Sun.Dec 15, 2024

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Discovery Grid moves from OpenSim to O3DE alternative

Hypergrid Business

Discovery Grid. (Image courtesy Discovery Grid via Facebook.) Discovery Grid , which had been in OpenSim for more than a dozen years, is moving today to the Open 3D Engine platform, also known as O3DE. In his announcement , grid owner Rene Vega — also known as Balpien Hammerer in-world — cited declining user engagement and the limitations of OpenSim technology as key factors in the decision.

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OpenSim land area, active users up for the holidays

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Both land area and active users increased this month in OpenSim, possibly because people are spending more time inside, where it’s warm. But who knows, really, why people do what they do? Anyway, I am now tracking a total of 2,6617 public grids, of which 290 were active this month and 231 published their statistics. If you have a stats page that were not tracking, please email me at maria@hypergridbusiness.com that way, your grid will be mentioned in this report every month, for additiona