2015 HELP: Why don't you run a grid on your own computer? Maybe good for content creators

Why don't you run a grid (SOAS) on your computer?  

Speaking for myself, it is because I've got other things I prefer to do and because I am in virtual worlds to work with people, not computers.  But I report on on this aspect of Opensim because some of my readers may be interested in running Sim on a Stick

• Watch on YouTube

This is me running opensimulator on a Raspberry Pi 2.   Just so there is no confusion the Raspberry Pi is not running the viewer, just the server and physics simulation are on the Pi.  The viewer is running from my Asus ROG G750JH running opensuse 13.1.  My raspberry pi is running the latest fully updated raspbian and Mono 3.12.0 and BulletXNA for physics and the latest OpenSimulator code... --Nebadon Izumi

• Benefits for content creators
• Disadvantages
• How to

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• New Firestorm major update
• What Dreams May Come. SL12B Applications open till May 13
• Hypergate WIP Show  Next show: May 15, noon PacificTime
• Scroll down for News, Notes, and Info
• Scripters, G+ community:  OpenSim Scripters
• Hypergrid education community: Finding instruction on offer
• OpenSimWorld: HyperGrid Destinations Directory  
• Calendars: Entertainment in the virtual worlds
• HYPERGRID EVENTS
• More news in my blog roll (column on the right)

Benefits for content creators

• All the land you want, little cost.
• No internet delays while you build.
• You run the server, you control its load and capabilities.
• You schedule down time.
• Stay logged on as long as you want.
• Connect to HG when you want.
• To find grids that will connect you to HG, go to Opensim Virtual and ask.
• Move your products to HG grids when you want
• Sell your products on Kitely Market or in grid stores. 

Disadvantages

• You manage the server, solve problems, install updates
• You arrange for backup (try Google Drive)
• Get advice here: Sim on a Stick Users Group (G+ Community)

How to

• Home grid:  Run on your computer or server at home
• Sim-on-a-stick (SOAS)
• Opensim/Grid Setup--Josh Boam 
• Sim on a Stick Users Group
• Little use of the hypergrid, few HG visitors
• Bandwidth limitations
• You maintain the software and the hardware
• You better like problem-solving

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• You can connect a home grid to the HG:
• Open grids allow outside people to connect their own regions.
• Those regions could be hosted for free on home computers, 
• or be provided by Independent hosting companies
• How do I put my region on the hypergrid?

Control your own grid, set the rules, maybe low cost

• Personal grid: host away from home
• Independent hosting companies
• AWS may also be attractive, but offer less support.
• These may provide the OpenSimulator software and Tech help.
• But check with them on what they provide.
• No server maintenance, no bandwidth limitations.

Related

Opensim, Hypergrid: Summary

• Your suitcase. Just what you need to travel the hypergrid
• The virtual lands of the Opensim community, a beginner's guide
• How self-hosting compares to paid hosting

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News and Notes

Events 

Hypergrid

• Calendars: Entertainment in the virtual worlds
• Events on the Hypergrid. Selected Google calendars
• Happenings on the Hypergrid
• Kitely Events Calendar
• THIS WEEK at Seanchai Library

Lauren's Place

• Lauren's place, Tuesdays, 5 pm California time 
• Location Link. Click to go or drag to the viewer screen: 
• http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cookie/124/241/22
• Watch later: Lauren's channel  

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Newcomer Help in Virtual Worlds

• Firestorm Features
• Events on the Hypergrid. Selected Google calendars
• Calendars: Entertainment in the virtual worlds
• Blender Basics - Making Basic Mesh Prims
• Communities in Second Life: Community Cultural Hub
• Basic help for new arrivals in a virtual world at Georgia Gwinnett College
• http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/GGC%20Island/66/81/28
• How to start in a virtual world, the video: Now see it on your browser
• UWA offers free online courses to help newcomers start in virtual worlds
• Firestorm Documentation and User Guide (Wiki)
• Beginner's building on the Hypergrid. Primland, the building tutorial game
• New Citizens Inc
• Table of Contents (Virtual Outworlding)
• Multilingual help: Welcome ports and Google Translate

Education

• VWBPE15 Conference, Summary, current and years past
• Take great online courses from the world's best universities
• Education in Virtual Worlds. Summary
• Top 10 Tips on How to Use Avatars in eLearning
• How the Second Life basics series can help teachers
• SLeducate: Learn and teach in Second Life
• Learning Objectives Creator

Writers

• Greyville Writer's Colony

How to handle a Hypergrid address 

• Travelling with Firestorm. Local, nearby, ingrid, Hypergrid, summary

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Video-Machinima in virtual worlds

• Machinima: Virtual World Filmmaking
• New Media Arts, Inc
• SUMMARY: Resources for video production in virtual worlds
• Videos from virtual worlds Summary 
• Hobbies: Doing video/machinima in virtual worlds
• Music Videos from virtual worlds Summary 
• Art videos from the virtual world
• Comedy videos from the Virtual World

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• For more on topics like this, circle Selby Evans in Google+ 
• What do we do in Virtual Worlds? 
• Opensim, Hypergrid: Summary
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• Google search this blog: Search bar, upper left--or:
• Put site:virtualoutworlding.blogspot.com at the end of the search terms 
• What is Second Life?
• Annotated screen shots made with Jing
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• Second Life, Linden, SLurl, and SL are trademarks of Linden Research Inc. 
• This blog is not affiliated with Second Life or anything else. 
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• Feel free to send me an IM, notecard, or friend request in Second Life or Kitely
• Thinkerer Melville in Second Life, Selby Evans in Kitely
• Google+ page;  Virtual World Video
• Lauren is funny;   Avatar  Repertory Theater