SafariMania

          So, this season of the Safari, we are going to be promoting builds with some kind of - let's not call it educational benefit, that sounds too dry, but the idea is that we all come away from our tour feeling like we now know something we didn't know before. First up, Anachronia sim on the German language grid, Dorena's World.
          HG Addresses at the end of the post, as usual.

          Dorena and Anachron, the grid-mama and grid-papa were there, along with other residents like Uwe Furst, Lureen Persephone, and the lovely builder and creator Klarabella Karamell, an authentic opensim heroine. We first sat down which really helped with the lag that comes when a region is bombarded with a dozen or more avatars arriving from multiple grids.

Dorena Verne: Welcome to Anachronia. This region is more than 6 years old. This is the second region we set up on this grid.
Anachron Young Thirza told me that you might be interested in Egyptian History ... that's why I thought we start up here ... for above us is a pyramid that contains history Info (unfortunately in German only)if you look out of the windows here you will see 4 glowing yellow lines ...these symbolize the RL-size of Cheops-Pyramid in Giza, the building below is an exhibition of human megalomania ... so I thought I better make it BIG <grin> Does everybody know what happened to the nose of the sphinx ?
Don Smith: erosion?
Thirza Ember: I heard Mal Burns was involved. Just saying.
snowbody Cortes: ehm I think yes...soldiers?
Mal Burns: pft!

Anachron Young: Well it was neither Obelix nor the troops of Napoleon that broke of the nose. It was Sa'im as-Dahr - a Sufi monument hater ... that considered the Sphinx a heathen symbol and cut off the nose ... before he was then lynched by the mob in 1378
Thirza Ember: still, let's blame the french. or Mal.
Aime Socrates: this time was not the frenchies thi

Don Smith: i'll never understand how anyone can simply destroy ancient artifacts or builds and think its ok.
snowbody Cortes: yeah Don ... but it happens nowadays
Mal Burns: taliban - grr
Don Smith: sadly very true

           At ground level, enjoy the exhibition on Megalomania, which was inspired by pictures of the tower of Babel.
Thirza Ember: I think anyone in opensim has to have a little bit of megalomania... just enough to be brave enough to try building a world of one's own.
Lucy Afarensis: I can move mountains!

Anachron Young: You may notice that there are still displays empty (covered only by the building grid) ...that means I never got this finished! I guess I will add Displays about "Stuttgart 21" and the Airport BER next (which seems never to get finished as well LOL

          We moved on to the Irish pub, named after world-class darts player Trina Gulliver, and asked when is the best time to visit and meet people on Dorena's world
Anachron Young: Every Friday evening, in the Rock-house, and every Thursday is a party at the Club-gridTalk. Tomorrow DJ Keule (Uwe Furse) will give his Debut performance, we usually announce our events on http://gridtalk.de

          Our second destination was on a tiny grid built for an interesting experiment. It is a crazy, warm, confusing place, with various platforms and places to hang out. If you think you'e seeing double, two avies both called Maras Sa, then don't worry - that's what the DualCorps project is all about! The EuniceVSG non profit is associated with a number of big-name French universities, the two 'authors' - performers, participants, residents, whoever you want to call them, are Claire Sistach and Soizic Sanson. Here's the english page of their website, including the project summary, but we got Praline B to explain what is going on here also.

Praline B: The two authors will only be living through the virtual world during two complete weeks (each day and without any other activity). They will only use their avatars to communicate, all others ways of communications will be cut and their living environment is limited to a closed apartment for each of them. All the things which happen here, they know. This is a special software, in this way they are two but one at the same time.
James Atlloud: I'm ... amazed.

         The two participants pass the day dealing with this strange environment, 24/7... they're here talking, building, (including a whole range of labyrinths, like this one) and entertaining visitors, living ...and loving.
Praline B: that is the best thing to fill a day ;)) they are like two brains very close
Chip Angelvi: 2 cerveaux egale une noix
Praline B: ahahha, chip is not a serious guy, two brains equal one nut
Thirza Ember: sounds like the first days for most of us in Second Life
Praline B: yes but the difference is that their only contact with exterior is here , inworld, its very immersive, you may have an eye on them here http://eunicevsg.org/retransmission/  The two brains have a personal diary, and they have to answer few questions each day, but at the end of the experimentation, they will put some data online.
              The retransmission web page uses a Unity Web Player that won't open in Chrome, but if you have Firefox or Explorer, you can watch and hear the two hearts beating. 
Praline B: its a very intimate experiment and at the same time very public
Maras Sa: yes it's quite strange
Cherry Manga: first reality tv in opensim :))
Maras Sa: :-D
Lucy Afarensis: this is getting deep
Thirza Ember: that's kind of cool to be in a virtual reality show
Praline B: You are hearing the real beat of their hearts online, all is in real time
Cherry Manga: wow ça devient super intime, vos coeurs font une jolie mélodie, c'est magique
Praline B: so the red cloudy dot is the connected heart. Its really beautiful this way to show your presence, you are alive infact ! 
Maras Sa: yes we are !
Maras Sa: il faut me faire peur, les fetes d'avatar font accélérer mon rythme cardiaque ;)
Praline B: So keep this url, http://eunicevsg.org/retransmission even you are not online you may have a look at the two brains in activity, they will calm you with their beats, it's very zen 
snowbody Cortes: zennnn
Maras Sa: moi c'est l'inverse, ça les calme

          Jumping around the region was confusing, and yet there was little or no lag, which is impressive. We found our way to the glowing castle, and hit the dance floor, with its many cat-related poses. 
Wizardoz Chrome: I saw you a few days ago, your appearance has changed now you have the tail ..as you decide which changes to make?
Praline B: these are compromises
Maras Sa: for the appearence, it is a negotiation but this happens quite naturally
Praline B: one does and the other say yes or no
Maras Sa: il n'y a pas eu de conflit pour le moment
Praline B: no conflict for now
Maras Sa: plus des surprises je dirai
Praline B: they have surprises ;) more than conflict     
          The experiment is set to last two weeks, and are already five days into the experiment, so there is plenty of time left for you to go over and meet them, or watch their heartbeats on the link. I recommend the TinTin danceball.
      
HG Addresses
The Pyramid and Megalomania exhibit on Anachronia  dorenas-world.de:8002:anachronia 
The DualCorps project (open for the next 10 days) vr.t-data.com:9000