July – 2011 – Hypergrid Business

Monthly Archives: July 2011

Sat, Jul 30 2011

Avination in talks with Havok

Avination may deploy the Havok physics engine for its grid. This is the same physics engine used by Second Life. Melanie Thielker “It is being considered and talks with Havok have started,”...

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Sat, Jul 30 2011

Kudos to SpotON3D for viewer plugin

A lot of folks sit around complaining about not having a decent Web-based viewer for OpenSim and Second Life. (Okay, maybe just me.) The existing stand-alone viewers require that users download and install...

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Sat, Jul 30 2011

InWorldz, CariNet team up on new joint venture

Press Release: InWorldz, LLC and CariNet Inc. To Power Virtual World Technology and Hosting Through Joint Venture Venture to focus on quality of service, scalability, and core software to promote growth...

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Fri, Jul 29 2011

SpotOn3d releases browser plugin for OpenSim

There have been several attempts over the past year to create a viewer for Second Life and OpenSim based virtual environments that would run in a browser. I’ve tried to write about them all, from...

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Thu, Jul 28 2011

Virtual world usage accelerates

Virtual worlds gained 214 million new users in the second quarter of 2011, according to virtual worlds research firm KZero Worldwide. It was the largest quarterly increase since the company began tracking...

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Mon, Jul 25 2011

The ‘official’ real me is legion

Until yesterday, I’ve been keeping up with — but haven’t been particularly concerned about — the Google Plus real names controversy. After all, I already used my real name in all...

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Sun, Jul 24 2011

Freebies need licenses

First of all, I’d like to thank all the creative folks who are creating original products and distributing them in freebie stores on OSGrid, JokaydiaGrid, GermanGrid, FrancoGrid, and many other locations. OpenSim...

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Fri, Jul 22 2011

OSGrid celebrates four years of OpenSim

OSGrid, the largest grid running on the OpenSim software, is celebrating its fourth birthday this weekend with parties, games, tours, and training classes. OSGrid 4th birthday celebration party. (Image...

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Thu, Jul 21 2011

5 grid design mistakes

I’ve been traveling around the hypergrid a lot lately enjoying the new hypergrid landmarks, friends, and messages — and updating the Hyperica directory. And I’ve been amazed at how far...

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Thu, Jul 21 2011

Oliveira Virtual Lands

US$35 for a 15,000-prim region on OSGrid, any other open grid, or as a standalone. Free one-week trial. No setup fees. Web-based management console available with options to restart a region, broadcast...

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Thu, Jul 21 2011

HostOpenSim

HostOpenSim: A full 15,000-prim region is $26 a month, includes two weeks free, and a free water region. OMC payments, voice, hypergrid, Web-based region management panel. On WorldSimTerra, OSGrid or other...

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Thu, Jul 21 2011

GridItalia

US$59 (42 Euros) for a 45,000-prim region on the Italian-language GridItalia. Private grid hosting also available. AKPC_IDS += "38552,"; ...

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Thu, Jul 21 2011

DMSP

DMSP: Hosting starts at 20 Euros (US $28) a month on Annuna Grid, any other open grid, or as a separate world, with no setup fee. Hypergrid available. German-language support. AKPC_IDS += "38550,"; ...

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Thu, Jul 21 2011

3D Hosting

3D Hosting: Hosting starts at 35 Euros (US $45) a month on OSGrid, ScienceSim or other open grids, or as a separate world. No standalone mini-grids, however. Hypergrid available. Web-based management panel...

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Thu, Jul 21 2011

SimHost

SimHost: Hosting starts at $150 a month, on OSGrid or other open grid, or as a separate world, with $99 setup fee, for up to 16 regions. Reputation for good customer service, high performance, and custom...

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Thu, Jul 21 2011

ReactionGrid

ReactionGrid: Hosting starts at $75 a month, with $220 setup fee, either on the ReactionGrid public grid or as a separate world, for a four-region server. Discount for educators — $75 a month with...

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Thu, Jul 21 2011

PioneerX Estates

Hosting starts at US $41 per month (25 UK pounds) for up to 15,000 prims, and $65 (40 pounds) for up to 45,000 prims. But the company is best known for its grid management, which starts at $41 per month,...

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Thu, Jul 21 2011

Kitely

US $0.10 per month for up to 100,000 prims, with an additional $0.20 per hour of usage. Currently free while in beta. Billing expected to begin in early 2012. By default, all users pay for their own access,...

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Wed, Jul 20 2011

Aurora-Sim bridges gap to the hypergrid

Aurora-Sim is a hot, fresh, new distribution of OpenSim that promises some nice features for grid managers (see story here) but, until this weekend, its users were cut off from the rest of the metaverse. That...

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Wed, Jul 20 2011

5 reasons not to rush to Unity

Yesterday, I wrote up 5 reasons to rush to Unity 3D (with an extra bonus reason). Yes, the platform is technically advanced and easy to use, great for marketing and business applications — but Unity...

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Tue, Jul 19 2011

5 reasons to rush to Unity 3D

Two major players in the OpenSim community have recently joined ReactionGrid in promoting the Unity 3D platform. In addition to ReactionGrid’s Jibe environment, we now also have Second Learning’s...

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Mon, Jul 18 2011

Daden creates Chatbot Business Case Calculator

Press release: Daden creates Chatbot Business Case Calculator to help companies understand potential savings Birmingham, U.K. – An innovative business case calculator has been created by technology...

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Fri, Jul 15 2011

OpenSim grids break records for regions; users

It’s been a record-breaking months for OpenSim, with the top 40 grids passing 16,000 regions and 200,000 users for the first time in history. The total number of regions on these 40 largest public...

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Thu, Jul 14 2011

Cariama vs. HGExchange

If you’re launching a new grid, your number one problem is lack of content. Whether your grid is a corporate office complex for your employees, a campus for your students, or a large social and roleplaying...

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Wed, Jul 13 2011

Report: in-person, virtual attendees equally attentive

People pay the same amount of attention at virtual and physical events, says a new report from the Professional Convention Management Association, UBM Studios, and the Virtual Edge Institute, detailing...

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Wed, Jul 13 2011

ProtoSphere to support Microsoft Office 365

Press Release: ProtoSphere Lync Edition to support Office 365 and associated online functionality LANSDALE, Pa.–ProtonMedia, a Silver Unified Communications Microsoft partner, today announced its ProtoSphere...

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Tue, Jul 12 2011

Unifier Web-based 3D platform goes live on Friday

Second Places announces the name of their long anticipated virtual world platform — Unifier. A new web based platform presents opportunities to developers, a more immersive experience to users and...

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Tue, Jul 12 2011

Can you be sued by your virtual employees?

If you’re treating your virtual workers like regular staff, but paying them as contractors, you might be setting yourself up for a lawsuit — even if you’re paying your employees in a...

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Mon, Jul 11 2011

Cariama offers no-fee, multi-grid marketplace

Paris-based Cariama, a multi-grid marketplace, wants merchants to know that they can sell their goods to six different OpenSim grids, plus Second Life — without paying any commission. Those six grids...

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Mon, Jul 11 2011

Kitely speeds up scripts, adds creator names to OARs

Kitely, a company that offers virtual worlds on demand, plans to make virtual worlds more accessible to all, said company CEO Ilan Tochner in an interview last week. The interview was conducted at the...

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Sat, Jul 9 2011

Free campus released

Educators and companies looking for free, Creative Commons-licensed starting regions for their corporate or school campuses should take a look at Universal Campus. These four regions were originally created...

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Fri, Jul 8 2011

Intel’s DSG to be part of core OpenSim

Intel’s Distributed Scene Graph — the technology that allows OpenSim to handle thousands of avatars on a single region – is now available for download. In the future, the technology will...

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Thu, Jul 7 2011

Educators save $200,000 with OSGrid

A group of educators has come together to create an enclave on OSGrid, a non-profit grid running on the OpenSim software — and, in so doing, saved themselves around $200,000 compared to what they...

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Thu, Jul 7 2011

3Di scales back on OpenSim

Japan’s 3Di Inc., the first vendor to release a business-friendly Web-based viewer for OpenSim, has cut back its development work on the platform in favor of Flash-based virtual environments. “Apart...

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Wed, Jul 6 2011

OMC users triple since start of year

The number of OpenSim grids accepting the multi-grid, hypergrid-enabled Open Metaverse Currency (OMC) has continued to grow in the first half of this year, now at an all-time high of 29 grids. Meanwhile,...

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Tue, Jul 5 2011

Florida National Guard goes virtual with Cubic

Press Release: Cubic Delivers COMBATREDI Virtual Training System to the Florida National Guard ORLANDO, FL — Cubic Simulations Systems, the virtual training systems business of Cubic Corporation...

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Mon, Jul 4 2011

Virtual library opens in Second Life

Press Release: Virtual Library of Birmingham opens its doors for public exploration Birmingham, U.K. — The Virtual Library of Birmingham, built by Daden Limited, has opened its doors to the public...

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Mon, Jul 4 2011

Science ministry releases 3D iPad tour

Press Release: Virtway creates immersive 3D iPad application for Spain’s Ministry of Science and Innovation Oviedo. SPAIN – Virtway, in collaboration with IECISA, has created a 3D interactive...

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Sun, Jul 3 2011

SLCC seeks business presenters

The Commerce & Marketing Track of the Second Life Community Convention, scheduled for August 12 through 14 in Oakland, California, is looking for presentation proposals from Second Life content and...

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Sat, Jul 2 2011

New OpenSim market launches with three grids

HGExchange, a new online marketplace for OpenSim goods launched today, with live delivery to OSGrid, MyOpenGrid, and Haven. It is not the first online marketplace to deliver items to multiple OpenSim...

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Sat, Jul 2 2011

OpenAvatar could help avoid vendor lock-in, improve appearance

The recently-released OpenAvatar kit for open source avatars could help enterprise users of virtual worlds reduce vendor lock-in and, eventually, lead to significant improvements in the appearance of avatars,...

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Monthly Archives: July 2011

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