Monthly Archives: April 2010

Thu, Apr 29 2010
Resilience during virtual disasters

Resilience during virtual disasters

Virtual worlds have been offered up in recent weeks as alternatives to physical events because they are disaster-proof. No volcano or tsunami can take down the whole Internet. And virtual events are particularly... 

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Wed, Apr 28 2010
Server crash, backup failure destroys Aesthetica build

Server crash, backup failure destroys Aesthetica build

The owner of the Aesthetica sim — a rich and detailed artistic build created over the course of several months — learned on Monday that his region was gone for good. And five months of scheduled... 

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Thu, Apr 22 2010
Non-profits experiment with grid payments

Non-profits experiment with grid payments

Virtual worlds run by non-profit organizations focus on providing a low-cost platform for other non-profits and individuals. To many in the non-profit sector, in-world economies belong on for-profit grids... 

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Wed, Apr 21 2010
Analyst: Immersive workplaces may take a longer time

Analyst: Immersive workplaces may take a longer time

Early mainstream adoption of enterprise immersive software will most probably not take place in 2013 because of issues regarding the ease of use and the scalability of those immersive environments. That... 

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Wed, Apr 21 2010
Gartner names ProtonMedia ‘Cool Vendor’

Gartner names ProtonMedia ‘Cool Vendor’

Press Release: ProtonMedia Named “Cool Vendor in the High-Performance Workplace” by Leading Analyst Firm Vendors selected for the “Cool Vendor” report are Innovative, Impactful,... 

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Tue, Apr 20 2010
UK Company wins U.S. Federal Virtual Worlds Challenge

UK Company wins U.S. Federal Virtual Worlds Challenge

Press Release: UK Company wins U.S. Federal Virtual Worlds Challenge Birmingham, UK — UK Virtual Worlds solution provider Daden Limited has won first place and second place prize respectively in... 

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Mon, Apr 19 2010
FrancoGrid, AvatarHangout switch to OMC payments

FrancoGrid, AvatarHangout switch to OMC payments

Two more grids have switched to the recently-released hypergrid-enabled OMC (Open Metaverse Currency) from Virwox, FrancoGrid and Avatar Hangout, bringing the total number of grids using the currency to... 

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Fri, Apr 16 2010
3D Newsroom Debuts in Second Life

3D Newsroom Debuts in Second Life

Press Release: Murrow Center 3D Newsroom Debuts in Second Life A Shared Media Experience and Citizen Journalist Training Center Sponsored by the McCormick Foundation PULLMAN, Wash. – The Edward R.... 

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Thu, Apr 15 2010
Joys and dangers of work avatars

Joys and dangers of work avatars

If you’re a business manager considering rolling out virtual workspaces, you may think that an avatar identity is nothing more than yet another user account, the login credentials for a particular... 

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Wed, Apr 14 2010
OpenSim grids grow 11% since last month

OpenSim grids grow 11% since last month

The world’s top 40 OpenSim-based grids gained 1,055 regions over the past month, from 9,533 to 10,588, an increase of more than 11 percent. By comparison, Second Life grew just 1.4 percent during... 

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Sun, Apr 11 2010
Planning for a virtual future

Planning for a virtual future

There are few things worse than making a large investment in technology only to find out a couple of years later that the rest of the world has decided to go in a different direction. Not only do you now... 

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Fri, Apr 9 2010
Fashion Research Institute Launches Virtual Runway

Fashion Research Institute Launches Virtual Runway

Press Release: Virtual Runway Helps Fashion Designers Accelerate Their Sales and Marketing Fashion Research Institute launches immersive, interactive runway show for apparel industry NEW YORK —  This... 

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Thu, Apr 8 2010
Hypergrid entrepreneurs resume meetings

Hypergrid entrepreneurs resume meetings

OpenSim entrepreneurs discussed ongoing business projects and potential new opportunities in a virtual cafe on the WorldSimTerra grid yesterday. The grid was hypergrid-enabled, so attendees were able to... 

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Tue, Apr 6 2010
Ex-Linden vows to battle for interop

Ex-Linden vows to battle for interop

Former Linden staffer Meadhbh Hamrick has vowed to continue her fight for virtual worlds interoperability. However, the commitment on the part of Linden Research is unclear, and the project is currently... 

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Mon, Apr 5 2010
Business on OpenSim

Business on OpenSim

Last week, I surveyed the state of OpenSim commerce, in the column Business in OpenSim. This included the beginnings of in-world retail shops, OpenSim hosting providers, and design and development services. These... 

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Sat, Apr 3 2010
Educators save money switching to OpenSim

Educators save money switching to OpenSim

Educators in primary schools, colleges, and other institutions looking for lower costs, better controls, and no age restrictions are considering switching from Second Life to its open source alternative,... 

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Fri, Apr 2 2010
Business in OpenSim

Business in OpenSim

[Update: You can browse all hypergrid-enabled public OpenSim grids with Hyperica, the directory of hypergrid destinations. Directory indexes more than 100 shopping and freebie store locations.] Is it too... 

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Fri, Apr 2 2010
Clever Zebra offers toolset to educators in virtual worlds

Clever Zebra offers toolset to educators in virtual worlds

Clever Zebra is about to roll out its Campus toolset for educators in OpenSim, company president Nick Wilson tells Hypergrid Business, with work already underway for the first beta customers. OpenSim is... 

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Thu, Apr 1 2010
Directory indexes 100 hypergrid destinations

Directory indexes 100 hypergrid destinations

Press Release: The Hypergrid Worlds directory of hypergrid-enabled destinations indexes 100th regions yesterday The Hypergrid Worlds directory of hypergrid-enabled destinations has indexed its 100th regions... 

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