Hypergrid Business

AI for the little guy

At Hypergrid Business, we’ve been covering OpenSim and other desktop-based virtual environments since 2009, and began covering virtual reality extensively in 2014. Our goal has been to promote an open-source, distributed metaverse, and to help the little guy and gal with navigating that landscape. Specifically, the people running OpenSim-based virtual worlds — because I think […]

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Hosting4OpenSim

Prices start at $80 per month for a two-region private grid, with $50 setup fee. Includes voice, currency, hypergrid, and a user registration website. Additional regions are available for $12.50 a month for five regions with a $5 setup fee. All plans include full backups and root server access. The higher-priced plans have higher limits

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Hosting4OpenSim opens for business, already hosting four grids

Hosting4OpenSim, a virtual world hosting company, has announced its grand opening. Founded in December 2022 by three friends from Mexico, the US, and Brazil, the company aims to become the leading provider for OpenSim hosting services. As part of its launch, the company is offering a deal to the next nine customers who respond, with

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How to create seamless tileable textures in Midjourney (plus free alternatives)

I love building in OpenSim, but I don’t love the process of finding or creating textures. It’s hard to find just the right one, and even harder to figure out its license terms. All those texture packs floating around — are they legitimate? Or are they ripped off from Second Life? For a while, anytime

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Tenth Annual OpenSimulator Community Conference set for December

(Image courtesy Avacon.) The tenth annual OpenSimulator Community Conference is scheduled for December 10 and 11, and the call for proposals is now open. “We’re interested in your wonderful content, insights, and accomplishments. We hope that you can join us for our tenth year celebrating the current and future use of open source virtual worlds

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Craft World hosts Ukraine war art project

A new art installation has its grand opening today, Monday, Sep. 12, at 1 p.m. Pacific time on the Craft World grid, the second contribution to the Ukraine Borderland Art Project. The installation, Ukraine Victory 2025, is by artist Rage Darkstone. The hypergrid address is craft-world.org:8002:Ukraine (Image courtesy Reiner Schneeberger.) The installation is a “lyrical and

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