This page uses modified information from the Opensim Wiki (with our server details).

Compatible Viewers

To connect to OSVR, you will need to have downloaded one of the following clients that can connect to OpenSim.

  • Kirsten's Viewer - This has the features of Second Life's Viewer 2 without the update hassles.
  • Hippo Viewer - a fork of the Linden Client with OpenSim specific enhancements(HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR OSVR)
For Hipposim, the OSVR server loginuri is http://s1.osvr.net:8002/  
You can simplyclick 'Grids' then Add, and paste in this uri, and click 'Get Grid Info.'
The platform should be OpenSim and the grid title 'OSVR Grid' should appear. 

Connecting with Kirsten's Viewer

Every OpenSim grid or instance will specify a loginuri, which is a uri of the form http://someserver:9000 (standalone mode)

or http://someserver:8002 (grid mode).

The OSVR server loginuri is http://s1.osvr.net:8002/

Linux

Windows

  • make a copy of the SecondLife icon on your desktop
  • rename it to the grid you want to connect to
  • edit the properties on the icon and set the command line to ...\SecondLife.exe" -loginuri http://s1.osvr.net:8002/

Mac

  • Make a 'somefilename.sh' file, and put this in it:
  • /Applications/Second\ Life.app/Contents/MacOS/Second\ Life -loginuri http://202.125.43.32:8002/
  • set it to executable
  • run it

If you have multiple viewers and multiple grids to connect to, you can try the following AppleScript (one could do something similar with a shell script). Feel free to copy and modify for your own use.