OSGrid loses regions, other grids continue to grow
The top 40 public grids lost 20% of their reported area this past month — from 11,717 to 9,343 regions — due to summer cleaning at OSGrid. The largest OpenSim-based grid lost more than...
View ArticleMarch numbers show solid growth
The top 40 OpenSim grids gained 1,458 regions this month, for a new total of 24,040 regions on these grids, the second highest total since we began tracking these numbers in the summer of...
View ArticleHypergrid users surpass those on closed grids
The total land area of OpenSim’s public grids reached a new high this month, with the equivalent of 54,867 standard-sized regions, an increase of 744 regions compared to the same time last month....
View ArticleFastest growing grids of 2014
This past year has been a growth year for OpenSim. Over the previous twelve months, 22,409 regions, 71,442 registered users, and 2,189 active users. But some grids did better than others. User growth...
View ArticleAtek biggest land gainer this month
All OpenSim stats increased this month but the most dramatic increase was on Atek Grid, which more than quadrupled its land area this month with nearly 400 new regions. There are now a total...
View ArticleOpenSim active users pass 25,000 milestone
This was another record-breaking month for OpenSim, with new highs in regions, users, and active users on the 303 active worlds. For those who are new readers, OpenSim is a free, open source virtual...
View ArticlePageviews cross 100,000 milestone
Monthly pageviews for Hypergrid Business crossed the 100,000 milestone for the first time in its six-year history, according to today’s Google Analytics report. Visitors viewed 101,371 pages in...
View ArticleRegions, grids hit new record highs
The total number of regions and public grids in OpenSim hit new record highs this month but while more than 8,600 new users registered, the total number of active users fell by 909 to...
View ArticleUsers, regions grow on the hypergrid
OpenSim’s land area and active users hit new record highs this month. Land area passed 4,000 square kilometers for the first time, and 60,000 regions, while active users crossed the 32,000 mark. At...
View ArticleRegions grow, activity slows on OpenSim grids
OpenSim’s land area hit a new high this month and more than 9,000 new users registered on the grids, but active user numbers slipped by 672 as we enter the summer months. OpenSim grids gained...
View ArticleLand, traffic drop with summer heat
Correction: Due to an error in collecting data from OSgrid, land area was undercounted this month. In fact, OpenSim’s land area actually increased by the equivalent of 828 regions. OSgrid did lose some...
View ArticleAll OpenSim stats up despite summer doldrums
Despite the August heat — at least, here in the northern hemisphere — total region counts, user numbers, and monthly actives were all up in OpenSim. Or perhaps it was because of the heat,...
View ArticleNew record highs for OpenSim grids
OpenSim grids saw continued steady growth this month, with total region counts, user numbers, and monthly actives all reaching new record highs. There are now the equivalent of 65,122 standard regions...
View ArticleEnterprise VR worth $4.5 bil by 2020
Press release: Virtual Reality Adoption in Enterprise and Industrial Markets Will Be Driven by Training, Simulation, Virtual Prototyping, and 3D Modeling Applications According to a new report from...
View ArticleOSgrid, Kitely, DigiWorldz help set new land record
It’s been another record-breaking month for OpenSim, with new heights reached in land area, registered users, and active users. OSgrid, Kitely and DigiWorldz were the biggest gainers in land area, with...
View ArticleHappy birthday to the hypergrid, which turns seven today
On this day in 2008, Crista Lopes, a professor of informatics at the University of California, Irvine, sent an email to the OpenSim developers mailing list. “I started working on an extension to...
View ArticleOpenSim passes 70,000 regions
OpenSim crossed the 70,000 region milestone this month, with a new land area total of 71,034 standard region equivalents. It also crossed the 34,000 active users mark for the first time. OSgrid,...
View ArticleKitely, Great Canadian hit size milestones
The on-demand Kitely grid passed 10,000 regions this month for the first time, and the Great Canadian Grid hit the 1,000 region mark. They helped boost OpenSim to a new record high of 71,360...
View ArticleFastest growing grids of 2015
OpenSim gained a record-high 10,013 active users in 2015 — more than double the increase of any previous previous year. By comparison, last year, OpenSim’s public grids gained 2,189 active users last...
View ArticleVR sales data we can count on
Special thanks to Dr. Jon Peddie and Jon Peddie Research for the fundamental sales data needed to make this analysis possible. More than this, even though this article was originally only intended to...
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