Think back on your first days in a virtual world: A confounding jumble of pop-up options blocking the scenery; embarrassing moments stuck bouncing off walls — that’s what we may recall. The Educare region provides a gentle first-time orientation for newcomers (and hesitant returnees) to explore VW education possibilities. For this ‘tour’ please land at […]

Archaeology of Northern Ethiopia & Eritrea   Abyssinia, which is intended as a living museum & educational resource on the Science Circle’s OpenSim grid, is my reconstruction of ancient archaeological sites in Tigray (northern Ethiopia) & Eritrea that date from at least 1000 BCE through roughly 800 CE. I excavated at several of these sites […]

Archaeology of Northern Ethiopia & Eritrea   Abyssinia, which is intended as a living museum & educational resource on the Science Circle’s OpenSim grid, is my reconstruction of ancient archaeological sites in Tigray (northern Ethiopia) & Eritrea that date from at least 1000 BCE through roughly 800 CE. I excavated at several of these sites […]

Think back on your first days in a virtual world: A confounding jumble of pop-up options blocking the scenery; embarrassing moments stuck bouncing off walls — that’s what we may recall. The Educare region provides a gentle first-time orientation for newcomers (and hesitant returnees) to explore VW education possibilities. For this ‘tour’ please land at […]

Second Life celebrates its 19th birthday on 23 June and we will be celebrating with them!     SL19B regions will be open to SL residents from 16 June-5 July 2022. The theme this year will be Steampunk! Steampunk is a science fiction genre in which modern technology exists in a steam-powered 19th century setting (think […]

Second Life celebrates its 19th birthday on 23 June and we will be celebrating with them!     SL19B regions will be open to SL residents from 16 June-5 July 2022. The theme this year will be Steampunk! Steampunk is a science fiction genre in which modern technology exists in a steam-powered 19th century setting (think […]

What an eventful year we have had! - Phil opened the year with "Ingenuity: First Aircraft on Mars!". - Jes who has started to provide Asia and Oceania with its own program. - Beragon who has started his Bistro discussions. - More SC Opensim region owners and field trips. - A week-long Christmas program. - […]

Archaeology Tour In my career choice as a practicing public archaeologist, I always look for new and exciting ways to incorporate places that bring a hint of mystery and encourage further reading. I was fortunate to stumble on the education website Owlcation and found the perfect listing to illustrate my passion for the subject and […]

Style Transfer Have you ever wondered what your favourite photos would look like through the eyes of an artist like Van Gogh? I did, and I was stoked to know that I could do it with artificial intelligence. In this presentation I'll discuss artificial intelligence-based style transfer methods, briefly introducing convolutional neural networks (CNNs) and […]