(Image courtesy GreekLife.) The GreekLife grid has been around for eight years, but it has really started to take off in the last two, now reporting thousands of regions and active users. Now the grid owners are turning their experience running their own successful commercial grid into a service for other would-be grid owners. Nikos […]
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10 Euro (US $12) for a 15,000-prim region on the hypergrid-enabled Virtual Islands grid. More information here. Contact grid owner Thomas Boettger in-world or at info@virtual-islands.de. Source: Hypergrid Business
US $35 per month for a 45,000-prim, three-by-three varregion on the hypergrid-enabled Kinky Grid. A 45,000-prim six-by-six varregion is also $35 per month. See the grid’s Land Prices page for full details. Source: Hypergrid Business
(Image courtesy High Fidelity.) As mentioned years ago by cryptodecks, Blockchain — the technology powering Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies — is coming to virtual reality. Today, High Fidelity, the new VR platform from Second Life founder Philip Rosedale, announced the launch of the Virtual Reality Block Chain Alliance, which is dedicated to using the blockchain
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The Atek Grid has launched a new cryptocurrency, which will become the primary in-world currency, grid owner Frank Corsi told Hypergrid Business. The new currency, Dosh Coins, is based on blockchain technology. This is similar to the way Bitcoin works, except that its based on a slightly different cryptocurrency technology, Etherium ERC20. While Bitcoin is
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(Image courtesy Sinespace.) Sinespace, a virtual world platform from OpenSim co-founder Adam Frisby, launched its virtual reality beta last week and reports 20 percent weekly user growth. Previously, the Unity-based social virtual world was only available for desktop clients. Sean O’Callaghan Now, users who own an Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, or a Windows Mixed Reality
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Immersive Reality Welcome Center. (Image courtesy Immersive Reality.) The Immersive Reality grid, founded in late 2014, will close at the end of April due to new regulations and a lack of interest, owner Bob Reite announced yesterday. Land and currency sales will cease immediately, but the grid’s free land offer will continue until the end
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US $8.50 for a 20,000-prim region on the hypergrid-enabled GeVolution grid, with a 14-day free trial. Grid offers Vivox voice and the local GV$ currency, and supports variable-sized regions. A residential starter region with 7,500 prims is $5 per month. Variable sized regions: 4-region varregion with 50,000 prims: $18.50 per month 16-region varregion with 100,000
US $7 per month for a 15,000 prim region on the hypergrid-enabled Eros Resort grid. There is a sale starting on February 12 where you can get a second region for free. All regions include voice. There is also a four-by-four variable-sized region for $20 a month. Private servers are also available: $25 per month
US $20 per month for a 20,000-prim region on the hypergrid-enabled UKTurk Grid. OAR exports and imports and other region sizes also available. Primary languages are English and Turkish. There are also free plots available that residents can keep as long as they visit their areas at least once a month. Starter 8,000-prim region is
US $11 per month for 16,000-prim region on the hypergrid-enabled Tranquility Virtual Grid. The grid is an English-language commercial grid with Vivox voice and the local T$ virtual currency via Podex. New residents can get a free home for 28 days. There is also a quarter-region residential plot for $3 per month. Other region sizes
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Merchants on the closed, commercial InWorldz grid are concerned about perceived drop in users and commercial activity, and worry that the grid owners are no longer committed to the success of the grid. “I am in InWorldz where I have a shop and we have seen a drastic decline in sales and residents,” one merchant
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US$20 for a 20,000-prim region on the hypergrid-enabled Panthera Grid. Larger sizes also available. • 25,000-prim region: $9 per month • 45,000-prim region: $13 per month • Additional 5,000 prims: $5 add-on per month Variable sized regions: • 2×2 var with 60,000 prims: $17 per month • 3×3 var with 80,000 prims: $27 per month
One of my top sources of OpenSim-related news this year has been OpenSim Virtual and similar Google Plus communities. Many grids also have Facebook pages and Twitter accounts, but I find that Google Plus offers a really convenient way to keep track of what’s going on across the metaverse. So, for the benefit of people
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