OpenSim Executive Summary,10/1/10 -- 10/17/10

OpenSim Executive Summary,

10/1/10 -- 10/17/10

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Migration - Viewers and transfer

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Will Educators be leaving Second Life?  

Linden Labs: Two Important Updates on 2011 Land Pricing:

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InWorldz. The first real threat to Second Life?

InWorldz.  The first real threat to Second Life?

That is a question. My answer is Maybe.  That evaluation is far better than my usual evaluation (“No way”).     

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Free land, free migration, free voice for educators

Initiative: free land for educators migrating from Second Life – Hypergrid Business:
 "The Immersive Education Initiative, a Boston-based non-profit coalition, announced today that it will offer free land, and free migration services, for educators working in Second Life’s Teen Grid

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Surfing the Grid with Imprudence

Grid Hopper!
That's the term being used for the Imprudence (third party) viewer.  Since I am starting to explore the open grid, I have been looking at what Imprudence offers to support grid hopping.

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Imprudence - Content backup and transfer

Imprudence - Content backup and transfer

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Here is the claim:

"In Imprudence 1.2 and later, you can exportobjects that you have created inworld, save them on your hard drive, and import them again later. 

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Viewer 2 Kirstens S20(39) could be a winner

Viewer 2 news.
If you are interested in viewers, you want to consider subscribing to
SecondLife Technologist.  
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This sounds like a Viewer 2 that could win over a lot of users. 

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Reviews of SL Viewers (TPVs)

TPVs 
Third Party Viewers
If you are interested in Third Party Viewers (TPVs) you may want to follow or subscribe to this blog.  I subscribe to blogs like this via Google Reader.
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What you can do in OpenSim?

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Web-on-prim and OpenSim

Web-on-prim 

That's the main benefit that Viewer 2 offers.   That benefit used to be exclusive to Viewer 2 and to Second Life.  No longer.  

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Feature Matrix - OpenSim:

 "This is a matrix of the features currently implemented in OpenSim. Please feel free to correct existing entries and add new ones.

OpenSim can generally run on platforms where the Mono project is available. This includes Windows, Mac and Linux"

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OpenSim Resources

osgrid.org • View topic - Comprehensive list of scripts in the scripting forum:

"Below is a comprehensive list of most of the scripts in the scripting forum. They were chosen based mainly on usability. Some may not work, some will. no guarantees are given for these and you use at your own risk. Please do be aware that some scripts using OSSL functions may require changes to your OpenSim.ini, and also that some are considered dangerous when used incorrectly. For details about the OSSL threat levels see here: http://opensimulator.org/wiki/OSSL_Implemented. The same applies to C# and MRM scripts; please check out opensimulator.org for details on how to enable these functions. New scripts posted on the forums will be added to this list as they are posted."

KnowSense :: Whisper - New Voice Solution for OpenSim: 

"Today vComm Solutions of Switzerland have released Whisper, a high quality voice solution for OpenSim based on the popular Mumble open source VoIP client. The key feature of this solution is that it enables avatar lip sync and speaker indication to work correctly, in addition to providing very stable, high quality voice. The code will be released as open source soon but in the meantime the client is being provided as a windows download that can be tested against a demo OSGrid region, kindly provided by Snoopy Pfeffer of Dreamland Metaverse."

Freeswitch Module - OpenSim: 

"The FreeSWITCH module enables voice in OpenSim with no changes required to the Linden Labs Second Life viewer (must be between 1.22 and 1.23.5 - 2.x viewers do not work at present), Hippo viewer (0.5 or after), and perhaps others using SLvoice.exe module.

A little history on the development of the FreeSWITCH module is given here:"

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OpenSim Expansion

OpenSim regions hit all-time high – Hypergrid Business: "The biggest gainer in land area was OSGrid, which grew 15 percent in one month, from 5,668 regions in mid September to 6,507 today. Part of the attraction was OSGrid’s large community — at over 51,000 registered users, and more than 5,500 active users, OSGrid has as many people as all the other grids combined. In addition, users can connect regions to the grid that they run for free on home computers. Those users who aren’t technically inclined can rent land on OSGrid from third-party providers at prices starting as low as $10 per month per region."

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Youth charity moves to OpenSim mini-grid – Hypergrid Business: "This month, the Youth for Christ charity celebrates its second year in Second Life.

But the big party will be held in OpenSim, the charity’s new home.

The reason? The Second Life Teen Grid, where the YFC has been offering support and mentoring programs for at-risk youth, is closing at the end of the year. In fact, many teenagers have already abandoned the platform."

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Summaries

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Education in the Virtual World. Executive Summary 10/10/10

Education in the Virtual WorldExecutive Summary 10/10/10

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Second Life is no longer willing to put money behind the idea that educators will bring in large numbers of active residents.

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Virtual events, Executive Summary Monday Oct 18, 2010

Here is a collection of reports about virtual events and their uses. 

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How to get into Second Life without really trying