Monthly Archives: June 2010

Wed, Jun 30 2010
New report: state of the 3D Web

New report: state of the 3D Web

A new report was released today, providing a baseline measure of the state of the 3D Web, with contributions from Hypergrid Business writers and editors Maria Korolov, Jie Hu and Ankush Chibber. “We’ve... 

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Wed, Jun 30 2010
Fear of piracy can be more damaging than piracy itself

Fear of piracy can be more damaging than piracy itself

According to information presented at a recent U.S. International Trade Commission hearing, piracy may be hurting companies less than previously though. Fritz Foley, an associate professor at Harvard Business... 

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Thu, Jun 24 2010
Founder returns to Linden helm

Founder returns to Linden helm

Press release: Linden Lab Announces Management Changes SAN FRANCISCO, June 24 — Linden Lab®, creator of 3D virtual world Second Life®, announced today that company founder Philip Rosedale... 

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Mon, Jun 21 2010
Gaming grid picks XR JEVN for commerce

Gaming grid picks XR JEVN for commerce

Avination, a new OpenSim-based role playing virtual world focusing on combat play, has chosen the XR JEVN e-commerce platform from Extreme Reality, Inc., the companies announced today. Philadelphia-based... 

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Fri, Jun 18 2010
Merck, ProtonMedia win innovation award

Merck, ProtonMedia win innovation award

Press Release: Merck and ProtonMedia Win Microsoft Life Sciences Innovation Award 2010 Microsoft Recognizes Merck’s Industry-First Scientific Poster Session Held in ProtonMedia’s ProtoSphere 3-D... 

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Thu, Jun 17 2010
ScienceSim demos 1,000 avatars on a sim

ScienceSim demos 1,000 avatars on a sim

The Intel-backed ScienceSim grid, running the open source OpenSim virtual world server software, ran a demo with over 1,000 avatars in a single region. Watch video here. “We broke 1,000 with plenty... 

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Thu, Jun 17 2010
3Di OpenSim allows third-party logins

3Di OpenSim allows third-party logins

Tokyo-based 3Di Inc., will release the new version of its OpenSim server software on June 25, and the new release will allow the use of separate account registration systems. For example, if a retail company,... 

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Thu, Jun 17 2010
Top OpenSim grids set new growth record

Top OpenSim grids set new growth record

The top 40 OpenSim grids totaled 11,717 regions this month, a respectable 4 percent increase over last month’s 11,240. However, adjusted growth is up a record-high 1,377 regions — an increase... 

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Wed, Jun 16 2010
ProtonMedia, LiquidHub Partner Up in Life Sciences

ProtonMedia, LiquidHub Partner Up in Life Sciences

Press Release: ProtonMedia and LiquidHub Form Technology and Services Partnership Companies team to provide life sciences organizations 3-D virtual collaboration and communication solutions integrated... 

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Mon, Jun 14 2010
VenueGen Offers Free Migration for Second Life Business Customers

VenueGen Offers Free Migration for Second Life Business Customers

Press Release: VenueGen Offers Free Migration Solution for Second Life Business Customers RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC- –  VenueGen, provider of a 3-D virtual meeting platform for collaborative... 

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Mon, Jun 14 2010
Citizant, Cranial Tap team up to help agencies visualize data in 3D

Citizant, Cranial Tap team up to help agencies visualize data in 3D

Press Release: Citizant and Cranial Tap Partner to Develop 3-D Environments for Collaboration, Training and Data Visualization In Federal Agencies Second Life environments will add new dimension to... 

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Thu, Jun 10 2010
Web viewer a potential turning point for SL

Web viewer a potential turning point for SL

Yesterday, Linden Lab CEO Mark Kingdon promised that Linden Lab is going to develop a Web-based viewer for Second Life. This is, potentially, a major turning point for the company. It could become a portal... 

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Thu, Jun 10 2010
3Di launches Android viewer for OpenSim

3Di launches Android viewer for OpenSim

Tokyo-based 3Di, a leader in developing commercial viewers for Opensim, today announced a viewer that will run on Android smartphones. The company is currently recruiting industry partners to develop practical... 

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Wed, Jun 9 2010
Second Life cuts staff, promises Web viewer

Second Life cuts staff, promises Web viewer

Linden Lab announced 30 percent staff cuts today, and also promised a Web-based viewer for Second Life. While a Web-based viewer would be a significant benefit for companies interested in using virtual... 

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Tue, Jun 8 2010
IBM, ProtonMedia team up

IBM, ProtonMedia team up

Press Release: IBM and ProtonMedia Form Joint Development Partnership IBM  and ProtonMedia have entered into a teaming agreement that will result in the delivery of innovative, 3-D virtual collaboration... 

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Tue, Jun 8 2010
Harrisburg U. holds ‘serious games’ conference

Harrisburg U. holds ‘serious games’ conference

Press Release: Serious Games are Effective Learning Solutions for ‘Soft’ and ‘Hard’ Skills From leadership and program management, to emergency evacuation or electrical safety... 

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Thu, Jun 3 2010
Hollywood company gives away virtual islands to celebrities

Hollywood company gives away virtual islands to celebrities

Hollywood celebrities can now get their own virtual islands — at no cost — through Virtual Celebrity Islands, launching at this Sunday’s 2010 MTV Movie Awards. Between 70 and 80 celebrities... 

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Tue, Jun 1 2010
Hypergrid travelers search for shopping

Hypergrid travelers search for shopping

Hypergrid travelers are more likely to be looking for shopping than any other kind of individual destination, according to May visitor statistics of the Hyperica hypergrid destination directory. The top... 

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