Articles By: Maria Korolov

Wed, Mar 10 2010
Project Wonderland finds new home

Project Wonderland finds new home

Press Release: Open Wonderland Foundation Launch St. Paul, Minnesota, March 10, 2010 - Today Ken Miller, the CEO of Virtual Learning Labs, announced the formation of the Open Wonderland Foundation and... 

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Mon, Mar 8 2010
CloudSlam selects 3DXplorer for virtual conference

CloudSlam selects 3DXplorer for virtual conference

PRESS RELEASE: 3DXplorer Cloud-Based Full 3D Immersive Platform For Virtual Events Powers CloudSlam’s Virtual Expo Hall and The C-Level Networking Lounge Irvine, California & Toronto, Canada - CloudSlam’10,... 

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Wed, Mar 3 2010
OpenSim one step closer to in-world media

OpenSim one step closer to in-world media

OpenSim moved one step closer to full support for Second Life Viewer 2 media on in-world surfaces this week, with the completion of an extensive project to rearchitect the way the open-source software... 

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Tue, Mar 2 2010
In-world payments come to OpenSim grids

In-world payments come to OpenSim grids

Germany’s Grid4Us and GermanGrid launched in-world money systems yesterday, using the VirWox virtual payment system. The virtual money — Open Metaverse Currency — is fully convertible... 

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Mon, Mar 1 2010
Cyberlandia switches to distributed model

Cyberlandia switches to distributed model

In a move which may be followed by other current and future private world operators, the Italian Cyberlandia grid has switched from a centralized to a distributed architecture model. The result? Lower... 

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Sun, Feb 28 2010
The Maria Awards

The Maria Awards

Can’t wait for Oscar night? I know I can’t. So here at Hypergrid Business we’re doling out our own awards. First, a little video introduction. This is a little sailboat trip that OpenSim’s... 

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Sat, Feb 27 2010
Virtual worlds? Bah!

Virtual worlds? Bah!

If you think that the virtual worlds are over hyped, and the metaverse of hyperlinked OpenSim grids will never amount to anything, you don’t have to think up an original blog post — just take... 

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Fri, Feb 26 2010
Will Second Life be the next Netscape?

Will Second Life be the next Netscape?

Two major things happened before the World Wide Web took off in a big way. One was the fact that individuals were able to create Web sites and link them to other Web sites. Once individuals did it —... 

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Wed, Feb 24 2010
Viewer envy is bitter, and stings

Viewer envy is bitter, and stings

Last summer I decided to open a virtual office for my company. I don’t just write for Hypergrid Business — I run a company with staff in China and India, among other locations, providing outsourced... 

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Wed, Feb 24 2010
OpenSim must wait to use new viewer

OpenSim must wait to use new viewer

OpenSim users will have to wait before they are able to use the new Second Life viewer on their grids because the core OpenSim software is currently being rebuilt, developers say. The are compatibility... 

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Wed, Feb 24 2010
Virtual worlds pose compliance risks

Virtual worlds pose compliance risks

The very aspects of virtual world that make them appealing to some enterprise users, such as the collaboration tools, also make them risky from a compliance perspective. These risks include the communication... 

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Tue, Feb 23 2010
New Second Life viewer offers easier navigation, in-world media

New Second Life viewer offers easier navigation, in-world media

Second Life released a new version of its viewer today, Second Life Viewer 2 Beta, offering easier navigation and additional functionality. The biggest single improvement is the ability to see media on... 

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Tue, Feb 23 2010
ProtonMedia offers high-end collaborative learning platform

ProtonMedia offers high-end collaborative learning platform

ProtonMedia’s ProtoSphere is a high-end virtual world platform for grownups — and has a price tag to match. Typical costs range from $250 to $100 per user, depending on the degree of customization... 

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Sun, Feb 21 2010
OpenSim growth sets new record

OpenSim growth sets new record

Love on OSGrid (image by Lisa Roffo.) Virtual world users continued to show their love of OpenSim this month, with a record-breaking increase in total regions counts on the biggest public grids. The top... 

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Mon, Feb 15 2010
Five questions for Caleb Booker

Five questions for Caleb Booker

(Image courtesy Caleb Booker.) Today, online events producer Caleb Booker debuts a new video series devoted to, and filmed entirely inside, virtual worlds. The program, “Virtual Worlds Keynote,”... 

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Thu, Feb 4 2010
Laid off Wonderland developers to continue project

Laid off Wonderland developers to continue project

Project Wonderland developers say they will continue working on the virtual world platform, despite being laid off after Oracle’s takeover of Sun Microsystems. “I was laid off along with most... 

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Wed, Feb 3 2010
Oracle cuts off Project Wonderland

Oracle cuts off Project Wonderland

Sun’s open source virtual world platform — Project Wonderland — will not be receiving any support from Oracle, which is currently in the process of acquiring Sun, according to the developers. “We... 

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Wed, Feb 3 2010
OpenSim developers warn against patents

OpenSim developers warn against patents

As OpenSim continues to enjoy a sky-high growth rate and alternatives lose ground, a new gold rush may be in the works — to patent as many key technologies as possible, before other companies do. That... 

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Tue, Feb 2 2010
Forterra sells OLIVE to SAIC

Forterra sells OLIVE to SAIC

PRESS RELEASE: SAIC Purchases Simulation & Collaboration Product Line From Forterra Systems Inc. Company Adds On-Line Interactive Virtual Environment (OLIVE(TM)) to its Simulation Portfolio MCLEAN,... 

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Wed, Jan 27 2010
Time for SL private grids?

Time for SL private grids?

Second Life is a popular destination for businesses and schools because it’s cheaper and easier to use than most other enterprise-quality virtual platforms. In addition, Second Life’s popularity... 

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