Exodus Gallery Open Day
Exodus Dragons was born in 1991 and is studying CGI graphic design. He is a Digimon enthusiast and also passionate about animation in the Disney world. He creates digital sculptures using Zbrush and Unity3d program to make digital wallpaper.
"I want you to remember the times when we all played and watched the Digimon brandand above all to depict in our memories the most beautiful moments, the value of friendship, collaboration and team spirit."
- Exodus

We have more fun and entertainment planned at the Discovery Grid Winter Market! Join DJ Moonie at the Skating Rink (behind the Mural Amphitheater) on Monday, Dec. 16 from 6-8PM! Bring your skates and enjoy tunes from your skating rink days!
discoverygrid.net:8002:Seattle

KARAOKE starring YOU

Come share your talents with us, be it singing, making us laugh with some funny jokes, story telling or reading some poetry. Meet some new friends and be sure to bring your friends with you. Let's make it a party!!!

http://theencoreescape.com/

LISA LAXTON & FRANK RULOF
This presentation from Infinite Metaverse Alliance® (IMA) and Thales Group discusses development of a new open source viewer for the OpenSimulator community focused on improvements in usability, accessibility, and interoperability. Development is driven by inclusive “design thinking” while adding capabilities for the future to address gaps in development aimed at the needs of new users and those with different abilities that may be digitally marginalized.

Belinda & Troy Portland & Potlatch Fogarty LIVE TONIGHT!

Come on over and joine us as we listen & dance to the LIVE music as these wonderful singers entertain us! Gown and Suits preferred but anyone can come! We won't turn anyone away!

http://theencoreescape.com/

Please join us for a fun filled day in the snow as we celebrate the holiday season. We have an 8 hour entertainment line up and lots of other winter themed activities available. The entertainment line up is as follows: 10am Fyrm Fouroux, 11am The Fabulous Wailers, 12 pm Torben Asp, 1pm Lucky Chiung, 2pm Khiron Ametza, 3pm Rhia Bachman 4pm Rondo Catteneo, 5pm DJ Shelenn Ayres, and 6pm DJ Tek Bachman. Hope to see you all there!

RACHEL UMOREN - Each year, there are 2.5 million newborn deaths, most of which are preventable. One of the top causes of neonatal mortality is when a baby does not breathe at birth. Newborn resuscitation training reduces newborn deaths, but knowledge and skills from in-person training rapidly decay, sometimes in a matter of weeks after training.

VALERIE HILL / VALIBRARIAN GREGG & ALYSE DUNAVANT-JONES - This presentation will share an overview of open sim projects developed by the Community Virtual Library. The CVL Hypergrid Resource Library, located in Avacon and Kitely, as well as several other projects will be highlighted.

Shocking Title for an OpenSim Conference I know, but let me tell you about my OpenSim Journey. This presentation will showcase the work I’ve done and then try to get answers for the depressing decline in schools and teachers interested in OpenSim collaboration and creation. Let’s talk about OpenSim and please change my mind.

KAE NOVAK & CHRIS LUCHS - Join us for an exploration of the liminal state or in-between state that exists between the metagame and players in games and virtual environments. This liminal state has now extended to transmedia experiences to include the LitRPG genre. This panel will discuss the exploration of the liminal state where a player (learner) can take advantage of the duality that facilitates deep learning and creativity.

ANABEL ORIGIN - Language Teacher & Lecturer
Our objective is to illustrate an example use case for the RezMela system.
We will focus on a few built creative scenes that can be shared by students in order to achieve specific gaming and learning goals.

The RezMela platform is primarily designed to address common usability issues that end users face when creating and using virtual worlds. We describe its core components: 1. Modules, 2. Apps, 3. App Sets, 4. Map Sets and 5. a Context sensitive Heads Up Display. We illustrate how these components work synergistically to make virtual environments easier to produce and access.

Join Mal Burns and guests Ilan Tochner, Kalila Lakeworth, and Caitlyn Meeks as they discuss open source worlds and their latest offerings in Kitely Organizations and Tivoli Cloud VR.

KAY MCLENNAN - Professor of Practice, Tulane University
While the use cases for OpenSimulator learning simulations continue to expand, many of the early types of virtual world educational simulations/activities remain relevant today. Attendees will learn about new uses for OpenSimulator learning simulations (including examples of VR-ready simulations) as well as review examples of proven in-world and out-of-world educational simulations.

LISA LAXTON & FRANK RULOF
Presentation Abstract: This presentation from Infinite Metaverse Alliance® (IMA) and Thales Group discusses progress towards improving open source code used in a self-hosted secure voice solution called EchoVoice. This is an alternative to ViVox which is commonly used for voice communication between avatars in OpenSimulator regions.

ROBERT ADAMS / MISTERBLUE WAVES
There are configuration and setup complexities when adapting OpenSimulator for deployment using Docker. This presentation will detail running OpenSimulator using single containers and multiple containers (simulator and database) whether in standalone or grid mode.

The 2 year EU funded project GUINEVERE has come to a close and the final project results are being presented. There are quite a few give-aways for the participants in form of studies on the theory of game design/ gamification and best practice guidelines for teachers. The GUINEVERE server in OpenSim has been the sandbox for the teacher training and several games have been created which are stunning in variety and building and scripting skills.

The integration of a web based virtual world in a grid’s homepage can attract lots of new users by the ease of access and the ease of use. These users can then be guided to join your grid to experience OpenSim’s advanced features.