Grid traffic slows over holidays
The total land area of the public OpenSim grids rose slightly this month, and there were nearly 10,000 new registered users, but active user numbers dropped slightly over the holidays. OpenSim now has...
View ArticleTraffic up, land area drops this month
The total land area of the public OpenSim grids fell by 16,771 region equivalents after Virtual Worlds Grid took down its variable-sized regions, but the total number of active users rose by 1,374 to...
View ArticleRegions, users, actives numbers all up
The total land area of the public OpenSim grids increased this month, as did the number of registered users and active users. OpenSim now has the equivalent of 56,933 standard regions, 521,735 total...
View ArticleDespite OSgrid cleanup, OpenSim gains land, users
OSgrid cleaned out about 1,000 dead region reservations from its grid map, but there was still a net gain in land area this month, with the public OpenSim grids adding the equivalent of 679 standard...
View ArticleBandwidth, standards pose challenges for VR
Despite acceptability and huge interest among investors to adopt virtual reality, the technology is still in its learning phases and lack of technological standards across the industry and bandwidth...
View ArticleRegions drop on Metropolis cleanup
The total number of standard region equivalents dropped this month on OpenSim’s public grids due to a large cleanup of orphan regions on Metropolis. The grid removed around 1,600 unused region...
View ArticleSummer slowdown on the hypergrid
The total land area of OpenSim’s public grids increased by almost 3,000 regions, but active users dropped by 405. The total number of standard region equivalents on the public grids is now 59,339, up...
View ArticleGrid outages bring stats down in July
Several grids did not report numbers this month, resulting in a drop in active users of 3,209. Avination was down this month, as were Virtual Dream, My Virtual Community, and Cyberface. Some grids,...
View ArticleDrama, outages plague OpenSim grids
Update: I missed a couple of grids in the first version of the story, AllCity updated their stats, and I removed Alife Virtual’s stats from the report because of questions about their accuracy. Read...
View ArticleSeventh annual OpenSim grid survey
Each year, we ask our readers to rate the grids that they spend the most time on, in order to find out which residents are happiest with the grids they’re on. There are about...
View ArticleGrowth resumes on OpenSim grids
The public OpenSim grids added nearly 3,000 new regions this month, registered more than 4,400 new users, and grew by 735 new active users, but Avination and AviWorlds were still down this month, so...
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Fastest 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...
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Atek 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 of 56,011...
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OpenSim 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...
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Pageviews 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. (Image courtesy Google Analytics.)...
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Regions, 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 just below the...
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Users, 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...
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Regions 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. Number of standard region...
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Land, 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...
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March 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 2009. These...
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