This may just be my opinion, but I believe that OpenSim should be represented in the Metaverse Standards Forum (https://metaverse-standards.org/) in some way.

If you're wondering what the MSF is: They try to develop and design from scratch what we've already had for 15 years as OpenSim and for 14 years as the Hypergrid.

For one, I guess nobody there even knows that OpenSim exists, not as a platform, not as several thousand virtual worlds. Even Intel may have forgotten their early engagement in OpenSim.

Besides, they could learn from OpenSim what they're bound to learn from the mistakes they'll make. And they could see what OpenSim has done right that they should do, too.

It's just a pity, I guess, that there's nobody who's able and willing to represent the OpenSim ecosystem as a whole.

(By the way, Linden Lab isn't a member either.)

Nyx Breen has completed "Pain Passes" exhibit. This exhibit is especially meaningful to me, thank you Nyx for showing me through your art-pain indeed will pass. continuum.outworldz.net:8002:Mind Odyssey

I would like to thank Priscilla Kleenex (from what-so-ever-grid) for her tireless efforts in finding faulty settings on our SIMs and bringing them to our attention. I could once more fix a couple of flying trees I had unintentionally made moveable when I wanted to make them copyable. Without the help of those voluntary security-testers like Mrs. Kleenex I would never have noticed.

Ich möchte Priscilla Kleenex (von what-so-ever-grid) für ihre unermüdlichen Bemühungen danken, fehlerhafte Einstellungen auf unseren SIMs zu finden und uns darauf aufmerksam zu machen. Ich konnte wieder einmal ein paar fliegende Bäume reparieren, die ich versehentlich beweglich gemacht hatte, als ich sie kopierbar machen wollte. Ohne die Hilfe dieser freiwilligen Sicherheitstester wie Frau Kleenex wäre mir das nie aufgefallen.

Pienso que la magia de los mundos virtuales complementa nuestro mundo real,es por ello que muchos expresan su creatividad,sus sueños,sus pasiones,su sensibilidad y ternura en los mundos que crean para que TODOS puedan disfrutarlo,si vienes a OpenSim a perturbar la armonía o causar desunión es mejor que retomes los problemas de tu RL porque se están proyectando en tu vida virtual #unidosenopensim FB

We're all used to OpenSim's standard rear camera angle. A camera that floats more than three and a half metres above the ground. But seriously, this camera angle has got a whole lot of issues.

Sure, it can be practical when building. But first of all, it requires buildings which are even more ridiculously out-of-scale than the avatars created by fresh Second Life converts. Otherwise, the camera would constantly bump into the ceiling or even clip through it.

Besides, it suggests that this is your eye level. You don't see the world from your avatar's point of view. 3.60m (12') doors with handles on actual eye level or even higher don't seem strange to you at all, nor do living-rooms with ceiling heights akin to cathedrals or chin-high handrails.

Last but not least, high-hovering cameras are so 2000s. Nowadays, "shoulder cams" at the same height as the character's eyes are all the rage in video games. And you can have them in OpenSim as well.

Here are two settings I've found to work well.

"Standard" shoulder view, right of centre:

Camera Offset:
X -0.700
Y -0.400
Z -0.300

Focus Offset:
X 1.000
Y -0.400
Z 0.700

Scale:
1.000

Alternative shoulder view, left of centre:

Camera Offset:
X -0.700
Y 0.400
Z -0.300

Focus Offset:
X 1.000
Y 0.400
Z 0.700

Scale:
1.000

I asked Nyx Breen if he would like to join our exhibit and display his work too at Mind Odyssey, to my delight he has accepted and will be working on his exhibit in the coming days. Thank you, Nyx.

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There are so many ways to represent yourself and your grid at OpensimFest. Get a free parcel and exhibit. Sign up to be a 'music maker - your own singing, or as a DJ. Or simply be a Greeter.
For one hour, you're the first person that people meet on the festival grid, so it's a chance to make new friends, and to support our diverse community, Will you be a part of something positive?

Lovely profile of Luna Lunaria in the opensimfest blog this week.
She is a busy lady!
Great article by Doc Nolan https://www.opensimfest.com/post/an-interview-with-osfest2...
Have you signed up for OpensimFest yet? https://www.opensimfest.com/register

Today the King's Royal Court chamber was completed and the more I do with this region the more drawn I am to King David as to me, he was the most awesome earthly King that ever lived. Just find myself falling in love with him the more I read. map = grid.genesis-roleplay.org:8002: Jerusalem take a step back in time and enjoy the peace and beauty.

This gunslinger just traversed in time...been a while since he saw the light of day. He is in a rip roarin' gunslingin' mood so keep on the lookout at Abandoned Ghost Town continuum.outworldz.net:8002:Abandoned Ghost Town

DJ CLAN and the CLANETTES! Come on over to CandleDance at 1pm for some great fun, a competition for gloebits and some new eye candy ;) Map us: alternatemetaverse.com:8002:Club Escotia Look for the TP at the landing to CandleDance!

Time and time again I am mislabeled as a furry in regions that only allow humans. on the other side I am mislabeled a human in regions that only allow furries.
I am in fact a neko, a human/animal hybrid. I look like a human mostly but with catlike features. I have spots, cat ears and a tail. I have been a virtual neko for 15 years and nothing anyone can say will change what and who I am.
all I am asking for is the difference to be noted. I am not human, this is true. but I am also not a furry.