Hypergrid Business

Every year for the past few years, we’ve surveyed our readers about their favorite grids. I just remembered that we haven’t done one this year, so here it is. I’ve also posted new stats today, an updated active grids list and hypergrid destination list sorted by popularity. All historical stats are here. If your grid […]

Land area, in standard region equivalents, in OpenSim. (Hypergrid Business data.) I’ve run the stats for OpenSim this weekend, and here are the results: Full monthly stats Active grids list Hypergrid destination list sorted by popularity All historical stats are here. The land area is down by the equivalent of 6,438 regions compared to last

Last year’s OSCC Expo area. (Image by Maria Korolov.) The 2018 OpenSim Community Conference is this weekend, and you can check out the schedule here. Registration is free, and you can still register here. In previous years, the conference was also broadcast via the web, for those who couldn’t attend in-world. Follow OSCC on Twitter

AviWorlds. (Image courtesy Alexsandro Pomposelli.) AviWorlds, the grid that’s up and down more than a yo-yo, is back again — this time offering 100 free full-sized regions. Owner  Alexsandro Pomposelli has shut down the grid more than a dozen times over the last seven years, and has attempted multiple different business models. It’s had free

Winter Expo on Tangle Grid. (Image courtesy Tangle Grid.) Tangle Grid’s Winter Expo opens its doors this Saturday, inviting  hypergrid  travelers from any OpenSim grid to come and check out the exhibits and shopping opportunities. The hypergrid address is tanglegrid.net:8002:expo isle. For folks new to hypergrid travel, type Ctrl-M to pull up the map, cut-and-paste

InWorldz farewell party, July 27, 2018. (Image courtesy Brooklynn Peretz‎ via Facebook.) Islandz, the successor to InWorldz, officially opened for business last week, writes Ryan Schultz. InWorldz, one of the most successful and longest-lasting commercial grids in the OpenSim ecosystem, closed in August due to financial problems. InWorldz was one of the last remaining closed

I replaced my old laptop with a new Samsung Galaxy Book — a day before the Book 2 came out. So, bad timing. But I’m extremely pleased with the computer, so I actually have no complaints. It’s a Windows 10 laptop that switches to tablet mode when you take it out of its case. In

Earlier this year, I wrote about how I’m ready to start winding down Hypergrid Business  and move on to the next part of my life. My kids are out of the house, I’ve rented a new office, and I’ve been disentangling myself from old commitments. At my day job, covering technology for IDG, I’ve moved

(Image courtesy David Winfey.) Since Google announced that they were shutting down their Google Plus social platform by end of next summer, organizers of OpenSim-related communities on that platform have begun searching for an alternative. Google Plus was particularly attractive for OpenSim users since it allowed avatar names, a welcome alternative to Facebook’s real names

Google has announced today that it is shutting down the Google Plus social network for consumers. The platform has been popular for OpenSim users to share news about the hypergrid.  OpenSim Virtual  has more than 2,000 subscribed members and there are many other communities serving different cross-grid communities as well as individual grids. Google said

Kristopher Therien. (Image via Facebook.) Kristopher Therrien, known as Quill Littlefeather to the OpenSim community, passed away this month. His family will be holding a memorial service  on Saturday, September 29 at 11 a.m. at People’s United Methodist Church in Fremont, NH. Littlefeather has been involved in a number of OpenSim grid projects, including SkyLife

One of the shops at High Fidelity’s Avatar Island. (Image courtesy High Fidelity.) High Fidelity, the new virtual world platform started by Linden Lab founder Philip Rosedale, now allows its users to convert its virtual currency to real-world cash. Philip Rosedale “This opens the possibility for people to earn real money creating and selling virtual

True to Life horses from oYo Breedables are now on the Tag grid. (Image courtesy Constanza Amsterdam.) Breadables creator oYo, formerly based on the now-defunct InWorldz grid, has found a new home — the Tag Grid. The True to Life horses have concluded a successful beta test and will be officially released this Friday, Sept.

Elf Clan, one of the largest themed communities in OpenSim, has found a new home after the collapse of InWorldz. It will now be headquartered on OSgrid, with hypergrid linked locations on DigiWorlds, Kitely, and other hypergrid-enabled grids. Full list of affiliated locations is here. “After our experience with Second Life — $50,000 group land

  (Image courtesy OSgrid.) OSgrid, the largest grid in the OpenSim metaverse, will hold a donation carnival this month, staring on Friday, Sep. 21 and running through Sep. 28. “We are hoping to raise enough this year to do some much needed upgrades,” Koni Lanzius,  OSGrid’s donation drive coordinator, told Hypergrid Business. “The whole event