Tag Archives: realXtend

Thu, Aug 5 2010
Qarl Linden’s layoff is bad news for OpenSim

Qarl Linden’s layoff is bad news for OpenSim

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Linden Lab developer Qarl Linden reported that he was laid off yesterday. The developer — known as Karl Stiefvater outside of Second Life — was responsible for such innovations as scupties... 

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Mon, Dec 21 2009
Metaplace closing a warning for virtual worlds users

Metaplace closing a warning for virtual worlds users

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On Monday, Metaplace announced that the company was shutting down its virtual world. This virtual world wasn’t the first platform of choice for enterprise users. The game-like interface, the kid-friendly... 

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Wed, Aug 19 2009
3DXplorer: an enterprise virtual world with Web access

3DXplorer: an enterprise virtual world with Web access

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Companies looking to have a virtual world running behind a firewall now have another option – today, Altadyn Corp. released its  3DXplorer enterprise platform. A web-based version of the product, hosted... 

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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
Crescendo architects virtually

Crescendo architects virtually

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Crescendo Design, an architecture firm based in Madison, Wisconsin, is doing some innovative work in virtual worlds, using the OpenSim offspring RealXtend. Image courtesy of Crescendo Designs. “The... 

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Wed, Jul 22 2009
OpenSim isn’t the next Web 3D standard

OpenSim isn’t the next Web 3D standard

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I’ve been talking to a few virtual world operators lately that are trumpeting their particular virtual world as the next “Web 3D standard.” They’re the biggest, or the best, or... 

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Fri, May 29 2009
ReactionGrid hosts own virtual world, private grids

ReactionGrid hosts own virtual world, private grids

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This week, ReactionGrid has released its $8,950 Banbury virtual world server, for those who want to physically own their own virtual universe. But for customers willing to let their virtual worlds be managed... 

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Tue, May 26 2009
Will you miss the next Internet boom?

Will you miss the next Internet boom?

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I missed the first Internet investment boom. I was covering wars in Central Asia, but that’s no excuse. I could have invented Yahoo! — it started with a guy in his dorm room with a list of... 

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Sat, May 23 2009
OpenSim Glossary

OpenSim Glossary

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Grid A horizontal map composed of one or more regions, similar to the way that a chessboard is made up of individual squares. A grid is normally identified by a URL and a port number, for example, the... 

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Fri, May 15 2009
Hollywood producer wrestles with OpenSim

Hollywood producer wrestles with OpenSim

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Mike Joyce – that’s Michael R. Joyce on imdb.com – is a Hollywood producer. You may have heard of him from such projects as “Battlestar Galactica” and “Jewel of the Nile.” “The kind... 

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Thu, May 14 2009
Web access lacking in some virtual worlds

Web access lacking in some virtual worlds

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Virtual worlds can be difficult to access, with most of the popular ones — such as Second Life and games like World of Warcraft — requiring the installation of special software. The new OpenSim-based... 

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Wed, May 13 2009
Do you need a virtual world?

Do you need a virtual world?

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Few companies today actually need a virtual world — but yours could be one of them. Here’s how to tell. Are you in the education business? Take for example, Tom Hood, president of the Maryland... 

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Fri, May 8 2009
OpenSim developer: Second Life will survive as a virtual world

OpenSim developer: Second Life will survive as a virtual world

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Remember Compuserve? You had a dial-up modem and you could log into this bulletin board and send messages to other members. You had to stay inside Compuserve though – there was no place else to go. Well,... 

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Tue, May 5 2009
OpenSim evolves from packets to stargates

OpenSim evolves from packets to stargates

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Charles Krinke joined the OpenSim core development team a year and eight months ago. In that time, he saw the project go from being a collection of 600 messages – packets – used by Second Life browsers... 

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Sun, May 3 2009
OSGrid organizers answer questions

OSGrid organizers answer questions

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The folks behind the OSGrid — a non-profit open grid focused on OpenSim development — answer questions about the grid, and about OpenSim, every Saturday at 10 a.m. PST, or 3 p.m. eastern time. The... 

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