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	OSCC AI-Driven Case Study Characters in Virtual Worlds: How a Cancelled Application Led to a Better Teaching Tool 44 minutes ago \| 2025-12-07 07:00 SLT \| OSCC Keynote 2 \| Added by AvaCon Inc.^✔ Newly available artificial intelligence (AI) applications enable the creation of innovative teaching materials, including the creation of AI–driven case study characters for students to observe and question. Students exposed to AI case study characters during webinar class sessions overwhelming describe the experience as “more engaging” than typical PowerPoint slide illustrations. 👍 like 0 comments
	OSCC Cultivate, Collaborate, Celebrate & Innovate! 14 minutes ago \| 2025-12-07 07:30 SLT \| OSCC Keynote 2 \| Added by AvaCon Inc.^✔ This is a panel discussion on cultivating, collaborating, and celebrating the Hypergrid community. In the panel we review OSFest 2025 innovations and present the progress in development of EchoVoice system for OpenSim to integrate multiple voice over IP applications starting with using the mumble voice over IP server. The presentation addresses functionality, architecture, work done in 2025, work scheduled until OSCC 2026. 👍 like 0 comments
	OSCC MetaCulture = Metagaming + Integrated knowledge infrastructures in 46 minutes \| 2025-12-07 08:30 SLT \| OSCC Keynote 2 \| Added by AvaCon Inc.^✔ In today’s complex, rapidly evolving world, vast amounts of data exist in isolated silos, shared for corporate gain through polarizing algorithms. It is a democratic imperative to make this data become interoperable technically, and more importantly, culturally. Community-driven knowledge networks emerge as a solution, yet face unique social hurdles, particularly when tackling politically charged topics or crossing disciplinary boundaries. 👍 like 0 comments
	OSCC Embodied Conversational AI in 2 hours \| 2025-12-07 09:30 SLT \| OSCC Keynote 2 \| Added by AvaCon Inc.^✔ With a great passion for teaching languages in virtual worlds and VR, this presentation explains how to transform text-based chatbots into visually embodied digital companions with voice, facial expressions, and distinctive personalities. It begins by exploring how visual representation affects trust, empathy, and credibility in human-computer interaction. 👍 like 0 comments
	OSCC Nurturing the Health of the Metaverse Ecosystem in 2 hours \| 2025-12-07 10:00 SLT \| OSCC Keynote 2 \| Added by AvaCon Inc.^✔ In this conversation, representatives from OMI, the Open Metaverse Interoperability group, will share experiences from the last few years on how to manage and nurture an open metaverse ecosystem. We will discuss some talking points, including: how we navigate communication across viewpoints, disciplines, backgrounds, and ideologies, and our continued challenges and work to balance philosophy with action. 👍 like 0 comments
	OSCC Hypergrid Safari Two Region Tour in 3 hours \| 2025-12-07 11:00 SLT \| OSCC Keynote 2 \| Added by AvaCon Inc.^✔ This year the OSCC joins forces with the HG Safari – a weekly tour event that showcases places in Opensim. Many people explore Opensim by themselves, but our tours offer a unique opportunity to see Opensim as a group. We meet the owners and creators of the regions we visit, and so have the chance to hear firsthand from them about their ideas and creativity. 👍 like 0 comments
	OSCC Inworld Review in 5 hours \| 2025-12-07 13:00 SLT \| OSCC Keynote 2 \| Added by AvaCon Inc.^✔ Wait, what? Mal Burns’ long running YouTube program is back! The team making the new episodes will be the panel for this session. They will reflect on their experiences with Mal Burns and his road to the Inworld Review. They will also talk about the return of the Inworld Review. 👍 like 0 comments
	OSCC AI and the Metaverse Panel in 6 hours \| 2025-12-07 14:00 SLT \| OSCC Keynote 2 \| Added by AvaCon Inc.^✔ Panel discussion moderated by Maria Korolov. Panelists: Brian Aviator Lyr Lobo 👍 like 0 comments
	OSCC The Teleportal: An interactive gateway of the Virtual Worlds Museum™ in 8 hours \| 2025-12-07 15:30 SLT \| OSCC Keynote 2 \| Added by AvaCon Inc.^✔ The presentation showcases the Teleportal, an interactive map and gateway that connects visitors to virtual world platforms. It transforms the research and archives of the Virtual Worlds Museum™ into an experiential tool that encourages visitors to find, explore, and enjoy virtual worlds. 👍 like 0 comments
	OSCC Amplifying Medical Lab Voices: Celebrating 50th Anniversary for ASCP-certification in Medical Laboratory Science in 8 hours \| 2025-12-07 16:00 SLT \| OSCC Keynote 2 \| Added by AvaCon Inc.^✔ The presentation, showcases the multiple-grid Open Simulator community celebrations of a physical world (RL) professional milestone’ fifty (50) years in the medical laboratory science profession since passing the ASCP Board of Certification (ASCP-BOC) national examination and receiving national certification in 1975. In addition, the Open Simulator community celebrations showcase a personal dream achieved as well as a rewarding career experienced in medical laboratory science. 👍 like 0 comments
	OSCC Integrating training on maternal and newborn care through virtual simulations in 9 hours \| 2025-12-07 16:30 SLT \| OSCC Keynote 2 \| Added by AvaCon Inc.^✔ Virtual simulations can address the gap in accessible simulation practice to support health professional skills in maternal and newborn care. In low-resource settings locally and globally, this life-saving care is typically provided by a nurse or midwife with education acquired separately through stand-alone courses. Leveraging virtual simulations to present this content in an integrated way may improve learner comprehension and translation of life-saving skills to clinical practice. 👍 like 0 comments
	OSCC Enhancing Secondary Students’ Self-Efficacy through Virtual World-Based Learning in 9 hours \| 2025-12-07 17:00 SLT \| OSCC Keynote 2 \| Added by AvaCon Inc.^✔ This study investigates the use of virtual world-based learning to enhance self-efficacy among secondary school students. Virtual environments provide immersive and interactive experiences that encourage confidence, collaboration, and independent learning. Using a mixed-methods approach, data were gathered through questionnaires, observations, and student reflections. 👍 like 0 comments
	OSCC 2025 Closing, Thanks and Conference Photo in 10 hours \| 2025-12-07 17:30 SLT \| OSCC Keynote 2 \| Added by AvaCon Inc.^✔ Closing thoughts about the conference, thank-you and group photo for presenters, staff and volunteers. 👍 like 0 comments
	OSCC Educator Meet-Up: Spotlight on Educator Use of AI in Virtual Worlds in 1 days \| 2025-12-08 10:00 SLT \| OSCC Expo Zone 3 \| Added by AvaCon Inc.^✔ A networking meet-up for educators currently using (or interested in using) learning simulations in virtual worlds and/or other XR platforms. Drop by to visit with colleagues, ask a question, share/locate content, and more! The theme for this year’s Educator Meet-Up is educator is “Educator Use of AI in Virtual Worlds. Event will take place on the conference grid in Expo region 3, at the campfire behind poster booth #22 – coordinates 76, 66, 25. 👍 like 0 comments

	OSCC AI-Driven Case Study Characters in Virtual Worlds: How a Cancelled Application Led to a Better Teaching Tool 44 minutes ago \| 2025-12-07 07:00 SLT \| OSCC Keynote 2 \| Added by AvaCon Inc.^✔ Newly available artificial intelligence (AI) applications enable the creation of innovative teaching materials, including the creation of AI–driven case study characters for students to observe and question. Students exposed to AI case study characters during webinar class sessions overwhelming describe the experience as “more engaging” than typical PowerPoint slide illustrations. 👍 like 0 comments
	OSCC Cultivate, Collaborate, Celebrate & Innovate! 14 minutes ago \| 2025-12-07 07:30 SLT \| OSCC Keynote 2 \| Added by AvaCon Inc.^✔ This is a panel discussion on cultivating, collaborating, and celebrating the Hypergrid community. In the panel we review OSFest 2025 innovations and present the progress in development of EchoVoice system for OpenSim to integrate multiple voice over IP applications starting with using the mumble voice over IP server. The presentation addresses functionality, architecture, work done in 2025, work scheduled until OSCC 2026. 👍 like 0 comments
	OSCC MetaCulture = Metagaming + Integrated knowledge infrastructures in 46 minutes \| 2025-12-07 08:30 SLT \| OSCC Keynote 2 \| Added by AvaCon Inc.^✔ In today’s complex, rapidly evolving world, vast amounts of data exist in isolated silos, shared for corporate gain through polarizing algorithms. It is a democratic imperative to make this data become interoperable technically, and more importantly, culturally. Community-driven knowledge networks emerge as a solution, yet face unique social hurdles, particularly when tackling politically charged topics or crossing disciplinary boundaries. 👍 like 0 comments
	OSCC Embodied Conversational AI in 2 hours \| 2025-12-07 09:30 SLT \| OSCC Keynote 2 \| Added by AvaCon Inc.^✔ With a great passion for teaching languages in virtual worlds and VR, this presentation explains how to transform text-based chatbots into visually embodied digital companions with voice, facial expressions, and distinctive personalities. It begins by exploring how visual representation affects trust, empathy, and credibility in human-computer interaction. 👍 like 0 comments
	OSCC Nurturing the Health of the Metaverse Ecosystem in 2 hours \| 2025-12-07 10:00 SLT \| OSCC Keynote 2 \| Added by AvaCon Inc.^✔ In this conversation, representatives from OMI, the Open Metaverse Interoperability group, will share experiences from the last few years on how to manage and nurture an open metaverse ecosystem. We will discuss some talking points, including: how we navigate communication across viewpoints, disciplines, backgrounds, and ideologies, and our continued challenges and work to balance philosophy with action. 👍 like 0 comments
	OSCC Hypergrid Safari Two Region Tour in 3 hours \| 2025-12-07 11:00 SLT \| OSCC Keynote 2 \| Added by AvaCon Inc.^✔ This year the OSCC joins forces with the HG Safari – a weekly tour event that showcases places in Opensim. Many people explore Opensim by themselves, but our tours offer a unique opportunity to see Opensim as a group. We meet the owners and creators of the regions we visit, and so have the chance to hear firsthand from them about their ideas and creativity. 👍 like 0 comments
	OSCC Inworld Review in 5 hours \| 2025-12-07 13:00 SLT \| OSCC Keynote 2 \| Added by AvaCon Inc.^✔ Wait, what? Mal Burns’ long running YouTube program is back! The team making the new episodes will be the panel for this session. They will reflect on their experiences with Mal Burns and his road to the Inworld Review. They will also talk about the return of the Inworld Review. 👍 like 0 comments
	OSCC AI and the Metaverse Panel in 6 hours \| 2025-12-07 14:00 SLT \| OSCC Keynote 2 \| Added by AvaCon Inc.^✔ Panel discussion moderated by Maria Korolov. Panelists: Brian Aviator Lyr Lobo 👍 like 0 comments
	OSCC The Teleportal: An interactive gateway of the Virtual Worlds Museum™ in 8 hours \| 2025-12-07 15:30 SLT \| OSCC Keynote 2 \| Added by AvaCon Inc.^✔ The presentation showcases the Teleportal, an interactive map and gateway that connects visitors to virtual world platforms. It transforms the research and archives of the Virtual Worlds Museum™ into an experiential tool that encourages visitors to find, explore, and enjoy virtual worlds. 👍 like 0 comments
	OSCC Amplifying Medical Lab Voices: Celebrating 50th Anniversary for ASCP-certification in Medical Laboratory Science in 8 hours \| 2025-12-07 16:00 SLT \| OSCC Keynote 2 \| Added by AvaCon Inc.^✔ The presentation, showcases the multiple-grid Open Simulator community celebrations of a physical world (RL) professional milestone’ fifty (50) years in the medical laboratory science profession since passing the ASCP Board of Certification (ASCP-BOC) national examination and receiving national certification in 1975. In addition, the Open Simulator community celebrations showcase a personal dream achieved as well as a rewarding career experienced in medical laboratory science. 👍 like 0 comments
	OSCC Integrating training on maternal and newborn care through virtual simulations in 9 hours \| 2025-12-07 16:30 SLT \| OSCC Keynote 2 \| Added by AvaCon Inc.^✔ Virtual simulations can address the gap in accessible simulation practice to support health professional skills in maternal and newborn care. In low-resource settings locally and globally, this life-saving care is typically provided by a nurse or midwife with education acquired separately through stand-alone courses. Leveraging virtual simulations to present this content in an integrated way may improve learner comprehension and translation of life-saving skills to clinical practice. 👍 like 0 comments
	OSCC Enhancing Secondary Students’ Self-Efficacy through Virtual World-Based Learning in 9 hours \| 2025-12-07 17:00 SLT \| OSCC Keynote 2 \| Added by AvaCon Inc.^✔ This study investigates the use of virtual world-based learning to enhance self-efficacy among secondary school students. Virtual environments provide immersive and interactive experiences that encourage confidence, collaboration, and independent learning. Using a mixed-methods approach, data were gathered through questionnaires, observations, and student reflections. 👍 like 0 comments
	OSCC 2025 Closing, Thanks and Conference Photo in 10 hours \| 2025-12-07 17:30 SLT \| OSCC Keynote 2 \| Added by AvaCon Inc.^✔ Closing thoughts about the conference, thank-you and group photo for presenters, staff and volunteers. 👍 like 0 comments
	OSCC Educator Meet-Up: Spotlight on Educator Use of AI in Virtual Worlds in 1 days \| 2025-12-08 10:00 SLT \| OSCC Expo Zone 3 \| Added by AvaCon Inc.^✔ A networking meet-up for educators currently using (or interested in using) learning simulations in virtual worlds and/or other XR platforms. Drop by to visit with colleagues, ask a question, share/locate content, and more! The theme for this year’s Educator Meet-Up is educator is “Educator Use of AI in Virtual Worlds. Event will take place on the conference grid in Expo region 3, at the campfire behind poster booth #22 – coordinates 76, 66, 25. 👍 like 0 comments