OSFest 2026 will run October 12 via 26 throughout the hypergrid, organizer Lisa Laxton informed Hypergrid Enterprise, and the neighborhood is now voting on the pageant’s theme via a customized ranked-choice platform she constructed for the event. Voting closes on Could 31.
The neighborhood submitted 18 theme strategies this 12 months, Laxton informed Hypergrid Enterprise. Fairly than selecting one with a easy ballot, organizers are utilizing a ranked consensus voting system that produces a composite rating from all members’ selections.
The voting web page is public, and anybody can rank the strategies, Laxton mentioned. Outcomes will assist organizers choose a number of themes for the pageant.
Constructed for the worldwide hypergrid crowd
Final 12 months’s OSFest drew avatars from greater than 150 grids, and Laxton mentioned the brand new voting instrument was designed with that worldwide, accessibility-minded viewers in thoughts.
The instrument helps 16 languages and auto-detects the browser’s most well-liked language, Laxton mentioned in her e mail. It additionally consists of an AI-assisted election helper that takes voice or textual content enter within the chosen language.
“The palette and font used is dyslexia and neurodiverse pleasant,” Laxton mentioned. The web page is screen-reader suitable, and customers can have interaction by mouse, keyboard, or voice from any system as a result of the location is constructed as a Progressive Net App.
OSFest 2025 welcomed occasions from any grid that might present a stream URL, with simulcasts dealt with via the hypergrid broadcaster system from 0HubRadio.com.
This 12 months follows the identical open sample.
“Anybody can take part within the voting and host occasions on any grid this 12 months,” Laxton mentioned. The OSFest calendar will go dwell after the election whereas the OSFest grid is being up to date to help bodily primarily based rendering.
Organizers used a neighborhood vote to choose the theme for OSFest 2024 as nicely, although that spherical was carried out by way of Discord emoji reactions and e mail.
