
Kitely celebrated its 14th birthday, its founders, and its group with an enormous occasion this previous weekend.
There’s a lot to have fun.
Over the past 14 years, Kitely has grown from a imaginative and prescient of an on-demand digital world to the dominant content material market for all of OpenSim.
Kitely now has over 18,000 areas, making it the biggest business OpenSim grid by land space, second solely to the non-profit, free-to-connect OSgrid, and its market has delivered gadgets to avatars from greater than 500 completely different OpenSim grids.
Near 50 avatars attended throughout the two-hour celebration. The occasion was a celebration crawl format with leisure that included Latin music by singer Nazirah Avro, 1950s music with DJ Rosa Alekseev, an excerpt from Dracula advised by Shandon Loring, and techno funk/rock looping by Acidic Loop.

Many individuals donated their time, constructing expertise, scripting know-how, items, and expertise to create a shared immersive expertise.
“The Kitely group actually got here collectively to convey this occasion to life,” mentioned Kimm Starr, who runs Digital Vignette on Kitely.
“Kitely has confirmed to be a terrific platform for all these years with pleasant individuals, glorious buyer help, and its personal on-line market,” she advised Hypergrid Enterprise.
Ilan Tochner, Co-Founding father of Kitely, mentioned he was very happy with the festivities.
“Thanks to all who’ve helped make this occur: the Kitely Founders Day Builders group, the individuals who contributed items, the individuals who contributed previous screenshots from our early days, the performers, and the Kitely group at giant,” he advised Hypergrid Enterprise.
“Oren and I each cherish your help of Kitely and the Kitely group that makes our efforts worthwhile,” he mentioned.
Koshari Mahana, proprietor and operator at 4 Winds Digital Buildings, mentioned she’s excited to see the place Kitely goes sooner or later.
“There have been whispers on the weekly conferences of an enormous shock, and we’re all anxious to listen to extra,” she advised Hypergrid Enterprise. “With Kitely, as its identify suggests, the sky is the restrict.”