Nu Vibez and Roleplay Guide Magazine - June 2015 | Page 83
NEWS FROM
AROUND THE GRID
Journalist: Selby Evans / @VirtualOutworlding.blogspot.com
The Hyper Grid
You can learn more about the Hyper Grid and the
OpenSimulator project by visiting their site here: http://
opensimulator.org/wiki/Hypergrid
ing with the remaining checklist.
Do any of these things matter to
you?
• Lots of space, low cost?
• Control your own grid, set the
rules, maybe low cost
• 24/7 uptime? Commercial
grids
• Price
• Reliable backup?
• Traffic to your place?
• Market services
Selby Evans is a well known voice for virutal worlds everywhere, having his blog at VirtualOutworlding.Blogspot.com and he’s offered up his news and events to Nu
Vibez to share with you! There’s more to the metaverse
than may think, and it’s really exciting!
2015 HG: HELP: Picka-grid checklist for
the HG: What to consider in choosing a
grid for your project
The best HG grid for you depends on your objectives.
Here I list some things that are
important to some people.
Below the fold, I give some information and useful links for
Pick-a-grid checklist for each item. To use the checkthe HG: What to consid- list, copy-paste the list into a
er in choosing a grid for notepad, delete the items that
your project
don’t matter to you, and evaluate any grids you are consider-
• Promotion of your place on
the web
• Export to OAR backup file
• Help/service, problem resolution (fast)
• Infrastructure quality
• Infrastructure performance
• Inworld currency
• Languages other than English
• Life style (eg.LGBT) friendly
• Active community promoting
community interests
• Caution
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