Out of the Box - 2009 ends with Advances and Changes

BlueMars

• Blue Mars Adds Interactive Flash Capability

• Caledon expands to Blue Mars: http://www.massively.com/2009/12/17/second-lifes-caledon-expands-to-blue-mars/

• Avatar Reality Inc announce "pioneer" pricing for developers, digital entrepreneurs, educators, and businesses. http://www.massively.com/2009/12/18/blue-mars-limited-term-pioneer-pricing-plans-announcement/

OpenSim

• The Diva Distro, which is a hyper-grid enabled megaregion with an automated upgrade function: http://www.hypergridbusiness.com/2009/11/opensim-deployment-gets-easier/
  

• Zonja Capallini recently released an application, Zoe, which allows saved regions to be rotated, shifted, or merged: http://zonjacapalini.wordpress.com/2009/12/16/zoe-version-0-1-released/
• Germans set Prim 500,000 Record in Open Sim: http://www.hypergridbusiness.com/2009/12/germans-set-half-million-prim-record/
  

3Di aka Rei

• The OS viewer in a Browser now does Textures: http://zaki.asia/2009/12/21/osgrid-in-rei/
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTdJo9QhSwg
  

RealXtend

• Hard at work , in early alpha, but still a mystery
  

Dessault’s 3DVia w/ Microsoft?

• http://archvirtual.com/?p=1983
  

Unity3D

• Experiments are underway by many to integrate Unity3D with OpenSim

Playstation Home

• EA SPORTS has brought the NFL into PlayStation Home
• Over the past two months, PlayStation Home, has added 2 million registered users bringing the service's user count to 10 million

Mutiverse, Metaplace & Forterra

• Multiverse Taps Camron Avatar Craze

• Forterra Headed for Acquisition? Layoffs Reported

• Metaplace To Close