OpenSim April stats down on grid outage – Hypergrid Business
[ad_1] While the total number of registered OpenSim users increased by 2,528 this month, both land area and active users were down by 271 regions and 803 actives, respectively. However, Darkheart’s Playground‘s website was down this month and I couldn’t get its numbers — and, last month, that grid reported more than 400 regions and […]
Open-source mixed reality browser engine unveiled – Hypergrid Business
[ad_1] Sneeze mockup. (Image courtesy Metaverse Standards Forum) A new open-source web browser engine, called Sneeze, is coming to mobile, desktop, and mixed reality devices, the project’s backers announced today at AWE, a mixed reality and AI conference. Sneeze is a collaborative effort from the Open Metaverse Browser Initiative. It is a product of the […]
OSFest 2026 opens community voting on themes – Hypergrid Business
[ad_1] OpenSimFest 2025. (Image courtesy Lisa Laxton.) OSFest 2026 will run October 12 through 26 across the hypergrid, organizer Lisa Laxton told Hypergrid Business, and the community is now voting on the festival’s theme through a custom ranked-choice platform she built for the occasion. Voting closes on May 31. The community submitted 18 theme suggestions […]
OpenSim users, land area both up this month – Hypergrid Business
[ad_1] OpenSim’s land area and active users both increased this week, despite the fact that a couple of large grids didn’t report stats. The public metaverse gained the equivalent of 591 standard-sized regions this month, and 1,275 active users for a total of 149,536 regions and 48,376 actives. The total number of registered users went […]