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Have you ever had enough to create shortcuts again and again on your desktop, type and retype the login URIs again and again ? Just put them to the trash and install OpenSim Launcher ! Now you can choose the grid you want to connect to among dozens of others, and choose the viewer you want to use among Second Life viewer and RealXtend ! Never retype your avatar name again ! It reminds them for you. You may have different avatar names on each grid. Just select the grid and the corresponding avatar name shows up ! Your passwords are never stored anywhere for more security. You can also clear your stored identities.

Good tool for accessibility or teaching students to read.

Educators looking for OpenSim alternatives to Second Life are currently limited to ReactionGrid or Jokaydia Grid, which is operated by ReactionGrid - or have to set up their own grid. That changed this week when Houston-based FireSabre Consulting, a virtual world developer focused on educational and non-profit clients, launched its own Starlight grid.

Unlike other online virtual world clients such as Second Life, OpenSimulator does not feature a method of exchanging or using currency. However, the online virtual world platform does feature protocol hooks that allow administrators to install currency modules. After installing the currency module, users can enjoy a greater level of social realism when playing OpenSimulator by buying and selling items with online currency. You will need the WAMP server suite already installed and functional, as changes will be made to the Apache HTTP server and MySQL database service located within the suite.

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Staff ICT trainer at an independent K-12 school who had explored Quest Atlantis, OpenSim and Second Life Teen Grid. She has just esablished virtual 3D space for their school with OpenSim + ReactionGrid.

Let-Us-Learn is an international project that aims to investigate the potential of a 3D virtual learning environment (3DVLE) designed to engage learners in collaborative, creative problem solving activities in which numeracy, literacy, life skills and creative activities are embedded in a motivating game-like environment. The general idea is make OpenSim technology into a learning environment for students in countries such as South Africa and Uganda (among others). Teaching everything from farming techniques and household economics, to multiplication tables.