Maria Korolov

Maria Korolov is editor and publisher of Hypergrid Business. She has been a journalist for more than twenty years and has worked for the Chicago Tribune, Reuters, and Computerworld and has reported from over a dozen countries, including Russia and China.

Eleventh Annual OpenSimulator Community Conference set for December

It’s that time of year again when the open metaverse community comes together to share developments at the annual OpenSimulator Community Conference. The organizers have put out the call for presentation proposals for the 2023 event happening December 9 and 10. This will be the eleventh year for the community-run conference, which spotlights the latest …

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NFT crash wipes out nearly all collections, and the metaverse won’t save them

Well, the NFT craze certainly crashed and burned quickly. According to a new report by DappGambl, 95 percent of NFT collections now have zero value. That’s not a typo. Zero. Out of over 73,000 collections, only around 3,500 still have any market cap at all. And only a tiny fraction of those are worth more …

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The year’s top 10 enterprise AI trends — so far

In 2022, the big AI story was the technology emerging from research labs and proofs-of-concept, to it being deployed throughout enterprises to get business value. This year started out about the same, with slightly better ML algorithms and improved data pipelines. But that seems so long ago now. And in the few months left of 2023, change could further offset what we’ve come to expect.

OSFest 2023 starts Friday, runs 16 days

(Image courtesy OSFest.) The annual OpenSimulator Community Conference, known as OSFest, will take place September 15 through September 30 inside the OSFest virtual world grid. The three-day event features live music, exhibits, talks, tours, social spaces, and shopping for attendees across the hypergrid metaverse. This year’s OSFest offers 94 hours of 94 hours of non-music …

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