Was ist HIE?

 HIE ist das Akronym des offiziellen Namens „**Hypergrid International Expo**“. Trotz des englischen Namens handelt es sich um eine mehrsprachige Veranstaltung, die vollständig in den virtuellen Welten von OpenSim stattfindet. Es vereint eine internationale Konferenz, eine Reihe großer künstlerischer Veranstaltungen und einen Ausstellungspark mit Informationskiosken über eine Vielzahl virtueller Welten, die über das OpenSim-Hypergrid miteinander verbunden sind.

HIE Auditorium

Vor allem ermöglicht die Veranstaltung OpenSim-Erstellern, die eine andere Sprache als Englisch sprechen, die von ihnen geschaffenen Welten, die von ihnen gelösten Probleme, oder noch ihre Innovationen, ihre Erfahrungen und ihre Kunst in ihrer eigenen Sprache zu präsentieren. Damit es jeder versteht, sind die Vorträge und Aufführungen alle in Deutsch, Französisch, Italienisch, Spanisch, Portugiesisch und Englisch untertitelt. Dies ist eine einzigartige Gelegenheit, die reiche Kreativität des OpenSim-Metaversums zu entdecken.

HIE: spettacolo e comunità

 Che significato ha per te la parola HIE? Probabilmente hai letto qualcosa a proposito, ma forse non ti sei soffermato sul suo vero significato. HIE sta per Hypergrid International Expo ossia l'Esposizione Internazionale dell'Ipergrid. Ipergrid non è facilmente traducibile in italiano, ma si riferisce alla possibilità di viaggiare tra un mondo virtuale all'altro. Questa peculiarità propria di opensim apre enorme possibilità di confrontarsi con culture e società diverse della nostra e di conseguenza ampliare i nostri orizzonti. 

Quando e dove

HIE non ci limita all'uso della sola lingua inglese ma permette a ciascuno di esprimersi nella propria lingua. La prossima edizione, si terrà dal 19 al 21 aprile su Craft grid, e avrà presentazioni in tedesco, francese, portoghese e italiano. Ogni presentazione verrà accompagnato da 'sottotitoli' in tutte le altre lingue, compreso l'inglese (non vogliamo escludere nessuno!) in modo che tutti possano seguire il messaggio di questi interessanti relazioni. 

Connaissez-vous HIE?

 Qu'est-ce que HIE ?

HIE est le sigle du nom officiel « **Hypergrid International Expo** ». Malgré son nom anglais, il s'agit d'un événement multilingue qui se déroule entièrement dans les mondes virtuels d'OpenSim. Il réunit une conférence internationale, une suite d'événements artistiques d'envergure et un parc d'exposition de kiosques d'information sur une pluralité de mondes virtuels interconnectés par l'intermédiaire de l'hypergrille d'OpenSim.

L'événement permet surtout aux créateurs d'OpenSim qui s'expriment dans une langue autre que l'anglais de présenter dans leur propre langue les mondes qu'ils ont créés,  ou encore les problèmes qu'ils ont résolus, leurs innovations, leurs expériences et leur art. Afin que tout le monde puisse comprendre,  les présentations et performances sont toutes sous-titrées en français, en allemand, en italien, en espagnol, en portugais et en anglais. C'est une occasion unique de découvrir la créativité foisonnante du métavers d'OpenSim.

¡Estás invitado!

La Hypergrid Internacional Expo (HIE) es una conferencia y un evento artístico para los mundos virtuales que se conectan entre sí a través de la hiper-red OpenSim. No todos los creadores de OpenSim hablan inglés con fluidez, pero en esta conferencia todos los residentes explican, en sus propios idiomas, los mundos que han creado, los problemas que han superado, sus inventos, experiencias y su arte y, para que todo el mundo pueda seguir las charlas, hay subtítulos en alemán, francés, italiano, español y sí, ¡también en inglés! Es una ocasión única para descubrir todo lo que está sucediendo en el Metaverso.

 Las fechas y el lugar

Nos complace anunciar que la próxima Exposición Internacional Hypergrid regresará en abril con otra fabulosa lista de oradores, artistas e intérpretes. Al igual que en el evento anterior, planeamos realizar un fin de semana de charlas, música y presentaciones de arte en varios idiomas. 

Next Expo!

 We are pleased to announce  that the next Hypergrid International Expo will be in April.
Just like the previous event, we plan to hold a long weekend of talks, music, and art presentations in a mix of languages.

Mark the dates in your calendar: Friday April 19 there will be an opening party
Saturday 21 and Sunday 21 there will be art shows and talks about topics that interest opensim residents - grid histories, technical ideas, and new projects for improving life in our community.

Will you join us? 
Do you know someone whose first language is not English who would make an interesting presenter at the event? Encourage them to get in touch. Check this blog for the full details of how the event works, there are pages in all the relevant languages.

And remember that the Expo grounds will get a new crop of booths that promote grids and projects all over opensim!

Xirana's HIE Adventure

All the participants at the Hypergrid International Expo have a story to tell - and in some cases it's not just a story but a storybook! That's true of our Spanish moderator, the lovely Xirana Oximoxi, in real life Catalan author and illustrator Nuria Vives. 

In September, over on SL, Xirana's drawings were the subject of an exhibition called 'The Undefined' at the gallery of Aneli Abeyante - there's a picture of that - but even though she's a busy lady, both in RL and in the virtual, she was able to make time to become an integral part of the preparation and of course the main event at this year's HIE Spanish session.

Xirana had been part of the first edition of the Hypergrid International Expo back in 2017 when she was one of our speakers, this time her duties were different. Each section of the conference has a Moderator who introduces the speakers, and they take on the responsibility of getting to know the people they will be introducing, so as to be able to give the best biographical information possible. It's also a good excuse to better know fellow opensimmers! 

First question for Xirana... being moderator, it can be a bit of an adventure, so much can go wrong... so was it difficult? was it scary? was it fun?

Xirana Oximoxi

Xirana Oximoxi: Being a moderator was not scary...just nervous about everything working fine and also the artists, and you hope that Internet the day of the event is ok and no storm outside etc,_) ... It was also fun all the process of preparing the sessions...talking with all your team every week... you are a nice team, very gentle and interesting. people :)

Pixels at HIE

Jessica 'Lifted' Pixel is a long-time gamer who enjoys the madcap unpredictable, creative aspects of opensim. Lifted, with an immediately recognizable  ring avatar,  is a techie, explorer and a frequent filmer of the hypergrid tours, HG Safari - you can see her videos here on Youtube.

 During the recent HIE event, Lifted was part of the team that filmed the event. How did she get involved?