Monthly Archives: July 2010

Sat, Jul 31 2010
How to set up a mini-grid

How to set up a mini-grid

A mini-grid is a small, standalone OpenSim grid that doesn’t require a separate grid administration server. How small? Small enough so that all its regions can be run on a single computer. For a... 

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Thu, Jul 29 2010
Grids should consider zoning

Grids should consider zoning

A couple of days ago, Second Life merchant Darrius Gothly proposed a plan to reinvigorate Second Life’s land market by  zoning regions residential or commercial. Today, Second Life does have some... 

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Tue, Jul 27 2010
ReactionGrid discontinues $25 region hosting

ReactionGrid discontinues $25 region hosting

ReactionGrid no longer offers $25 regions, offering only entire servers starting at $150 a month, with a $500 setup fee. Each server can handle four regions, and there is a discount for educators —... 

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Thu, Jul 22 2010
Virtual event networking hindered by multiple channels

Virtual event networking hindered by multiple channels

Back in February, the Virtual Edge Institute — a virtual events consulting firm — conducted a conference for virtual event organizers. Some 400 attendees went to Santa Clara to attend in person.... 

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Thu, Jul 22 2010
Virtual good losses lower than other digital goods sales

Virtual good losses lower than other digital goods sales

A recent Wall Street Journal article proclaimed, Fraudsters Like Virtual Goods: Fast-Growing E-Commerce Segment Seems More Vulnerable to Cyber Criminals based on research from CyberSource Corp., which... 

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Wed, Jul 21 2010
VenueGen adds enterprise collaboration

VenueGen adds enterprise collaboration

Press Release: VenueGen Announces New Enterprise Collaboration Capability for Its 3D Web Conferencing Platform VenueGen Releases the First Multi-Dimensional Platform for Web Collaboration RESEARCH... 

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Tue, Jul 20 2010
Teleplace adds Sharepoint integration

Teleplace adds Sharepoint integration

Enterprise virtual world vendor added support for the Microsoft Sharepoint service, the company announced today. Teleplace is one of the leading providers of enterprise-grade, behind-the-firewall, fully... 

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Mon, Jul 19 2010
Media-on-a-prim coming to OpenSim in two months

Media-on-a-prim coming to OpenSim in two months

Earlier this year, Linden Lab released Second Life Viewer 2 which, though it had a large number of usability problems, also offered one huge advantage for business and education users: the ability to put... 

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Sun, Jul 18 2010
Hypergrid upgrade may cause travel hiccups

Hypergrid upgrade may cause travel hiccups

The OpenSim community is currently in the process of upgrading to Hypergrid 1.5, a more secure version of the hypergrid protocol that allows teleportation between different grids. However, Hypergrid 1.5... 

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Thu, Jul 15 2010
OSGrid loses regions, other grids continue to grow

OSGrid loses regions, other grids continue to grow

The top 40 public grids lost 20% of their reported area this past month — from 11,717 to 9,343 regions –  due to summer cleaning at OSGrid. The largest OpenSim-based grid lost more than a... 

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Thu, Jul 15 2010
UBM Studios launches virtual seminar center

UBM Studios launches virtual seminar center

Press Release: UBM Studios Introduces the Virtual Seminar Center, a 3D Environment for Conferences Chicago, IL — UBM Studios today announced a new 3D environment to help companies take advantage of... 

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Wed, Jul 14 2010
Common Use Cases For Virtual Events

Common Use Cases For Virtual Events

Some event planners just know that they want to produce a virtual event.  Others take a circuitous route to a virtual event, considering other options first.  For those of you “on the fence” –... 

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Mon, Jul 12 2010
Virtual world lead generation

Virtual world lead generation

Ever since Second Life made virtual world a common reality, people have been trying to find ways to utilize this new-found platform for unimaginable reasons. Soon enough other companies cropped providing... 

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Fri, Jul 9 2010
Your Audience is Just a Few Clicks Away

Your Audience is Just a Few Clicks Away

The virtual event space has heated up over the last year.  That’s what a recent Unisfair survey of 500 technology marketing professionals revealed:  40 percent polled considered virtual events “one... 

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Fri, Jul 9 2010
The grid is another country

The grid is another country

For the past year that I’ve been attending meetings in Second Life and OpenSim, I’ve been thinking of the virtual platforms as another kind of collaboration tool. I compare it to Web-based... 

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Fri, Jul 9 2010
Virtual design group formed

Virtual design group formed

Press release: Professional Virtua Designers Society Announced An integral part of the Fashion Research Institute is the Fashion Research Foundation, a 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization located... 

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Fri, Jul 9 2010
Grant available for virtual butterfly exhibit

Grant available for virtual butterfly exhibit

The New York-based Fashion Research Institute, Inc. is giving away five copies of its ground-breaking butterfly exhibit to researchers or educators. The exhibit, available in the form of an OpenSim archive... 

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Mon, Jul 5 2010
Study: Virtual goods help build brands

Study: Virtual goods help build brands

Press Release: Researchers Find Link Between Immersion and Virtual Buying Habits Planet Calypso and Florida State University proves selling items in a virtual space can yield better results than... 

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