Folks who’ve tried to add destinations to the Hyperica directory in the past often complained about the length of time it takes to add their regions and grids. The old form used to go…
New easier submission form for Hyperica Read More »
August was a relatively slow month in OpenSim, but September is shaping up to be full of major events, including an anniversary celebration on Avination, an Air & Space Expo, a 9/11 commemoration, and…
September events on the OpenSim grids Read More »
Press release: Homido virtual reality smartphone-HMD is bringing VR to the masses Paris, France – Moving in the footsteps of Oculus Rift (Facebook), Morpheus (Sony), Gear VR (Samsung), Cardboard (Google), Homido is proud to bring Virtual…
Homido releases iPhone VR app Read More »
The Kokua viewer team is following in the footsteps of Firestorm developers and creating a new branch of the viewer software just for OpenSim. Because of Linden Lab licensing issues, there are some features…
Kokua viewer branches off OpenSim Read More »
About 8,000 people are expected to attend this year’s virtual Utherverse community convention, Virtual Con, twice that of last year’s 4,000 attendees. This year’s convention also includes a job fair and keynotes by virtual…
8,000 expected at this week’s Utherverse convention, job fair Read More »
Just because your community bank isn’t one of the giants of the financial industry doesn’t mean it’s off the target list of today’s proliferating cybercriminals. But that doesn’t mean that community banks with limited resources have to go out and start spending large sums of money on IT and data security, experts agree. “Focus on
Back to Basics: IT security routines that won’t break the budget Read More »
After I created yesterday’s Hillary Clinton Avatar and uploaded it to the Kitely Marketplace, Kitely CEO Ilan Tochner reminded me that, with an adult skin, it needs to go into the “Adult” category — I…
How to create a work-safe avatar skin Read More »
Last week, I wrote about how I updated my avatar look and copied my shape across grids. I updated my skin, as well, to more closely resemble my actual face without being too creepy….
How to put your own face on your avatar Read More »
OSgrid, the oldest OpenSim grid, was brought down by RAID last Monday. Today, The Next Reality Grid was brought down by RAID, as well. “Like OSgrid, our RAID has also failed completely,” said Next…
RAID brings down second grid: What is it, and how to protect yourself Read More »
Mal Burns, Maria Korolov, Tara Yeats and Petlove Petshop discuss the OSgrid outage and the latest OpenSim update.
InWorld Review: OSgrid outage, OpenSim update Read More »
US$45 per month for a 45,000-prim region on the Virtual Life grid. No setup fee. Capable of holding up to 100 avatars.
Version 0.8.0.1 of OpenSim is out, and this is an official, recommended release and includes the attachment fix donated by Kitely last month. The fix solves the problem that some users experience when…
OpenSim officially rolls out attachment fix Read More »
The Developer Kit 2 version of the Oculus Rift began shipping last month, and some OpenSim users already got their hands on one. Now the CtrlAltStudio Viewer has some preliminary support for the DK2,…
CtrlAltStudio adds preliminary DK2 Oculus support Read More »
US $13 (10 Euro) for a 15,000-prim region on the AviWorld3D grid. Free homestead lots also available.
Update 8/21: OSgrid Dan Banner posted an announcement saying, “OSgrid has suffered a critical failure in one of the primary drives in our RAID10 array. This is a matter of the gravest technical concern, and…
OSgrid down, Zetamex offers early migration to ZetaWorlds Read More »
