Mo Hax

So many great OpenSim grids are popping up that I decided to keep track of those I know about. This list is by no means complete. I will be updating a lot. It is just sort of an organic way to keep personal notes on each, a glorified bookmarks list. Comments always welcome.

Personal, candid–even shallow and biased–reviews are my own and do not represent those of any organization with which I associate for work or otherwise.

• Reaction Grid (http://reactiongrid.com) – visited more than 5 times
  • Very PG, 8th graders go on virtual field trips to it
  • Focused largely educational and business use
  • Feels like a free 3D version of The Well sometimes
  • Real names and professional transparency encouraged
  • Home of Sam and Erica Driver’s ThinkBalm sim
  • Maniacal attention to grid stability and user support
  • Notifications and frequent tweets
  • Host popular Retro Fright Night with tomato throwing
  • Unofficially Microsoft with dstrawberrygirl very active
  • Got MoBounce working, available to all for free there
  • Open exchange, everything pretty much free for everyone
    
• Cyberlandia (http://www.cyberlandia.net) – not yet visited
  • Recommended by Petronilla Paperdoll
  • Italian no-profit enterprise
  • Created to experiment and promote opensim
  • 1100 registered users and 250 islands (as of Jan, 26, 2009)
  • Everybody can register and create a sim for free
  • Users can download a pre-configured and updated simulator
  • PG mainland, islands can host whatever content
  • Aims to establish hypergrid connections with other grids
  • Simplifying access as much as possible
• OpenLife Grid (http://openlifegrid.com) – visited twice
  • Huge, over 45,000 residents they claim
  • Empty of most people when I visited, but did bump into three
  • Recently announced requires own viewer version
  • Seems to be attempting  Second Life replacement
  • No real theme
  • Land ownership by rental
    
  • Working to get an economy going
    
• OpenGrid (http://osgrid.org/) – visited more than 10 times
  • Over 10,000 residents
  • Originally was part of OpenSim project itself
  • OpenSim community meetings here
  • More technically themed
  • Squatter real estate, anyone can connect own regions to it
  • High level of support
  • Amazing builds, one of, if not the first, public OpenSim grid

More to come …