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https://github.com/thomaswaldmann/vcc

virtual chaos communication, we try to build on pretalx ->
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VCC = Virtual Chaos Communication

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Idea: simulate a chaos event (or also other, similar events) in cyberspace,

as far as possible.



Won't be the complete experience, but we could try how far we'll get.



Note: for now, we collect IDEAS here (see also issues for more details),

code might be elsewhere.



Experiences we get at such an event and how they could map

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there is some rough topic

- can be quite wide scope, as seen at CCC congress

- can be narrower scope, think of a Python Conference

- matter of planning / announcement (see "news room")



all participants publically meet at some big space at the same time.

- no space problem in the digital domain :)

- same time is a matter of planning / announcement.

- participants need to recognizably "be there". name / nick / photo?



  people obviously can't meet you if you're completely anonymous.



there is a map so you know where you can go.

- a digital map could just link to misc virtual rooms

- not limited to a fixed 2d/3d arrangement like a floor(s) map

- simple start: a list that can be filtered by tags or search expressions



there is a timetable "fahrplan" for events / talks / meetings / demos

- this is already digital

- simple start: a list sorted by time that can be filtered by tags / search expr.



official talks / demos / meetings

- live streaming with A/V, or just live audio + slides

- some channel for questions / discussion (chat, audio, A/V?)

- meeting: similar, just more interaction

- there could be also a linked "forum" for later



lightning talks

- same as above, time limit 5 or 10 mins



open space / self organized sessions

- same as above, but somehow kept or marked differently



limited spacetime

- each participant has only a limited amount of things they can watch

  or participate in.

- to not confuse people with too many offerings, i guess not only time

  (overall and per event) should be limited, but also space (amount of

  parallel offerings)



meeting friends

- you can't hug your friends and have meals with them, but:

- you still can meet them: if they are "there", they have time and comm

  channels are open (otherwise they would not be "there").

  audio, video, text, ...

- there can be public places to hang out (think of assemblies)

  - being there means one is open to publicly talk with some people about topic

  - 2 people start, more people can join listening or talking

  - how good does that work/scale with remote audio/video?

- if there is a need for private talk, a group of people could lock their

  conversation, so no more people can join and hear/contribute.

  (not sure this is needed, could be also just made outside of VCC)

- nice thing: your virtual person can be at multiple spaces at the same

  time. you can still only talk to a limited amount of people though.



DECT phones

- == some comm channel not bound to some specific space/room

- easy, just chat to someone

- should have "off" switch



artistic

- there could be rooms with nerdy music

- there could be rooms with visual arts



self.__doc__?

- some thing i always missed at such events is better "docs".

- you see a lot of nerds with computers, but often you don't see what they are

  working on (even if it is not at all intended to be secret or private).

- of course you can't talk to some thousand people and ask everybody, so a lot

  of interesting opportunities are likely lost.

- VCC could help here if people feed as much as they are comfortable with into

  the system. So people with common interests could better find each other.



orga

- to have a good selection of talks, we need some organizers who select a subset

  of whatever is submitted in the cfp.

- an experiment could be NOT to select talks, but just offer them all.



  space is not limited in cyberspace, but the time of the audience is.



info / emergency room

- one room where people can join in if they have general questions.

- help beginners / newscomers or if there are technical or social issues.



news room

- a news / blog like room for before / while / after the event



profiles

- personal

- project

- assembly



sprints / hackathons?

- have rooms for projects

- introduce people to a codebase / to a project's tools

- code together



Software / Tech we could use

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Idea: not trying to reinvent the wheel, but reusing good existing free and open

soft- and hardware and just wrapping / integrating them as needed.



Django / PostgreSQL (all backend / database stuff, django admin, forms, search)



CSS / JS (browser based UI, good UX)



(parser for) markdown / reST markup for formatted content



BigBlueButton (teaching kind of stuff)



Mumble (telephony)



[Jitsi](https://jitsi.org/jitsi-meet/) (video conference)



WebRTC (if BBB is not enough, directly use this?)