The Electric Faith virtual reality meeting environment.
Electric Faith can be used for small group meetings.
Enter as an avatar and use it as an alternative to voice-and-image-only online meetings like Skype and Zoom!
There are two virtual environments that are hyper-realistic, and one fantasy forest and one hyper-realistic forest environment that are also simple get-to-know-each-other spiritual games.
Electric Faith is free to use by nonprofit groups.
Rev. Buzz King, Ph.D., M.Div. Founder
Electric Faith
Introduction
Electric Faith is a multi-user, distributed environment - consisting of a church, a house, a forest, and a fantasy forest scene - built with the video game development system Unity and coded in C#.
It runs on Windows and Mac machines.
At this point, the house and church environments, as well as the forest and fantasy forest games are available.
An ulta modern house with rain tapping on the windows and skylights.
The house
A traditinal church with light streaming in, and soft organ music.
The church
The Ice-Breaker Game
The Church and the House are environments for holding small meetings.
But the Forest and the Fantasy Forest are also simple multiple player games.
The simple game is a way for people who are having a meeting to explore the virtual environment and to engage each other in conversation about spiritual matters.
Give it a try with six or fewer players!
The fantasy forest
A fantasy forest scene with eerie music.
The realist forest
A realistic forest with wind and running water.
Download Electric Faith
(Email to get the dowload password from Buzz King.)
THERE ARE FOUR DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THE ELECTRIC FAITH VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT: A HOUSE, A CHURCH, A FOREST, AND A FANTASY FOREST.
THERE IS ALSO A VERY SIMPLE VIDEO CHAT APP THAT CAN BE USED FOR INITIAL INTRODUCTIONS IF YOUR GROUP ISN'T INITIALLY COMFORTABLE MEETING AS AVATARS. THE CHAP APP IS NOT MEANT AS A REPLACEMENT FOR THE ELECTRIC FAITH VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS - AND MOST USERS WILL NOT USE IT.
Very Important: DO NOT RUN THE VIDEO CHAT APP IN PARALLEL WITH ANY OF THE ENVIRONMENTS. THE CPU AND NETWORK DEMANDS WILL BE TOO GREAT.
See below for download links for the HOUSE and CHURCH environments, as well as the FOREST and FANTASY FOREST environment/games. For each, you can choose between a boy and a girl avatar. You will also find download links for the Windows and Mac video chat apps.
Rev. Buzz King, Ph.D., M.Div.
I have authored a best-selling textbook on 3D modeling and animation called 3D Animation for the Raw Beginner, Using Autodesk Maya, 2nd Edition.
I am also a chaplain at Boulder Community Hospital and I serve as the pastor of First United Methodist Church of Pierce, Colorado.
I received my B.A. in Math from Occidental College and my Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Southern California. I am also a graduate of the seminary at the Iliff School of Theology.
I grew up in Oxnard, California, and currently live in Boulder, Colorado.
My areas of expertise in technology include 3D modeling and animation with Maya, audio editing and repair, web design (including this site), database and information system design, and multiplayer, networked game development with Unity.
As a pastor, I love to deliver historically-rooted, biblically-based, inclusive messages with lessons that are relevant to all people today.
I believe in living with empathy, forgiveness, and generosity, and with a genuine concern for the welfare of all people, regardless of their ethnic roots, personal lifestyle, or their spiritual practices.
Buzz's services and sermons
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