Tag Archives: OSGrid

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

OpenSim grids grow 10% this month

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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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Mon, Mar 1 2010
Cyberlandia switches to distributed model

Cyberlandia switches to distributed model

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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

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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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Sun, Feb 21 2010
OpenSim growth sets new record

OpenSim growth sets new record

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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

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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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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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Mon, Dec 21 2009
Why freebies are good for virtual designers

Why freebies are good for virtual designers

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As OpenSim-based social grids continue to grow, Second Life content designers are understandably worried about the free content floating around these grids — content which may have been ripped off... 

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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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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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Mon, Sep 14 2009
DeepThink launches OpenSim hosting firm

DeepThink launches OpenSim hosting firm

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Australia’s DeepThink Pty Ltd. has launched an OpenSim hosting company, founder Adam Frisby announced today. Adam Frisby is DeepThink’s co-director and the company’s head of research and... 

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Mon, Sep 7 2009
OpenSim grids continue to grow

OpenSim grids continue to grow

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SecondLife currently has around 23,000 user-owned regions, with another 5,000 regions owned by Linden Lab. However, OpenSim-based grids seem to be catching up in total land area, with over 5,600 regions... 

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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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Wed, Jul 29 2009
Virtualization 101

Virtualization 101

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Here is what you will need to know if you decide to have a virtual world. First, you need to decide where your virtual world will be. Do you want a private world accessible only by you? Or a public one,... 

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Tue, Jul 28 2009
OSGrid: now, more social, user-friendly

OSGrid: now, more social, user-friendly

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In conjunction with its two year anniversary, the folks behind OSGrid — the largest grid running the OpenSim open source virtual world platform — have added new functionality to the grid, including... 

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Mon, Jul 27 2009
Copyright in virtual worlds

Copyright in virtual worlds

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As the virtual worlds grow and develop — and evolve into the next 3D Web — the issue of copyright is being debated again. In some ways, virtual worlds copyrights may require changes in the... 

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Thu, Jul 23 2009
OSGrid marks second birthday

OSGrid marks second birthday

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OSGrid — the biggest and oldest virtual world running on the OpenSim platform — celebrated its second birthday July 22. The celebration included several days of events, including a presentation on... 

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Mon, Jun 29 2009
Joomla for the Metaverse

Joomla for the Metaverse

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If Opensim is the Apache of the Metaverse, then what will be the Joomla of the Metaverse?  This isn’t a idle or rhetorical question, it’s something which has to be answered if Metaverse solutions... 

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Sun, Jun 28 2009
First day in OpenSim can be painful

First day in OpenSim can be painful

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When you first open up an OpenSim browser – Hippo, for example — it seems pretty straightforward. Logging in is a snap, just type your name and password. But once you log in, it’s a different... 

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