The Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference is a peer-reviewed, free conference open to attendees around the world.
There are two methods available in order to access the main portion of conference.
| Second Life | AvaCon Grid | |
| Account Requirements | To create a Second Life account and download the software, go to http://secondlife.com/ and click on the “Play for Free” button. Follow the screen prompts for both account set-up and software download. | To create an AvaconGrid account, go to https://www.avacon.org/blog/avacon-grid/ and follow the instructions. |
| Download Software | To download the Second Life viewer, go to http://secondlife.com/support/downloads/. | AvaconGrid (OpenSim) and Second Life both support a variety of third party viewers. Firestorm works well in both environments. Kokua is also a popular choice. The Singularity Viewer is recommended for AvaconGrid. |
| Voice Access | Voice is integrated into the viewer. | The TeamSpeak software client is required to access Voice in AvaCon Grid. Download and setup instructions are found on the Accessing Voice in OpenSim page. |
| HyperGrid Enabled | No |
VWBPE Gateway is hypergrid enabled for those OpenSim community members who can access the hypergrid.
To get to AvaCon Grid, you can hypergrid jump to: |
| Main Gateway URL | http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VWBPE%20Gateway/129/35/24 | By hypergrid or by logging in with a viewer, you will arrive at the AvaCon Plaza. From there, you can use the VWBPE teleport kiosks to get to the conference. |