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OpenSimulator Community Conference 18 – Call for Proposals

Call for Proposals The OpenSimulator Community Conference 2018 Call for Proposals is now open! The OpenSimulator Community Conference 2018 will share what is exciting about thr social 3D platform. We are looking for those individuals or groups on the forefront who are shaping the Metaverse, hosting exciting activities, and changing the game. This year’s conference will […]

Metaverse Cultural Series: Senses Places – 2/4/14, 3PM PT

Senses Places Tuesday, February 4, 2014 – 3PM to 4PM PT (SLT)   Senses Places is a playful mixed-reality performance and participatory environment; an ongoing somatics dance-technology international collaboration witnessing the emergence of complex embodied interactions and environments. The surfacing expression arises out of the intricate enmeshment of embodied and environment trans-modal interfacings amongst performers […]

AvaCon Avatar Meetup at Smithsonian #SIx3D

The Smithsonian Museum held an inaugural conference on November 13th and 14th, 2013, to highlight its innovative program to bring 3D scanning and printing to the museum, and announce the commitment to digitize items in their collection in 3D, and 10% of their 2D collection over the coming years. [View the story “Avatar Meetup #SIx3D” […]

Metaverse Cultural Series: MineOpticon – 10/19, 11AM

MineOpticon Saturday, October 19, 2013 – 2PM ET (11AM PT) MineOpticon is an ensemble performance project and choreographic intervention into the MineCraft world. Situated on the CADRE Laboratory for New Media server “Orwell”, The MineOpticon stage is a conceptually inverted Panopticon populated by 8 performers who execute choreographic maneuvers using native resources in absurd and unexpected […]

Welcome to AvaCon

AvaCon, Inc. is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the growth, enhancement, and development of the metaverse, virtual worlds, augmented reality, and 3D immersive and virtual spaces. We hold conventions and meetings to promote educational and scientific inquiry into these spaces, and to support organized fan activities, including performances, lectures, art, music, machinima, and much […]