations, including how to get there.

Re: Celebrating 5 years in OpenSim

Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2015 4:53 am
by Serene Jewell
Congratulations to the Devokans on their anniversary! I am so glad you all made your way to OpenSim. I have spent many enjoyable hours in the beautiful Devokan regions and am still learning about the backstories and mysteries. The Devokan wonders are endless.

Re: Celebrating 5 years in OpenSim

Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2015 4:21 pm
by Dot Matrix
Some lovely photos of the tour have been posted on Google+ and on Flickr.

You can see some of them here: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities ... photos/all

And here: https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/ca3r ... r0mir1pa2k

And on Serene's Flickr photostream starting from: https://www.flickr.com/photos/126136906 ... 792719633/

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Metaverse Tour at Evensong by virtuallyserenejewell, on Flickr

Re: Celebrating 5 years in OpenSim

Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2015 11:39 pm
by Ilan Tochner
Hi Roxy,

Try contacting the merchant who sold you the stool for assistance.

Was the dance system rezzed by that world's owner? Some script commands can only be used by objects that are rezzed by the world owner.

Re: Celebrating 5 years in OpenSim

Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2015 8:10 am
by Dot Matrix
The animations issue might have been a question of rezzing and scripting land rights -- a bit of bad timing on my part. Sorry.

Re: Celebrating 5 years in OpenSim

Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2015 8:54 am
by Dot Matrix
Thanks are in order!

Thank you, Echo Starship, for putting on a superb show.
Thank you, Roxy, for being Echo's roadie and enabling the concert in the first place.

Thank you, everyone who came to share and enjoy the show.

Thank you, Ilan and Oren, for taking care of the underlying infrastructure and managing it so well. The level of management stability and support in Kitely is second to none.

Thank you, fellow Devokan storybuilders, for all the wonderful worlds, ages and stories you have created over the years.

And thanks are also due to those who have made OpenSim the platform it is today, with all its strengths and weaknesses. Without it, we would never have achieved any of this.

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Echo Starship in concert on Time Vault, Kitely

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