We cover enterprise uses of virtual reality and the emerging open source metaverse. Email us at [email protected]
Amherst, Mass.
Joined February 2010
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My latest article is up at Computerworld:
4 ways to tame shadow AI (hint: you need them all)
Unsanctioned AI use is epidemic, and agentic AI expands the risk. Here are four proven tactics that work better together. computerworld.com/article/42…
OSgrid is shutting down after 19 years
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The volunteer-run grid's board blamed an attacker who flooded its servers with junk data, and said the only fix, a closed and commercial grid, would betray its open mission.
On Wednesday: Meta kills its VR metaverse after $84 billion in losses
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Yesterday's Update -- not so fast!
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Hypergrid-enabled OpenSim grids, sorted by popularity:
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(Useful if you have a hyperport or an HG destination directory!)
Raw data for this month's OpenSim stats report:
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OpenSim land up, actives down slightly in March
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A couple of stories went up yesterday, including my review of The 10 biggest AI stories of 2025
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And an overview of the year in OpenSim: OpenSim in 2025: A Year of Crisis, Growth, and Loss
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Meanwhile, Maria's been playing around with AI coding, and just built the world's best color palette generator -- works starting with a color, a hex code, or an image -- and it's free and goes up to eleven!
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Oh, and here's her article about how she built it, in case there's a tool that you've always wanted to create but didn't have the time:
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And here's a list of all the hypergrid destinations, sorted by popularity -- useful if you have a hyperport!
hypergridbusiness.com/statis…
And here's the latest, up-to-date list of all the active public OpenSim grids!
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The latest monthly stats article is up on Hypergrid Business!
Regions up, users down in OpenSim this month
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I just updated the stats article with the latest Kitely Market data!
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For those who have hyperports, here's a list of all the hypergrid-enabled grids, sorted by how popular they are:
hypergridbusiness.com/statis…
And here's my latest list of active, public OpenSim grids -- both hypergrid and non:
hypergridbusiness.com/statis…
The raw data for the October 2025 stats report is here:
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