Monthly Archives: October 2011

Fri, Oct 28 2011
Army picks Unity for virtual social world

Army picks Unity for virtual social world

Press Release: Unity Powers Army OneSource Virtual World Service Helps Soldiers and Loved Ones Connect From Anywhere Around the World SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Unity Technologies, provider of the Unity... 

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Fri, Oct 28 2011
Virtual festival to raise awareness of PTSD

Virtual festival to raise awareness of PTSD

Press Release: Ten-Day “Be Fearless!” Online Festival Combines Art and Music with Education and Awareness-Raising for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Wiscasset, Maine — Fearless Nation... 

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Thu, Oct 27 2011
OpenSim needs a viewer of its own

OpenSim needs a viewer of its own

Even as OpenSim implementation continues to grow, a constant remains: there is no viewer tailored specifically for OpenSim as it comes direct from OpenSimulator.org. It’s discouraging, and it’s easy... 

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Thu, Oct 27 2011
Chatbot vendor directory released

Chatbot vendor directory released

AMSTERDAM — Chatbots.org, the Industry Catalyst of Intelligent Virtual Characters, reveals a business directory of almost 300 companies in conversational AI, (3D) avatar animation, speech synthesis... 

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Wed, Oct 26 2011
The hypergrid turns three

The hypergrid turns three

Three years ago today, on Oct. 26, 2008, Crista Lopes fired off the email that marked the birth of the hypergrid. Crista Lopes Lopes, an OpenSim core developer, is also a professor of informatics at the... 

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Tue, Oct 25 2011
WoW FanCon draws thousands

WoW FanCon draws thousands

A total of 3,208 visitors came to this month’s World of Warcraft fan convention, held online, on the Utherverse immersive environment platform. They spent the in-world equivalent of $14,250 over... 

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Tue, Oct 25 2011
Island Oasis testing OMC Pocket Money

Island Oasis testing OMC Pocket Money

The Island Oasis social grid has rolled out a custom fishing game, a vampire role playing game, an urban combat system and a speedway, and turned on hypergrid connectivity last week as part of a grid-wide... 

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Fri, Oct 21 2011
Radiology group picks Digitell for 3D event

Radiology group picks Digitell for 3D event

Press release: RSNA Selects Digitell for First Virtual Event RSNA to Engage Members at Their Annual Meeting with a 3D/2D Virtual Platform Jamestown, NY — The Radiological Society of North America... 

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Mon, Oct 17 2011
Neighbor me!

Neighbor me!

Today’s OpenSim grids all have a static idea of a world map. So does Second Life. There’s nothing wrong with that — I love having a virtual environment that I can navigate, that makes... 

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Mon, Oct 17 2011
OpenSim considering patent protection

OpenSim considering patent protection

OpenSim developers are discussing ways to combat damaging patent litigation, including changing the OpenSim license to deter potential patent trolls. The Overte Foundation, which holds the OpenSim licenses,... 

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Mon, Oct 17 2011
HG Biz Plan: Language school

HG Biz Plan: Language school

The premise: I believe that we’re about to see the massive growth of a metaverse in which people can easily travel from one public world to another. Over time, the technology will become increasingly... 

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Sat, Oct 15 2011
New high for OpenSim grids, smaller grids attract users

New high for OpenSim grids, smaller grids attract users

The top 40 OpenSim grids gained 144 regions over the past month, for a new record high of 19,525 regions. OSGrid was the big gainer in land area, adding 243 new regions for a new total of 8,160 regions,... 

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Sat, Oct 15 2011
HG Biz Plan: Event calendar

HG Biz Plan: Event calendar

The premise: I believe that we’re about to see the massive growth of a metaverse in which people can easily travel from one public world to another. Over time, the technology will become increasingly... 

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Fri, Oct 14 2011
MA Rentals

MA Rentals

US $35 (25 Euro) for a 15,000-prim region on OSGrid, with no setup fee. Payment via PayPal or OMC. $5 (4 Euro) for a 1,000-prim region. $14 (10 Euro) for a 3,500-prim region. $70 (50 Euro) for a 45,000-prim... 

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Thu, Oct 13 2011
What kind of entrepreneur are you?

What kind of entrepreneur are you?

Back when I incorporated my first company a few years ago, I tried to learn as much as I could about the entrepreneurial process and mind set. I joined entrepreneurial organizations and attended events... 

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Thu, Oct 13 2011
HG Biz Plan: Hyperport

HG Biz Plan: Hyperport

The premise: I believe that we’re about to see the massive growth of a metaverse in which people can easily travel from one public world to another. Over time, the technology will become increasingly... 

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Wed, Oct 12 2011
Q&A with designer Linda Kellie

Q&A with designer Linda Kellie

Freebies are plentiful throughout OpenSim grids, where uploads are free and land is cheap — anyone can put up a freebie store. But most freebie stores can’t guarantee the provenance of their... 

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Tue, Oct 11 2011
Kitely moves assets to Amazon cloud

Kitely moves assets to Amazon cloud

On-demand hosting provider Kitely Ltd. has eliminated a major OpenSim scalability obstacle by moving its asset database to the Amazon storage cloud. “This is the most significant change we’ve... 

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Sun, Oct 9 2011
HG Biz Plan: Virtual fishing

HG Biz Plan: Virtual fishing

The premise: I believe that we’re about to see the massive growth of a metaverse in which people can easily travel from one public world to another. Over time, the technology will become increasingly... 

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Sat, Oct 8 2011
New OpenSim release includes mesh, other improvements

New OpenSim release includes mesh, other improvements

Several major OpenSim features, including mesh, which were previously available only in experimental releases of OpenSim are now part of the standard OpenSim release, numbered 0.7.2. Justin Clark-Casey “Despite... 

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Sat, Oct 8 2011
InWorldz users cash out over $15,000 a month

InWorldz users cash out over $15,000 a month

According to statistics released Friday by InWorldz co-founder Beth Reischl, in-world residents have been cashing out, on average, more than $15,000 a month over the past year. “Overall, I’m... 

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Fri, Oct 7 2011
HG Biz Plan: Virtual book world

HG Biz Plan: Virtual book world

The premise: I believe that we’re about to see the massive growth of a metaverse in which people can easily travel from one public world to another. Over time, the technology will become increasingly... 

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Thu, Oct 6 2011
Association picks Digitell for 3D operating room

Association picks Digitell for 3D operating room

Press Release: Practice Greenhealth selects Digitell for Live Streaming, Conference Capture, 3D Operating Room, Virtual Event and Webinars Jamestown, NY — Practice Greenhealth (PGH), a membership... 

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Thu, Oct 6 2011
Second Places offers Unifier free with Unity Pro

Second Places offers Unifier free with Unity Pro

Press release: Second Places becomes Bronze Reseller of Unity Technologies Cheshire, UK – Second Places, a leader in development of virtual worlds, today announced that during Unite 11 in San Francisco,... 

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Wed, Oct 5 2011
HG Biz Plan: Virtual psychics

HG Biz Plan: Virtual psychics

The premise: I believe that we’re about to see the massive growth of a metaverse in which people can easily travel from one public world to another. Over time, the technology will become increasingly... 

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Wed, Oct 5 2011
EON Reality offers desktop 3D

EON Reality offers desktop 3D

Press release: EON Reality Releases EON Mycube, a Surround Immersive Desktop 3D System IRVINE, CA — EON Reality, the world’s leading interactive 3D solutions provider, today announced the release... 

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Wed, Oct 5 2011
Users join forces to fix mesh

Users join forces to fix mesh

Second Life has recently rolled out support for mesh objects. One key benefit is realistic clothing and accessories. However, Second Life’s implementation of mesh does not automatically adjust to... 

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Mon, Oct 3 2011
HostaVirtualEvent a pricey, business-focused platform

HostaVirtualEvent a pricey, business-focused platform

There’s a new immersive platform in town. HostaVirtualEvent.com is focused on business users — like Venuegen and Web.alive. But it’s based on Unity, like ReactionGrid’s Jibe and... 

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Mon, Oct 3 2011
HG Biz Plan: Virtual gym

HG Biz Plan: Virtual gym

The premise: I believe that we’re about to see the massive growth of a metaverse in which people can easily travel from one public world to another. Over time, the technology will become increasingly... 

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Sun, Oct 2 2011
The coming sim-com boom

The coming sim-com boom

We are going to have a metaverse of interconnected virtual worlds. Whether it evolves out from the current OpenSim and the hypergrid, or from the new crop of Web-based virtual platforms, or some combination,... 

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Sat, Oct 1 2011
I’m building a virtual memory palace

I’m building a virtual memory palace

Back before I became a business journalist, I was a war correspondent. And I accumulated a few psychological scars as a result. In the past, I deal with some of my ghosts by lighting candles in church... 

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Sat, Oct 1 2011
OpenSim drops barrier to devs

OpenSim drops barrier to devs

Viewer developers are no longer restricted from working on OpenSim server code, OpenSim core developer and Overte Foundation president Justin Clark-Casey announced Friday. Previously, viewer developers... 

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