The organizers of OSFest 2024, an annual pageant that will probably be held this coming October, just lately opened voting for this 12 months’s theme to their Discord neighborhood. Competition members can vote by reacting with a selected emoji to point their most popular theme from a collection of choices, both through the OSFest Discord server or by sending an electronic mail to opensimfest@gmail.com.
Voting closes on January 24.
“For OSFest 2023, we took a ballot to determine which theme we had that 12 months,” mentioned Lisa Laxton, OSFest director and founding father of the Infinite Metaverse Alliance and Laxton Consulting. “Because the neighborhood appreciated this method giving them a voice for this hypergrid neighborhood occasion, we’re doing it once more for OSFest 2024 however early within the planning based mostly on suggestions from final 12 months’s members.”
An electronic mail announcement went out this month with particulars on the pageant dates from October 4 to October 20 and welcoming retailers, exhibitors and performers to participate. The pageant takes place on the OSFest Grid, with some free land parcels offered to qualifying retailers and exhibitors.
Steered themes for exhibitors this 12 months embody “Futurism,” “Silk Street and Asian historical past,” “Burning Man and Woodstock expressions,” “Hypergrid neighborhood unity,” “inventive artwork and structure” or no set theme. Performers and retailers aren’t required to observe the chosen theme.
“Members requested for an extended lead time and theme to allow them to plan and create their builds months earlier than the grid is open for them to switch builds from their house grids,” Laxton mentioned.
Organizers plan to permit voting till January 24 earlier than deciding on this 12 months’s official theme.
“For 2 full weeks, together with weekends, we’ll have music, dance, artwork, and service provider expos in a single place,” mentioned Laxton. “That is an all volunteer effort with a restricted variety of free parcels for exhibitors and retailers offered by the grid sponsors.”
OSFest organizers are additionally searching for greeters, performers, artists, builders, scripters, retailers, and promoters.
“The extra volunteers we’ve, the extra time we every get to spend visiting reveals and shops in addition to attending occasions inside the OSFest Grid,” Laxton mentioned.
