Virtual Angel Island, August 2011
Virtual Angel Island was generated from USGS topographic data. The physical island served as am immigration station for many years; its ferry landing is on the photo’s right side. Virtual Marin’s Angel Island serves a similar function as the grid’s default entry point.
The first version of Virtual Marin, April 2011
Virtual Marin started in 2011 as a four sim grid. The mountains on the left in this photo have been replaced by Mount Tamalpais in the current version.
Virtual Mount Tamalpais at sunrise, August 2011
1800’s New Mexico Hypergrid hub, September 2012
This is a collection of sims with Old West themes. Hypergrid address: hg.osgrid.org:80:New Mexico
Lani’s Grid Hypergrid teleport hub, September 2012
Hypergrid hub to other sci-fi grids on the Hypergrid. Lani’s world is a grid that’s based on the spice world in the Dune novels.
Sandworm in Lani’s dune world, September 2012
Lani’s world is a grid that’s based on the spice world in the Dune novels. In the middle left, you see a sandworm crawling out of the dunes. On the Hypergrid, hosted on OSGrid.
Darmstadt City, September 2012
Based on the German city of Darmstadt, the virtual Darmstadt is located in Craft-World and is on the Hypergrid.
Collectif GawLab, Dakar, Senegal, September 2012
Physically located in Dakar, Senegal, Collectif GawLab was organized in 2004 with the purpose of developing artistic projects in public places.
Hypergrid address: hg.francogrid.org:80:Innov-Africa 103,35,27
Freia Guillaume’s Albycin property. February 2012
Freia Guillaume’s property in the former Albaycin sim, one of the Al Andalus sims that were shut down a few months later.
Dismantling Al Andalus, June 2012
This was a tragic moment, when Rose Springvale dismantled the Al Andalus sims and shut them down. Al Andalus was a beautiful and elaborate recreation of Moorish Spain and a celebration of a period when Christians, Jews, and Moslems lived together. This was one of many wonderful sims that were forced to shut down when the discount for non-profit and educational groups was eliminated.