Resources

Sat, Jan 14 2012
Log your visitors to Google spreadsheet

Log your visitors to Google spreadsheet

Also in: Features, Scripts

I have a problem. I want to be able to see who visits my region in a nice spreadsheet. Specifically, a Google spreadsheet. There are reasons for this. For example, I want to be able to track who sees a... 

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Thu, Dec 8 2011
HG Biz Plan: Hypergrid Post Office

HG Biz Plan: Hypergrid Post Office

Also in: Biz Plans, Maria's Worlds

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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Mon, Oct 17 2011
HG Biz Plan: Language school

HG Biz Plan: Language school

Also in: Biz Plans, Maria's Worlds

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
HG Biz Plan: Event calendar

HG Biz Plan: Event calendar

Also in: Biz Plans, Maria's Worlds

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 13 2011
HG Biz Plan: Hyperport

HG Biz Plan: Hyperport

Also in: Biz Plans, Maria's Worlds

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 9 2011
HG Biz Plan: Virtual fishing

HG Biz Plan: Virtual fishing

Also in: Biz Plans, Maria's Worlds

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 7 2011
HG Biz Plan: Virtual book world

HG Biz Plan: Virtual book world

Also in: Biz Plans, Maria's Worlds

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
HG Biz Plan: Virtual psychics

HG Biz Plan: Virtual psychics

Also in: Biz Plans, Maria's Worlds

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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Mon, Oct 3 2011
HG Biz Plan: Virtual gym

HG Biz Plan: Virtual gym

Also in: Biz Plans, Maria's Worlds

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, Sep 2 2011

Put Google drawing on a prim

Also in: Scripts

Use this script to put a Google graphic on any prim. Clicking on the drawing in-world will automatically refresh it. You can use it to create a white board for an in-world presentation. You can allow several... 

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Mon, Jun 20 2011
Where to get content for OpenSim

Where to get content for OpenSim

Also in: Getting Started

One of the common complaints enterprises have about OpenSim is that if they set up a private grid, they’ll have to create all the content from scratch. Employees will have to create their own hair,... 

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Tue, Apr 19 2011
OpenSim 103: Securing your grid

OpenSim 103: Securing your grid

Also in: Features, Getting Started

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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Sun, Apr 17 2011
OpenSim 102: Running your own sims

OpenSim 102: Running your own sims

Also in: Features, Getting Started

There are plenty of reasons to run OpenSim on your own computers. If you’re a content creator, you can have as many regions as you want, for free, and load them up when you need to work on them.... 

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Fri, Apr 8 2011
OpenSim 101: Renting land

OpenSim 101: Renting land

Also in: Features, Getting Started

This is a primer for folks considering moving into OpenSim who have never used OpenSim before and who don’t have much of a technical background. Things move fast in the OpenSim universe, so last... 

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Sun, Feb 13 2011

OpenSim Grid Info

There are hundreds of OpenSim grids, most of them running quietly on private servers, behind corporate, school and university firewalls. The following two tables cover just the publicly accessible grids.... 

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Sun, Jan 2 2011

Hyperica Lookup HG Teleport Script

Also in: Scripts

The script below works by pulling in data from the following page: http://www.hyperica.com/lookup/ Simply replace the URL at the top of the script with the codes for which region you want to go to. For... 

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Sun, Jan 2 2011

Simple Hypergate Teleport Script

Also in: Scripts

The following is a script you can place on any object to turn it into a hypergrid teleportation portal. If you put it on something that looks like a giant blue swirly circle, everyone will know that it’s... 

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Mon, Oct 25 2010
OpenSim payments 101

OpenSim payments 101

Also in: Features, Getting Started

One of the most confusing parts of moving to OpenSim is figuring out how the commerce system works. Not as confusing, maybe, than than figuring out how to run the server software, learning how to hypergrid,... 

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Sun, Oct 24 2010
A hypergrid glossary

A hypergrid glossary

Like the World Wide Web that preceded it, the new 3D Web has its own vocabulary. We try to make it easier to keep up. avatar A representation of a user, usually as a three dimensional cartoon character.... 

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Wed, Oct 13 2010
An OpenSim grid primer

An OpenSim grid primer

Also in: Features

There are a lot of different kinds of OpenSim grids out there — it can get a little confusing. Well, a lot confusing. Here’s a quick primer. Social grids Social grids attempt to replicate the... 

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Sun, Oct 10 2010
Vendors offer Second Life-to-OpenSim migration

Vendors offer Second Life-to-OpenSim migration

Also in: Features

UPDATE: TalentRaspel has lowered its price for exporting Second Life regions. It now starts at US $273 (200 Euros)  per region, and is based on the complexity of the build. Vendors are offering full-region... 

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Fri, Oct 8 2010
Join a grid or run your own?

Join a grid or run your own?

Also in: Getting Started, Maria's Worlds

In the wake of the closing of Second Life’s Teen Grid, and the price hike to educators and non-profits, many organizations are considering moving to OpenSim. The first question they usually ask themselves... 

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Tue, Oct 5 2010
How to choose an OpenSim hosting company

How to choose an OpenSim hosting company

Also in: Features, Getting Started

Yes, you can run OpenSim for free on your own computer -  you can even run it on a USB stick. But do you want to? Here’s a question — would you run your own Apache Web server for your website,... 

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Mon, Oct 4 2010
Advice to educators

Advice to educators

Also in: Getting Started, Maria's Worlds

Today, Linden Lab announced that the price of land for educators and non-profits will double in January. As a result, the price differential between Second Life land and OpenSim becomes even more significant. You... 

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Sun, Aug 22 2010
Hypergrid

Hypergrid

The hypergrid is like the World Wide Web of 3D worlds. You can create your own world, at your company, school, or government agency, and link it to worlds owned by partners, clients, or information providers. Hypergrid... 

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Sat, Aug 14 2010
Free Scripts

Free Scripts

Looking to add some jazz to your virtual world? Say, by having doors that swing open when you touch them, fish that swim in your lakes, or cannons that actually fire? Sure, you can buy all this stuff,... 

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Wed, Aug 11 2010
Provider Agreement for Virtual Environments

Provider Agreement for Virtual Environments

[Disclaimer: This is a sample contract for informational purposes only and is not meant to replace professional legal advice.] This Provider Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made as of _________________________... 

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