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 about to run from October 4 by 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.
Primarily based 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 trying to improve their visibility within the hypergrid neighborhood 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 searching for volunteers to affix the OSFest group and assist get every part prepared for the occasion, and to assist out in the course of the competition itself.
For extra info, try the event’s home page, or the FAQ page.
The competition will function 110 hours of performer occasions and 84 hours devoted to reveals, shops, and interactive actions. In a nod to the broader digital neighborhood, OSFest has additionally allotted eight hours for satellite tv for pc occasions on different grids, encouraging cross-platform participation.
Many of the 110 hours of performer slots are already booked, Laxton stated, and service provider gross sales occasion occasions have been scheduled. There are non-music occasions and actions on the schedule as properly, 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 website, calendar, and Discord server,” she stated. “That is the enjoyable and thrilling time main as much as opening day.”
This 12 months’s competition breaks new floor by eschewing a unifying theme, a call made through community vote. This method guarantees an eclectic mixture of reveals, shops, and performances, reflecting the various pursuits of the digital world neighborhood. Including to the contemporary really feel, the grid format has been fully redesigned, providing new experiences for each returning contributors and first-time guests.
Contributors can entry the grid by way of hypergrid utilizing the deal with: 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 throughout the grid.
Numerous sponsorship ranges can be found for these wishing to assist the occasion financially.
