The digital doorways of OSFest 2024 have swung open, welcoming creators, builders, retailers, performers, and sponsors to start crafting their digital areas. This annual occasion, hosted on the OpenSim Fest grid, is ready to run from October 4 via October 20, 2024, providing a various platform for digital exhibitions, performances, and commerce.
“The grid is open for contributors to construct or carry of their creations by way of the hypergrid,” stated Lisa Laxton, OSFest director and founding father of the Infinite Metaverse Alliance and Laxton Consulting.
Based mostly on the suggestions from earlier occasions, OSFest now has a brand new mainland format, she instructed Hypergrid Enterprise. There are additionally small sponsor parcels obtainable at US$3 every for different grids or area homeowners seeking to enhance their visibility within the hypergrid group and promote their grids.
There’s additionally a restricted variety of free parcels obtainable for exhibitors and retailers, paid for by sponsors.
OSFest can be on the lookout for volunteers to hitch the OSFest group and assist get every part prepared for the occasion, and to assist out in the course of the pageant itself.
For extra info, take a look at the occasion’s house web page, or the FAQ web page.
The pageant will characteristic 110 hours of performer occasions and 84 hours devoted to displays, shops, and interactive actions. In a nod to the broader digital group, OSFest has additionally allotted eight hours for satellite tv for pc occasions on different grids, encouraging cross-platform participation.
A lot of the 110 hours of performer slots are already booked, Laxton stated, and service provider gross sales occasion instances have been scheduled. There are non-music occasions and actions on the schedule as effectively, she added.
“Some contributors have began or will quickly carry of their builds, and the content material infrastructure is ongoing with anticipated updates on the web site, calendar, and Discord server,” she stated. “That is the enjoyable and thrilling time main as much as opening day.”
This yr’s pageant breaks new floor by eschewing a unifying theme, a choice made via group vote. This strategy guarantees an eclectic mixture of displays, shops, and performances, reflecting the various pursuits of the digital world group. Including to the recent really feel, the grid format has been utterly redesigned, providing new experiences for each returning contributors and first-time guests.
Members can entry the grid by way of hypergrid utilizing the handle: grid.opensimfest.com:8022:OSF_HGWelcome.
Organizers are encouraging early setup, with a goal completion date set for late September.
OSFest 2024 is Gloebit-enabled, permitting for digital transactions inside the grid.
Varied sponsorship ranges can be found for these wishing to help the occasion financially.
