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+====== What is Opensimulator? ======
+OpenSimulator, often abbreviated as OpenSim, is an open source virtual world system, sharing much of its technology with Second Life from Linden Labs.
+Unlike other systems such as VRChat, IMVU and many others, it permits a continuous virtual world instead of isolated instances only.
+Also unlike many other systems, it is modular in almost every aspect of its design.
+A technologically more advanced platform with roughly comparable functions to OpenSim is [[http://www.overte.org|Overte]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUpMzKHlgCg|1]], which we are still looking in to.. \\
+But let's point you to some visual media on Youtube:\\
+  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJfOwegykzQ|An introduction to Opensimulator]]
+  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S45NRwEDjJs|Installing OpenSim and connecting to a grid - Server Installation]]
+  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCGBmfqET9A|OpenSim 2023 - French Sightseeing Video]]
 ====== Shork-Friendly Places in OpenSim ======