Can you send me a Landmark for Opensim please?

On my SL profile, big and bold, is references to Lost Paradise and Heritage Estates.

I often get random people im about the references.

 

*“Free land?  Sounds interesting... Can you send me the landmark?”*

I virtually sigh, and then take a deep breath and go on to explain….

“Did you ever hear of Open sim?”

*What’s open sim?*

It’s a virtual world’s grid.  It’s not on Second Life, it is its own grid. You need to slightly configure a viewer and create an account on lpgrid.com in order to login into the world.

* Can you send me the landmark?*

SIGH……………………

Every now and then I get a person who actually knows what an Open sim grid, and can actually use a viewer other than the SL viewer.   It’s a pleasure to chat with them and give them the specifics on how to create an account and log in to the Lost Paradise Grid.

But I have a nagging question in the back of my beautiful virtual head.

How to get the masses involved in Open sim?  What will it take? Two clicks is more than the one click sound bite society we live in.  People don’t have patience and do not want to take the time to learn something new. They want quick gratification, they don’t want to think.

There has to be a better way.

I thought that Cloud Party, a fun, viewer-less experiment in virtual earlier this year, may have been the answer.

Now Arribasim, similar to Sim on a Stick but a bit more configurable has come along.

Where is the one click virtual login though?  Singularity, I think, allows a person to enter the grid URI in the location space, but even that is a stretch for some people.

If you can think of a quicker easier solution now, please let me know.

I will be right here, explaining why you cannot get a landmark to Heritage from Second Life to some opensim noob.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Opensim Grids - Creating Technology NOW

 

I was pleased to learn yesterday that it appears that Opensim grids;   in square virtual kilometers; has surpassed Second Life.  It gives us hope that free virtual living is not lost.

Opensim grids come and go, some more quickly than others.  Hypergrid business reports these figures monthly on their website.

 A few very exciting things are happening in the Opensim world right now, including the rapid expansion of Variable sized regions.   In addition, recently the Arribasim platform appeared, offering better performance and faster response time, and even a prepackaged version of the software.

 

This is very exciting to all people who play in virtual… in the last year, the developers have been working on many kinks. All to appeal to Secondlifers who want the same smooth easy experience without the payment tiers.

 

With vast and rapid advancements of technology,  ideas in development will immerse you even more into virtual worlds than you already are… enter Oculus Rift – where you wear ocular apparatus to enter your virtual world.

 

No doubt that all these new advancements will be showcased in  the Opensim Community Conference in November, and I cannot wait to go check them out.

Now, if only you could eat in virtual, our experience would be complete!

JJJ

 

Govega

LOSE THE LINDENS...The 10 Reasons to Divorce Second Life

I know, I know, you have heard this over the years. 

You have tried to leave...
You signed onto a "outside grid"
You've looked around... ::: sigh::
You've missed your friends
You've went back to Second Life without a backwards glance

Like a unhealthy relationship you return... to the mess, to fees, to the nasty people.

My question is WHY? What attraction does it hold for you, the average virtual wanderer?

Perhaps you have not clearly seen your choices laid out ... perhaps you just cannot get the umph to make the move...

Well, here are some reasons to Lose the Lindens:

1. You will never ever EVER bicker about encroachment of 2 meters ever again.  Most opensim grids offer free to own, or free to rent parcels, housing, or regions.  You can roll your own and run your own Sims easily from your home computer, if you wish.  It gets easier and easier with each Open Sim update.

2. People are smarter -- really this is a NO Brainer.  Anyone who can figure out how to get a onto an open sim grid is already two steps ahead of most SL casual players.

3. All uploads are free -  Yes, really.  No fees to import textures, mesh, or xml files.

4. There is no sky building - why build in the sky when you have regions and regions of open land?

5. No Fees - what does it cost?   Nothing. There is no premium.  At most, a few dollars if you chose to rent a region (65,000 meters) from a sim rental company.

6. The same experience as SL - Most scripts, all textures, most physics work exactly like Second Life if not better.  The OS open source software is developed by volunteers and gets better every update.

7. Terrains and full rights - Unlike limits in terraforming, most parcels and all regions give you rights to change height and limits as well as terrain textures. Basically unheard of in SL.

8. No crowds. Really. The community is smaller, but much friendlier.

9 Freebies.  Almost everything, from castles to landscaping to mesh to skins to hair to shoes to homes is entirely free. 

10. Prim limits what is that?  The usual 117 prims per 512 meters is a way for Linden Labs to get you to buy more land. In fact, a 65,000 region has been proven to hold up to a million prims OR MORE as Ener Hax proved in 2012.  Sorry my pretties, prim limits is just an illusion

Sneak Peak at Riverwalk and Launch of Affiliate Program

While Heritage 54 Development is wrapping up  our brain gears are spinning for our next project. Our palms are itchy to create.

We came to the conclusion that a natural progression to that opulent H54 region would be a cool, calming, and peaceful place.

And Riverwalk, a Botanical Park was born.  A circular island with spiraling walkways carved in circles around the island, it will be a island to reflect (several temples) smooch (many hidden caves and romantic seating)  photograph - gorgeous fauna, windswept trees, watercolored sunset views all around.

We are having fun producing this peaceful district for all to enjoy. There will be a teleport straight from H54 and when you arrive you will be able to tour around the island in a sailboat.

For now, just a picture or two....

Which brings me to the the Affiliate Program....

Any creator interested in joining the LP/Heritage Team of talented creators?  We have great offers for you then... a symbiotic relationship....   Please feel free to contact myself or Doc Falworth if you are interested or if you know someone who is, please pass this along: and have a wonderful, creative week 
--Gove