Monthly Archives: July 2009

Wed, Jul 29 2009
Virtualization 102

Virtualization 102

Now that you have your own virtual world (go back and read Virtuation 101 if you don’t), you might be finding yourself standing in a barren landscape — or on a little pimple of an island in... 

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Wed, Jul 29 2009
Virtualization 101

Virtualization 101

Here is what you will need to know if you decide to have a virtual world. First, you need to decide where your virtual world will be. Do you want a private world accessible only by you? Or a public one,... 

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Tue, Jul 28 2009
OSGrid: now, more social, user-friendly

OSGrid: now, more social, user-friendly

In conjunction with its two year anniversary, the folks behind OSGrid — the largest grid running the OpenSim open source virtual world platform — have added new functionality to the grid, including... 

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Tue, Jul 28 2009
Second Life turns a new face towards business

Second Life turns a new face towards business

Linden Lab has debuted a new portal for enterprise users, which features case studies of business uses of Second Life and offers a free tour of the Second Life environment. “For those of us working... 

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Tue, Jul 28 2009
Crescendo architects virtually

Crescendo architects virtually

Crescendo Design, an architecture firm based in Madison, Wisconsin, is doing some innovative work in virtual worlds, using the OpenSim offspring RealXtend. Image courtesy of Crescendo Designs. “The... 

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Mon, Jul 27 2009
Copyright in virtual worlds

Copyright in virtual worlds

As the virtual worlds grow and develop — and evolve into the next 3D Web — the issue of copyright is being debated again. In some ways, virtual worlds copyrights may require changes in the... 

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Mon, Jul 27 2009
ThinkBalm hosts virtual worlds networking event

ThinkBalm hosts virtual worlds networking event

Virtual worlds consultancy ThinkBalm announced the first ThinkBalm Innovation Community professional networking event, scheduled for August 4, to be held at the Amazon Developers Island in Second Life. Scheduled... 

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Mon, Jul 27 2009
Greenbush educates in OpenSim

Greenbush educates in OpenSim

Just as colleges and universities were among the first to embrace the World Wide Web, educational institutions are now in the forefront of those embracing innovative uses of OpenSim and other virtual worlds... 

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Thu, Jul 23 2009
OSGrid marks second birthday

OSGrid marks second birthday

OSGrid — the biggest and oldest virtual world running on the OpenSim platform — celebrated its second birthday July 22. The celebration included several days of events, including a presentation on... 

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Wed, Jul 22 2009
OpenSim isn’t the next Web 3D standard

OpenSim isn’t the next Web 3D standard

I’ve been talking to a few virtual world operators lately that are trumpeting their particular virtual world as the next “Web 3D standard.” They’re the biggest, or the best, or... 

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Wed, Jul 22 2009
Client vs. Server

Client vs. Server

I do love OpenSim. But, as a business journalist — I try to be open minded. And, as a business owner, I’m always looking for a faster, cheaper, easier way to do things. This week, I heard from... 

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Fri, Jul 17 2009
OpenSim on the web six months away

OpenSim on the web six months away

It will take at least six months to get the Xenki OpenSim viewer ready for public use, according to the new lead developer on the open source project. Kevin Tweedy, founder and head of Philadelphia-based... 

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Fri, Jul 17 2009
Japan’s 3Di adds voice, web browser to OpenSim

Japan’s 3Di adds voice, web browser to OpenSim

Japan’s 3Di Inc. has been working hard lately on making OpenSim more appealing to business customers — at least, to business customers in Japan. This spring, they came out with a Web viewer... 

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Fri, Jul 17 2009
S. Carolina middle school classes go virtual

S. Carolina middle school classes go virtual

South Carolina’s Appalachian St. University has been delivering an instructional technology degree almost completely inside virtual worlds for eight years, professor Sean Williams told Hypergrid... 

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Fri, Jul 17 2009
UK university offers OpenSim design course

UK university offers OpenSim design course

Glasgow Caledonian University in Scotland will become the first UK university to offer a comprehensive virtual world creation course, the institution announced this summer. The course, available to fourth-year... 

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Thu, Jul 16 2009
My brain recalls information in 3D

My brain recalls information in 3D

I frequently am tasked with recalling specific data points from the ThinkBalm Immersive Internet Business Value Study, Q2 2009 for client inquiries, presentations, press calls, and blog posts. I can’t... 

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Thu, Jul 16 2009
Sex king takes on the hypergrid

Sex king takes on the hypergrid

The battle for the future of the 3D Web is about to get hot… and steamy. Utherverse CEO tells us that he’s planning to launch an all-out attack against the other virtual world platforms out... 

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Wed, Jul 15 2009
IBM: four OpenSim regions for $50,000

IBM: four OpenSim regions for $50,000

The $50,000 price tag might scare off smaller customers, but IBM’s Lotus Sametime 3D product is designed to help large enterprises start holding virtual meetings. The product – released at the... 

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