Tag Archives: hypergrid

Sat, Mar 20 2010
Designing for virtual visitors

Designing for virtual visitors

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In the last couple of weeks we’ve been traveling all over the hypergrid, here at Hypergrid Business, as preparation for the launch of our Hypergrid Worlds directory of hypergrid destinations. And... 

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Tue, Jan 19 2010
The 3D future

The 3D future

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The dawn of the 3D age is upon us. Over a dozen immersive virtual world platforms are competing for our attention — and that’s just in the business sector. Our kids and teenagers are already... 

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Fri, Jan 15 2010
10 predictions for 2010

10 predictions for 2010

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I just got off the phone with a company building an educational grid for a company in China — in OpenSim. They picked the platform not for its cheapness, but it’s feature set. This too often... 

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Thu, Jan 14 2010
How to hypergrid

How to hypergrid

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We’ve covered this topic before, but OpenSim is constantly evolving, so we need to bring our instructions up to date. First, a few basics: A hypergrid teleports looks a lot like a regular teleports,... 

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Thu, Jan 14 2010
January Hypergrid List

January Hypergrid List

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Motu Aruo hypergrid gate The following is a list of currently active hypergrid destinations. It’s not an inclusive list — there are hundreds of standalone grids that are hypergrid accessible,... 

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Tue, Dec 22 2009
Private viewers, dead-end worlds

Private viewers, dead-end worlds

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The great advantage of using OpenSim is that a grid owner can leverage all the work done by the open source community. The OpenSim server platform is updated continually, with new bug fixes and new features... 

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Fri, Dec 18 2009
Top OpenSim Hosts of 2009

Top OpenSim Hosts of 2009

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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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Mon, Nov 30 2009
Grid analytics wishlist

Grid analytics wishlist

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I love Google Analytics and use it to track visitors to my Websites — and where they come from and how they leave. It would be great to have this same information for my grid. This could be a gadget... 

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Sun, Nov 29 2009
Social OpenSim grids gain over 1,000 regions

Social OpenSim grids gain over 1,000 regions

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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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Tue, Nov 24 2009
Hypergrid hiccups

Hypergrid hiccups

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Folks looking to enjoy the interoperability of OpenSim-based virtual worlds by hypergrid teleporting between different grids have been repeatedly disappointed recently. By “folks” I mean myself,... 

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Fri, Nov 20 2009
Over 300 grids running OpenSim

Over 300 grids running OpenSim

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Over 300 grids run on the OpenSim open source virtual world platform today, a dramatic increase over the last few weeks, mostly due to the release of Crista Lopes’ Diva Distribution of OpenSim, and... 

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Thu, Nov 19 2009
1000 avatars on a sim

1000 avatars on a sim

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OpenSim worlds will soon be able to have 1,000 avatar visitors to a single location, according to ReactionGrid CEO Kyle Gomboy. Gomboy, who was speaking Thursday in front of a live Second Life audience... 

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Wed, Nov 18 2009
Free land in OpenSim

Free land in OpenSim

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Getting free OpenSim land is a great way to test out the OpenSim platform, or to have a home base for exploring the social aspects of OpenSim-based virtual worlds. Free land can also be used as a location... 

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Wed, Nov 18 2009
OpenSim in Intel spotlight

OpenSim in Intel spotlight

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Intel CTO Justin Rattner introduced OpenSim superstars Shenlei Winkler and Crista Lopes to the world yesterday at the at the SC09 supercomputing conference in Portland, Ore. According to Rattner, super... 

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Fri, Nov 13 2009
OpenSim Content Management Wishlist

OpenSim Content Management Wishlist

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As my staff and I begin building out our third — third! — company grid it’s becoming apparent how much manual labor is required in creating office space and landscapes. The first time... 

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Wed, Nov 11 2009
OpenSim deployment gets easier

OpenSim deployment gets easier

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Normally, creating an OpenSim grid requires not just downloading and running the grid software but also setting up a MySQL database, configuring firewall ports, editing an initialization file, and editing... 

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Mon, Sep 7 2009
The future of virtual goods

The future of virtual goods

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According to a recent Piper Jaffray report, US virtual good sales will total $621 million in 2009 — up 134 percent from 2008’s $265 million. And this total will rise to nearly $2.5 billion... 

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Fri, Aug 21 2009
August Hypergrid List

August Hypergrid List

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New OpenSim grids pop up all the time — and old ones change their hypergrid coordinates. It doesn’t help that hypergrid addresses are still completely bizarre. In addition, teleports sometimes... 

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Fri, Aug 21 2009
Private grids, public grids, and intragrids

Private grids, public grids, and intragrids

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I occasionally get announcements or news from new grids running on the OpenSim platform, but they require the creation of a new avatar to visit. I don’t personally have anything against these kinds... 

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Fri, Jul 17 2009
OpenSim on the web six months away

OpenSim on the web six months away

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It will take at least six months to get the Xenki OpenSim viewer ready for public use, according to the new lead developer on the open source project. Kevin Tweedy, founder and head of Philadelphia-based... 

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