Discovery Grid™

A DG Tour

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This is a short tour of only a few of the many grid sponsored oceans on the Discovery Grid, with over 80 VAR regions, both 8x8 and 4x4 sized committed as connectors between private regions. Come join the Fun.

Air Kraken

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Experience the joy of smooth physics watching creatures fly through the skies with grace and ease, in the Discovery Grid.

Bathurst

Discovery Grid Events region. Race a 4x4 race track, custom cars, along with a Dragrace course and a Dragboat race course. Cars and boats you can drive against the timing clocks.

Come Fly With Us

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Come fly with us. Smooth flying machines, awaiting your visit.

Crocodile Island

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Discovery Grid Events region. Explore the many villages, custom NPC characters, water falls, hidden places in the jungles of Crocodile Island. Drive the tour boat through the river for more surprises.

Dawn Universe

Dawn Universe is the Home of the Vortex Roleplay Project. The Sim can be used for private Roleplay, or you can join the regular big scale story roleplays about the Adventures around the DSE Vortex spaceship. The sim contains additional a Sci Fi Themed Dance club, homed in a Space station.

Discovery City

This is the main region for Land purchase information, Podex terminal, Free Items, Meeting rooms, and our Marriage Justice of the Peace.

Earhart Regional Airport

Art Deco designed main terminal and hangar buildings with a free helicopter. This too, is a region ever evolving, so watch this one carefully.

Fantasy Sea

An active volcano that is just fun to watch and sail about the many water regions on Discovery Grid. When it erupts, touch a lava boulder to get a breathtaking ride.

Gloebit Island

Gloebit Island HyperGrid Shopping. Everyone is welcome to explore this quaint shopping area, showing only a small percentage of a few of the great creators on the Discovery Grid. The currency in this grid is Gloebit.

Greenwood Haven

A beautiful fantasy region with an amazing castle, and so many areas to explore and enjoy.

Sea of Revelation

Discovery Grid Events region: The Sea of Revelation is an abandoned astronomy site on an ocean of the Discovery Grid. Explore the buildings within, and if you explore enough, there are some surprises to be had on this 8x8 region.

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Discovery Grid Events region: The Sea of Revelation is an abandoned astronomy site on an ocean of the Discovery Grid. At night it is best not to explore this place alone.

Spirit Rock Ranch

Discovery Grid Events region, Spirit Rock Ranch has "rental" horses you can ride for free, compete against the clock in the oval race tract, the barrel racing of the obstacle jumping course. The horses can be purchased as well, but there is nothing on Opensim that compares to this adventure region.

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Discovery Grid Events region, Spirit Rock Ranch has "rental" horses you can ride for free, compete against the clock in the oval race tract, the barrel racing of the obstacle jumping course. The horses can be purchased as well.

Stormfront Ocean

Created by Tenbears Running, The St. George Reef Lighthouse on a Discovery Grid Events region. This Lighthouse stands six miles off the coast of Northern California. Activated in 1893 after discussions started in 1865 after the loss of the vessel, Brother Jonathan on July 30, 1865.

Victoriana

A role play region, well worth a visit. All visitors are welcome, and join in the fun of the 1800s.

Welcome

The Discovery Grid Welcome Region. This is your initial landing area after registration with Discovery Grid. Free avatars, concierge contacts, free coffee, and links for new people to our virtual world. Hang out and chat with residents as they go about their daily business.

Welcome to our virtual world. If you are new here, look around and browse places, or create an avatar account. Curious about the world, look at the world map

Grid: Online, Users Online: 58, Active 30 days: 1129

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Our grid login and HG URI is http://discoverygrid.net:8002


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Create Avatar Account

To create your avatar account, choose your starter avatar outfit from the dropdown list. You will see what they look like. Enter your avatar's first and last name (do NOT use your real name). Next, enter a password. Reenter this password in the verify password box. Enter your email address, then click on the Create Avatar button. You will be sent a verification email. IMPORTANT: You must respond to the verification email or else your account will not be activated. Check your spam or junk email folder in case the verification email got stuck in there.


Please read the Terms of Service

You will need a viewer to enter the virtual world. Though there are several viewers available, we recommend either Firestorm or Singularity. Download either one by selecting the respective icon on the left or right. Our grid and HG URI is http://discoverygrid.net:8002. If you are not sure how to set that up in the viewer select the following: How to Setup Viewer Grid Location



Login to your Avatar Account

Login to your account. This lets you edit your settings, check on friends, check offline IMs, view transactions, manage your regions, manage your groups. Our grid and HG URI is http://discoverygrid.net:8002. If you are not sure how to set that up in the viewer select the following: Setup Viewer Grid Location


Forgot Password

Forgot your password? Fill out this form, select the New Password button. You will be sent a notification via email to help you out. Check your inbox; some email services (like gmail) might take several minutes to deliver the email. Also check your spam or junk email folder as the email might end up there. If you forgot your account's email address, please file a support ticket to have our staff help you.


Currency Brokers

DiscoveryGrid uses two external currency brokers. Both offer the ability to use and/or transfer your money across the hypergrid. Select the broker icon to navigate to their respective WEB site.

Gloebit

Gloebit LLC is a US based virtual currency provider. They offer universal coins that are not locked to a grid. Your Gloebits are maintained in a central repository and their value is the same on all grids. There is one Gloebit enabled region and mall in the grid: Gloebit Island.

Gloebit LLC has indicated it complies with the EU GDPR.

Podex

Podex is a UK based virtual coin exchange. They will buy/sell Discovery Coins (DC), converting to various fiat currencies. A varying exchange rate applies. Podex terminals are located inworld at Discovery City and in various shopping malls throughout the grid.

Podex has indicated it complies with the EU GDPR.

Local DCs

Our local virtual currency is the Discovery Coin (DC). Its exchange rate is 100DC per $1USD, but we do not cash it out directly. Instead we use the commercial currency exchanges: Podex and Gloebit.

Grid Statistics

Current Time Mon, 20 Aug 2018 17:39:10 -0700
Grid Status Online
Registered Accounts 1034
Active Accounts 683
Users Online 58
Active Users 30 days 1129
Active Users 60 days 1233
Active Users 90 days 1336
Active HG Users 30 days 583
Active HG Users 60 days 674
Active HG Users 90 days 761
Regions 239
256m Region Equivalents 9962
Region Square Kilometers 652.87
Currency DC$ (Podex) G$ (Gloebit)
Voice Chat Vivox
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Grid URI http://discoverygrid.net:8002
HG URI http://discoverygrid.net:8002
WEB page https://discoverygrid.net
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Setting up the Viewer Grid Location

Setting up your viewer to have this grid listed in it is straightforward although it involves several steps. The following photos will guide you through this one-time process which begins by starting the firestorm viewer. Once the login pane appears, do the following steps: