Articles By: Anastasia Trombly

Anastasia Trombly is a freelance technology and medical writer based in Massachusetts.

Virtual worlds offer variety, less stress for language learners

Virtual worlds offer variety, less stress for language learners

According to a recent paper  from the 22nd International Conference on College Teaching and Learning, virtual worlds offer many benefits for language education. The authors — David Parrott and James... 

OMC experiences rapid growth in first quarter

OMC experiences rapid growth in first quarter

In the first quarter of the year, the OMC virtual currency has gained both popularity and usefulness, with both the total currency in circulation and the number of grids it’s available for use on... 

Hobbyists becoming more important to OpenSim success

Hobbyists becoming more important to OpenSim success

New research released in March shows that OpenSim development is becoming increasingly led by entrepreneurs, hobbyists, and large corporations. While entrepreneurs remain important in the development... 

Lindens to launch new product for tablets

Lindens to launch new product for tablets

Rod Humble giving his keynote speech at the SLCC. At the 2011 Second Life Community Convention (SLCC) in Oakland, California, Linden CEO Rod Humble announced that in the next few months Linden Lab will... 

Report: in-person, virtual attendees equally attentive

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... 

Kitely speeds up scripts, adds creator names to OARs

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... 

OMC users triple since start of year

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,... 

OMC currency gains popularity in the first quarter of the year

OMC currency gains popularity in the first quarter of the year

The number of OpenSim grids accepting the multi-grid OMC virtual currency reached a record high in the first quarter of this year, as has the number of users of this hypergrid-enabled currency from Austian... 

OMC hypergrid currency gained popularity in 2010

OMC hypergrid currency gained popularity in 2010

In the past year, the OMC virtual currency has gained both popularity and usefulness, with both the total currency in circulation and the number of grids it’s available for use on growing. The OMC,... 

CliniSpace takes virtual medical training to the browser

CliniSpace takes virtual medical training to the browser

Colleges and medical institutions have been trying out immersive virtual environments for training and teaching for years, but one new service, CliniSpace, is trying to take ease-of-use a big step forward... 

OSGrid marks second birthday

OSGrid marks second birthday

OSGrid — the biggest and oldest virtual world running on the OpenSim platform — celebrated its second birthday July 22. The celebration included several days of events, including a presentation on... 

First day in OpenSim can be painful

First day in OpenSim can be painful

When you first open up an OpenSim browser – Hippo, for example — it seems pretty straightforward. Logging in is a snap, just type your name and password. But once you log in, it’s a different...