Hypergrid Business

OpenSim’s public grids gained the equivalent of more than 1,000 regions this month. That’s more than 70 square kilometers of land. The grids have also reported more than 1,000 new user registrations. However, active users were down by just over a hundred. That’s all due to the Watersplash grid being

In the late 1990s and early 2010s, virtual worlds were vibrant social spaces where people gathered to build, celebrate, and create communities online. Platforms such as Second Life and several Open Sim-based grids—including InWorldz, Kitely, and OSG. Over time, however, participation in many of these worlds has declined dramatically. For

The 19th annual Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education conference opens Thursday, March 19, and runs through March 21, entirely inside Second Life. The conference is completely virtual and free to attend. It is hosted primarily in Second Life and will also be live-streamed on YouTube. The theme this year is

OpenSim offers more control, a more supportive community, and way, way, way cheaper land rates than Second Life. Grids should be raking in the dough. And we are seeing slow, steady increases in the user base. But we could be seeing more, if more people knew that OpenSim existed. That

Linden Lab opened a new Adult Hub in Second Life in early March 2026, with no official announcement, according to blogger Inara Pey, who first reported on the facility March 7.   Second Life first teased the hub in December 2023, describing it as “Something Spicy” that was coming, according

OpenSim’s public grids gained 3,151 active users this month, with 15 grids reporting increases of more than 100 actives. However, land area and registered user numbers were both town. Most of the loss in land area was due to a major cleanup on OSgrid. The grid reported a drop of more

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