Hypergrid is the way to travel. But where to go? How to pick the right destination? As they say in the other guide: don't panic...
The Gridnauts Guide to the
Metaverse
Some of you may still remember
Torley's dramatic Video "Across the Metaverse", when on June 2008
some Avatars teleported from a Linden-Grid to an IBM Grid running
OpenSim, using OGP. The Open Grid Protokoll is now gathering Dust
since September 2008.
And then, there was
Hypergrid.
Soon after OGP has fallen into a
deep Sleep, justincc explained in his blog, what
Hypergrid is. While LindenLab seems to be
consequently ignoring this new technology,
Hypergrid-links are spreading all over the Independent Grids. And
if you feel lost in this big new world, here is the Site that took
the challenge of creating something like a travel guide through the
Hypergrided Worlds.
Please welcome www.gridhop.net.
To be more precise, gridhop.net
is a database for Hypergrid enabled Regions. So you can find an
appropriate Hypergrid enabled Region on you Home Grid, and from
there, start your cruise through the Metaverse.
I always found it to be very
complicated to find the right Regions and Grids to do a Hypergrid
jump, but on my first test drive with gridhop.net, i travelled
through 4 different Grids without any Problems. Just make sure to
read the Help
& Howto page to get started.
The official launch of the Site
will be celebrated with a Party at the Freiland Region on OSGrid on
Friday, 3rd July.
How does it
work?
This site is designed to be used
with the build-in web browser of your viewer. Just copy and paste (
or type ) the URL http://www.gridhop.net into the
chat fields of the viewer, press enter and then click on the url in
the chatwindow. This should open the build-in web browser of the
viewer. First, look for a Hypergrid enabled Region in the Grid
you're currently connected to. Use the
"Teleport in same Grid"
link, and a Teleport Window should open. Once you
arrived there, you can choose any Grid you want to visit, select a
Destination Region, and click the
"HyperGrid
Jump"link. Again, a Teleport
Window will open, but this one will take you not only to another
Region, but to another Grid. As a rule of thumb, when the Region
Pictures loads in the Teleport Window, you should be able to
teleport there. The Database is still kinda small, but the i guess
it will grow over time, when more and more Regions get HG enabled
and more and more People list their Regions on
gridhop.net
What
else?
Yes, and
this one is for the scripters/developers out there. You can
download all the Information that is stored in the Database as
either XML
, JSON
or in HG
NotecardFormat. Check out
the Page about Export
Formatsfor more Information. So i see a Hypergrid
HUD on the horizon.
If
you're Region is Hypergrid enabled, and that could even be a
Standalone Sim, you may want to want to have it listed at
gridhop.net. Just use "Add new Destination" and fill out the Form,
and wait for the Hypergridders to drop into your
Region.
This can be another Step in the right Direction
on the way to "World Wide Virtual Words". I could imagine that
sites like gridhop can be for Virtual Worlds, what the first search
engines have been for the web.
If you
would like to meet the makers and learn more about gridhop, or if
you just like to party, you'll have the chance on Friday,
3rdJuly
20:00 GMT at the Freiland Region ( OSGrid
).