Articles By: Maria Korolov

Thu, Mar 18 2010
Queen’s hosts Canada’s first virtual law conference

Queen’s hosts Canada’s first virtual law conference

Press Release: Queen’s University Faculty of Law will host Canada’s first virtual law conference on March 18. Roughly 20 academics from Canada, the U.S. and around the world will gather at the Queen’s... 

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Wed, Mar 17 2010
Teleplace focuses on app sharing

Teleplace focuses on app sharing

When business users get together for a virtual meeting, they’re not interested in showing off the latest dance moves or hairstyles – they want to share PowerPoint presentations, work together on... 

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Sun, Mar 14 2010
OpenSim grids grow 10% this month

OpenSim grids grow 10% this month

The world’s top 40 OpenSim-based grids gained over 900 regions over the past month, from 8,626 to 9,533, an increase of more than 10 percent. As usual, OSGrid was the single biggest gainer, with... 

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Thu, Mar 11 2010
OpenSim security 101

OpenSim security 101

Enterprises rolling out new OpenSim grids are often concerned about security issues of running OpenSim, and justifiably so. OpenSim is alpha software and still poses some security challenges. However,... 

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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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