OSGrid

From FAS Virtual Worlds Almanac

OSGrid
Developer(s)	OpenSim project
URL	http://osgrid.org
Software license	BSD
Engine	OpenSim
Status	Active, Open Beta, In Development
Setting	Multiple
Platform	PC, Linux
Minimum Subscription Cost	Free Subscription
Free Trial	Yes
Year released	2007
Avatar-based	Yes
Multiuser	Yes
Interactive	Yes
Immediate	Yes
Persistent	Yes

Use and Demographics
Primary use(s)	Education, Community, Professional, Gaming
Registered users	12000
Active users	2500
Target Audience(s)	Teenagers, Students, Adults, Professionals
Language(s)	English, German, Japanese, Korean
Similar to	Second Life

Features
User-generated content	Yes
Property/Object Ownership	Yes
Land ownership	Yes

Graphical and Content Features
Physics-based	Yes
Complex 3-D, such as a realistic human body	Yes
Location Bookmarking	Yes
Scripting for objects	Yes
Duplication of content for multiple users	Yes
Object creation toolkit	Yes

Communication
Text Chat	Yes
Private Messages	Yes
Can block users in text chat	Yes
Voice Chat	Yes
Can block users in voice chat	Yes
Identification of voice chat speakers	Yes

Management and Privacy
Code of Conduct	No
Age Restrictions	No
Communication Filtering	No

A non-profit organization maintaining the public grid infrastructure to interconnect a federation of independently operated Opensim simulators, consisting of (cira Febuary 2009) approximately 2160 regions. Users can navigate the shared virtual world, or host one locally and connect it to the public grid. Support for multiple scripting languagues per the Opensim engine. OSgrid is an area of rapid opensource virtual world developement.

Contents 1 Screenshots 2 References 3 External Links 4 In the News 5 Scholarly Research

Screenshots

References

External Links

• List of OpenSimulator Grids
• OpenSimulator ScreenShots
• Project hosting for OpenSimulator related projects
• OpenSimulator Wiki
• OSGrid Forums

In the News

• {{{author}}}, IBM and Linden Lab Officially Announce OpenSIM Interoperability, Virtual World News, 2008-07-08.

• justincc, Opensim Developement News, Justincc’s opensim blog, Weekly Update.

Scholarly Research

• Johan Berntsson, Scientific Computing with OpenSim, 3Di Inc.,September 10, 2008.

• Kino Coursey, Cogbot: an Opensimulator avatar interface for external AI systems, Daxtron Laboratories, Inc.,2008-08-24.