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The next 4 meetings of the Hypergrid Adventurers Club will be hosted by Vanish Seriath

Posted on January 10, 2011 by

I’ll be offline for a week starting Jan 12.  So I won’t be around to host the next four meetings of the Hypergrid Adventurers Club. But the show must go on! Vanish Seriath frequently attends our club meetings, and he has … Continue reading →

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New Mailing List for the Hypergrid Adventurers Club

Posted on January 9, 2011 by

Our Hypergrid Adventurers Club continues to grow.  At our last meeting we set a new record by having people from 5 completely different grids attending our club via Hypergrid connections.  We typically have about 20 people attending our big Sunday … Continue reading →

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Hypergrid Adventurers Club meet #26: Visiting VWERGrid (Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable)

Posted on January 3, 2011 by

For today’s meeting, we visited VWERGrid, the new home of the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable community. On November 11th, 2010, the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable announced the opening of their second virtual home on their own Opensim grid called VWERGrid. … Continue reading →

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My Prediction for Virtual Worlds in 2011

Posted on December 31, 2010 by

At the end of each calendar year, it’s common for people to offer up their predictions for the new year ahead. Such predictions are fun to make and fun to read.  Since I mostly swim in the waters of online … Continue reading →

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Hypergrid Adventurers Club meet #23: Exploring Nuclear Research at CERN

Posted on December 18, 2010 by

For today’s meeting, we explored the region CERN on New World Grid. In real life, CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is one of the world’s largest and most respected centres for scientific research.  The instruments used at CERN are particle … Continue reading →

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Encouraging Exploration: Tales of Telehubs and Hypergrid Hops

Posted on December 16, 2010 by

We all have a desire to explore.  It’s in our nature as human beings to seek out novel things, both the conceptual and the physical.  To be human is to be an explorer. Virtual worlds give us an opportunity to … Continue reading →

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Let’s Build and Share Lists of Hypergrid Addresses

Posted on November 11, 2010 by

“Can we really go anywhere?” “You name it.  If it’s down here.” Read on to learn how you can easily find the Hypergrid Address of any region on ReactionGrid’s public grid, and how you can share your own list if … Continue reading →

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Hypergrid Adventurers Club – Meeting #1

Posted on October 25, 2010 by

The Hypergrid Adventurers Club had its first meeting today. For more info about the club and how you can join us, please see our homepage. Onward to Adventure!

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The Future of Virtual Worlds: No Fate but What We Make

Posted on October 18, 2010 by

In the movie Terminator 2, there is a memorable scene where Sarah Connor carves some words into a park bench. I think those words hold a special meaning for those of us interested in the future of virtual worlds like Second … Continue reading →

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The Future will be Connected: Maps and the Metaverse

Posted on October 10, 2010 by

From the movie Time Bandits: “You see, to be quite frank, the fabric of the universe is far from perfect. It was a bit of botched job, you see. We only had seven days to make it. And that’s where … Continue reading →

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