The organizers of OSFest 2024, an annual pageant that can be held this coming October, not too long ago opened voting for this 12 months’s theme to their Discord group. Pageant contributors can vote by reacting with a particular emoji to point their most popular theme from a number of choices, both by way of the OSFest Discord server or by sending an e 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. “For the reason that group preferred this strategy giving them a voice for this hypergrid group occasion, we’re doing it once more for OSFest 2024 however early within the planning primarily based on suggestions from final 12 months’s contributors.”
An e mail announcement went out this month with particulars on the festival 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.
Instructed themes for exhibitors this 12 months embody “Futurism,” “Silk Highway and Asian historical past,” “Burning Man and Woodstock expressions,” “Hypergrid group unity,” “artistic artwork and structure” or no set theme. Performers and retailers will not be required to comply with 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 residence 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 in search of greeters, performers, artists, builders, scripters, retailers, and promoters.
“The extra volunteers now we have, the extra time we every get to spend visiting displays and shops in addition to attending occasions inside the OSFest Grid,” Laxton mentioned.
