Views From an OpenSim Open Source Grid Thanks to an ambitious group of hackers, alternatives to Second Life's Main Grid are already coming online. OpenSim born from the Open Source Grid Project is one of a few private grids. Checkout some screen shots and sign-in for yourself to the possible future of the Second Life Platform. in Public bookmarkswith 3.d3dengineergridlifeopenopensimopenslrealityreversesecondsecond-lifesecondlifesimslsourcevirtualvirtual-realityvr Note: Rather than wait for Linden Lab to open source the server side code that runs their (currently) closed in grid an ingenious group of hackers have taken it upon themselves to reverse engineer a copycat set of programs using the open sourced client and a whole lot of time.
Don’t Forget to Advertise Your Virtual Location on That Old Web Thing While the still most popular virtual world, Second Life, continues to thrive, not all support services receive much use as they should. Virtual world oriented search engines and directories require those in a 3D environment to step back over the line of virtual reality immersion. Is it worth it for much more powerful, but far less results, search abilities? Includes submission information and overviews of top traffic providing SL oriented SEs and directories. in Public bookmarkswith 3.d3dadvertisingandbetterbooleanbureausbusinessclientcourtscurrencydirectoriesenginesevenexchangesfavoritefeatures Note: At times, it’s easier to mark passing progress of a popular technology by watching supporting industries become available, grow and compete. Second Life has seen the birth of metaversed takes on pay-per-survey affiliate programs, stock markets and currency exchanges have born (and died), better busi ...moreness bureaus and even virtual courts of laws have come about.