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Sun, Aug 8 2010

SL Viewer 2 on the hypergrid

SL Viewer 2 on the hypergrid

Also tagged: hypergrid, media-on-a-prim, OpenSim, SL Viewer 2

Second Life released Viewer 2 in February and, though many complained that the new interface was confusing and less efficient it did offer a significant new benefit to enterprise and education users: the...

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Thu, Jul 29 2010

Grids should consider zoning

Grids should consider zoning

A couple of days ago, Second Life merchant Darrius Gothly proposed a plan to reinvigorate Second Life’s land market by zoning regions residential or commercial. Today, Second Life does have some...

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Thu, Jun 17 2010

Top OpenSim grids set new growth record

Also tagged: 3rd Rock Grid, Avatar Hangout, Cyberlandia, eceCloud, FrancoGrid, GerGrid, German Grid, Hidden Realm, Ikincihavatim, KS Grid, Meta7, MetaverseNexus, Metropolis, MyOpenGrid, New World Grid, NeXtLife, NorthGrid, NZVWGrid, ONGENS, Open Neuland, OSGrid, Pirate Grid, PMGrid, Primsims, Pseudospace, ReactionGrid, Role Play Worlds, ScienceSim, SimWorld, Southern Fun, SponOn 3D, Tertiary Grid, Triton Grid, Twisted Sky, UFS Grid, virtyou, Wilder Westen, WorldSimTerra, Your Alternative Life

The top 40 OpenSim grids totaled 11,717 regions this month, a respectable 4 percent increase over last month’s 11,240. However, adjusted growth is up a record-high 1,377 regions — an increase...

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Mon, Apr 19 2010

FrancoGrid, AvatarHangout switch to OMC payments

Also tagged: Avatar Hangout, FrancoGrid, GermanGrid, hypergrid, OMC, OpenNeuland, OpenSim, virtual currency, Virwox, WilderWesten

Two more grids have switched to the recently-released hypergrid-enabled OMC (Open Metaverse Currency) from Virwox, FrancoGrid and Avatar Hangout, bringing the total number of grids using the currency to...

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Wed, Apr 14 2010

OpenSim grids grow 11% since last month

Also tagged: 3rd Rock Grid, Avatar Hangout, Cyberlandia, DWGrid, Eden Realm, FrancoGrid, German Grid, Giant Grid, Heritage Key, InWorldz, Jamland, JokaydiaGrid, Land of Vikings, Logicamp, Meta7, Metropolis, My3dWorld, MyOpenGrid, New Zealand Virtual World Grid, ONGENS, Open Neuland, OpenSim, OSGrid, Pseudospace, ReactionGrid, Role Play World, ScienceSim, SpotOn 3D, Tertiary Grid, The New World Grid, Tlon, Twisted Sky, Unica Universe, V-Business, Virtual Reality Grid, Virtual University of Edinburgh, virtyou, Wilder Westen, WorldSimTerra, Your Alternative Life

The world’s top 40 OpenSim-based grids gained 1,055 regions over the past month, from 9,533 to 10,588, an increase of more than 11 percent. By comparison, Second Life grew just 1.4 percent during...

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Thu, Apr 1 2010

Directory indexes 100 hypergrid destinations

Directory indexes 100 hypergrid destinations

Also tagged: AnSky, ArchitectureIslands, CondensationLand, Cyberlandia, DjinnMetaverse, DorenaVerne, FrancoGrid, FunGrid, GermanGrid, HumbugCover, hypergrid, ItiMotu, JansSchmiede, JokaydiaGrid, KimsWorld, Logicamp, Metropolis, My3dWorld, MyOpenGrid, NZVWGrid, OpenSim, OSGrid, PMGrid, ReactionGrid, Sactuary, teleport, TromblyInternational, TroppoGrid, UCIGrid, UFSGrid, V-Business, VirtualRealityGrid, virtyou, WilderWesten

Press Release: The Hypergrid Worlds directory of hypergrid-enabled destinations indexes 100th regions yesterday The Hypergrid Worlds directory of hypergrid-enabled destinations has indexed its 100th regions...

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Tue, Mar 2 2010

In-world payments come to OpenSim grids

In-world payments come to OpenSim grids

Also tagged: Cyber Coin Bank, German Grid, payments, PayPal, Virtual Wallet

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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Sun, Feb 21 2010

OpenSim growth sets new record

Also tagged: 3rd Rock Grid, Avatar Hangout, Cyberlandia, Eden Realm, FrancoGrid, German Grid, GiantGrid, InWorldz, Meta7, Metropolis, New World Grid, ONGENS, OpenSim, OSGrid, Pseudospace, ReactionGrid, Role Play Worlds, ScienceSim, SpotOn 3D, Twsted Sky, virtyou, WorldSimTerra, Your Alnternative Life

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, Jan 25 2010

OpenSim continues to gain in January

OpenSim continues to gain in January

Also tagged: MyOpenGrid, OpenSim, OSGrid, ReactionGrid

The top 40 OpenSim grids gained approximately 500 regions this month, maintaining the growth rate set in the last quarter of 2009. OSGrid gained almost 600 regions, for a growth rate of 17%. But OSGrid...

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Fri, Dec 18 2009

Top OpenSim Hosts of 2009

Top OpenSim Hosts of 2009

Also tagged: Adam Frisby, DeepThink, hosting, hypergrid, IBM, Lotus Sametime 3D, Media Dialog, OpenSim, PioneerX, ReactionGrid, Segarra Estates, SimHost, WorldSimTerra

The choice of OpenSim hosting companies has grown a bit but is still very limited, due to the fact that the OpenSim platform has only become stable — and grids hyperlinked — at the start of this year. If...

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Sun, Nov 29 2009

Social OpenSim grids gain over 1,000 regions

Social OpenSim grids gain over 1,000 regions

Also tagged: FrancoGrid, GridHop, hypergrid, MetaverseInk, MyOpenGrid, OpenSim, OSGrid, ReactionGrid, ScienceSim, Second Life

The largest social OpenSim-based grids have gained over 1,000 regions since our last count in early September, bringing the total regions on these grids to over 6,500. These are grids that allow anyone...

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Fri, Aug 21 2009

August Hypergrid List

August Hypergrid List

Also tagged: Cyberlandia, Eden Realm, FrancoGrid, GridHop, hypergrid, MetaverseInk, MyOpenGrid, OpenSim, OSGrid, ReactionGrid, ScienceSim

[Update: You can browse all hypergrid-enabled public OpenSim grids with Hyperica, the directory of hypergrid destinations. Directory indexes more than 100 shopping and freebie store locations....

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Thu, Jun 11 2009

What is the best grid?

What is the best grid?

Also tagged: hypergrid, OpenSim, OSGrid, ReactionGrid

[Update: You can browse all hypergrid-enabled public OpenSim grids with Hyperica, the directory of hypergrid destinations. Directory indexes more than 100 shopping and freebie store locations....

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