Tag Archives: ScienceSim

OpenSim grids grow 10% this month

OpenSim grids grow 10% this month

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... 

The Maria Awards

The Maria Awards

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... 

OpenSim growth sets new record

OpenSim growth sets new record

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... 

Private viewers, dead-end worlds

Private viewers, dead-end worlds

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... 

Germans set half million prim record

Germans set half million prim record

Germany’s Talentraspel virtual worlds Ltd.  announced they reached a record number of prims this week, with half a million separate objects in a single OpenSim region. According to the company,... 

Social OpenSim grids gain over 1,000 regions

Social OpenSim grids gain over 1,000 regions

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... 

OpenSim in Intel spotlight

OpenSim in Intel spotlight

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... 

August Hypergrid List

August Hypergrid List

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...