Monthly Archives: December 2010

Thu, Dec 30 2010
Most read of 2010

Most read of 2010

This year was a big one for OpenSim. Lots of growth, lots of technological breakthroughs. But some Hypergrid Business articles got more attention than others — and, thanks to the miracle of Google... 

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Wed, Dec 29 2010
My 2010 predictions scorecard

My 2010 predictions scorecard

In January of 2010, I made a few predictions about what I thought was going to happen with OpenSim this year. I was way off on most of them. The OpenSim developers will continue to call it “alpha software” This... 

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Wed, Dec 29 2010
VComm releases Whisper voice code for OpenSim

VComm releases Whisper voice code for OpenSim

Grid owners with proprietary viewers can now add high-quality voice to their worlds Not yet included in Hippo, Imprudence — users must download add-on This week, vComm Solutions of Switzerland... 

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Sat, Dec 25 2010
Gaming exec to helm Second Life

Gaming exec to helm Second Life

Press Release: Second Life’s New Leader: Rod Humble Becomes CEO of Linden Lab MMO and Gaming Industry Visionary to Bring New Life to Second Life SAN FRANCISCO — Linden Lab®, creator of 3D virtual... 

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Fri, Dec 24 2010
Virtual language students trade TV for lesson practice

Virtual language students trade TV for lesson practice

Press release: Languagelab.com students spend 15 hours a week in English City Outside of Class time. Languagelab, creator of English City based in Second Life, have found that students spend on average... 

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Fri, Dec 17 2010
UBM ‘Sustainability Now’ event available on demand

UBM ‘Sustainability Now’ event available on demand

Press Release: UBM Built Environment Presents ‘Sustainability Now,’ Targeted to Built Environment Professionals and Their Clients – Now Available On Demand Virtual Event Leader UBM... 

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Thu, Dec 16 2010
On24 announces private Webcasts

On24 announces private Webcasts

Press Release: ON24 Announces Enterprise Webcasting for Internal Communications New Capabilities Enable ‘Behind the Firewall’ Webcasts SAN FRANCISCO, CA– ON24, Inc., the global leader... 

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Thu, Dec 16 2010
Virtual Edge Summit to be simulcast on six platforms

Virtual Edge Summit to be simulcast on six platforms

Press Release: Leading Providers to Create Virtual Environments Around the Virtual Edge Summit 2011 Global audiences will have access to Summit content and networking via 6Connex, Digitell, Expos2, INXPO,... 

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Wed, Dec 15 2010
Top OpenSim grids doubled in size in 2010

Top OpenSim grids doubled in size in 2010

OpenSim grids hit yet another new peak this month, with 15,094 regions on the top 40 grids, an 11  percent increase from last month’s 13,564 regions — a gain of 1,530 new regions. Meanwhile,... 

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Wed, Dec 15 2010
OpenSim company wins $10,000 prize

OpenSim company wins $10,000 prize

Press Release: Novell Announces Winners of First Annual ‘Dister’ Awards Radical Breeze’s ‘Illumination Software Creation Station’ and Anderware’s ‘Hypergrid... 

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Tue, Dec 14 2010
Generate Sales Leads With Virtual Events

Generate Sales Leads With Virtual Events

The following is an excerpt from a new book, Generate Sales Leads With Virtual Events. I can vividly recall my first experience exhibiting at a trade show.  It was the early 1990’s and I was fresh... 

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Tue, Dec 14 2010
The Numbers are In: Virtual Events are The Real Deal

The Numbers are In: Virtual Events are The Real Deal

The numbers are in on virtual. After being immersed in all things virtual the last four months through my work with the Virtual Edge Summit, it was interesting to attend IAEE last week and be brought back... 

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Tue, Dec 14 2010
Executives enjoy networking in underwear

Executives enjoy networking in underwear

Press Release: Virtual Events Mean Less Time at the Airport, More Time in Pajamas ON24 survey: executives extol the personal benefits of virtual events SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—Based on the results... 

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Tue, Dec 14 2010
SpotOn3D stress-tests OpenSim in the cloud

SpotOn3D stress-tests OpenSim in the cloud

SpotOn3D will hold a benchmark test on Wednesday, December 15 to determine the difference in performance of OpenSim version 0.7.1 and OpenSim 0.6.9 when they run in the cloud. Tessa Kinney-Johnson According... 

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Fri, Dec 10 2010
MC Hammer to host virtual conference

MC Hammer to host virtual conference

Press Release: ON24 to Host Virtual Conference for Virtual Events Users ‘It’s VUE Time!’ Says VUE2010 Emcee MC Hammer SAN FRANCISCO, CA– ON24, Inc. the global leader in webcasting... 

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Thu, Dec 9 2010
IBM’s principles of virtual design

IBM’s principles of virtual design

Here at Hypergrid Business we spend a lot of time touring virtual environments, and we often find them difficult to navigate, inconsistent, and hard to use. But one of the world’s biggest corporate... 

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Thu, Dec 9 2010
Why face-to-face meetings are here to stay

Why face-to-face meetings are here to stay

Sure we’re advocates of virtual meetings. But we’re not foolish enough to think a day will come — soon or ever — when face-to-face meetings go away. That’s just not going... 

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Thu, Dec 9 2010
University gets $2.5 mil grant for science simulations

University gets $2.5 mil grant for science simulations

Press Release: Online Science Project Launched by CU Nobel Laureate Receives $2.5 Million to Enhance Middle School Science Two students tweak the ramp of a skateboarder in Energy Skate Park, sending... 

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Thu, Dec 9 2010
How to Price Your Virtual Currency

How to Price Your Virtual Currency

One of the key early decisions to game design or creating a virtual currency platform is designing the price and exchange rate of virtual currency. Unfortunately after it’s been released, it’s also... 

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Thu, Dec 9 2010
Report: Online video most wanted at virtual events

Report: Online video most wanted at virtual events

Press Release: Onstream Media and Trade Show News Network Release Findings of Groundbreaking Virtual Event Survey POMPANO BEACH, FL – Onstream Media Corporation, a leading online service provider... 

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Mon, Dec 6 2010
ProtoSphere and Lync: more than voice

ProtoSphere and Lync: more than voice

Last week, ProtonMedia made a formal announcement about a project I first reported on in September  of this year that ProtoSphere, the 3D enterprise collaboration and learning tool, is  now fully integrated... 

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Mon, Dec 6 2010
Purdue University to build 3D research lab in OpenSim

Purdue University to build 3D research lab in OpenSim

Press release: SpotOn3D announces collaborative partnership with Purdue University The Virtual Collaboration Laboratory within the Purdue University Department of Organizational Leadership and Supervision... 

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Sat, Dec 4 2010
Canvas: New Web viewer a breakthrough

Canvas: New Web viewer a breakthrough

San Francisco-based Tipodean Technologies will open its Canvas Web-based viewer next week to a select group of beta testers, but Hypergrid Business got a sneak peek this week. A test version of the viewer... 

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Fri, Dec 3 2010
ReactionGrid adds groups, plans upgrade

ReactionGrid adds groups, plans upgrade

ReactionGrid released a groups module for OpenSim this week and announced plans to upgrade to the next version of OpenSim “early next year.” According to its announcement, ReactionGrid’s... 

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Fri, Dec 3 2010
Expos2 to Showcase V3 Platform

Expos2 to Showcase V3 Platform

Expos2 to Showcase V3 Platform at Virtual Edge Summit 2011 Ashland, OR – Expos2, the most competitively priced virtual events provider and industry leader based on number of events sold, today announced... 

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Fri, Dec 3 2010
Katalabs releases HTML 5 virtual worlds browser

Katalabs releases HTML 5 virtual worlds browser

California-based Katalabs has just released a free iPad and iPhone-friendly Web-based virtual world viewer, KataSpace, which works in conjunction with the open source Sirikata virtual world server software. KataSpace... 

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Fri, Dec 3 2010
Despite Cease & Desist Order, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Spirit of Innovation Lives On

Despite Cease & Desist Order, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Spirit of Innovation Lives On

The Frank Lloyd Wright Virtual Museum, which was recently granted a licensing agreement with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation (and later attained official 501(c)3 non-profit status from the IRS) was... 

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