[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJNWidQrgf8[/youtube] Links: Open Simulator Overte Foundation Justin Clark-Casey's Master's Dissertation on Internet-Scale Virtual Environment Architectures Hypergrid Unity 3D Second Life Experimental teleport between Second Life and OpenSim Diva Distro Kitely OpenSim Creations Topics: 1:30 How do you become an OpenSim core developer? 8:00 Can OpenSim become the "3D web"? 14:00 Does OpenSim need asset security? 24:00 Does OpenSim need feature parity with Second Life? 31:30 How do you decide which features are in OpenSim core? 37:30 The state ...

I just now found Maria's article on "content as a service", which deals with the same subject as my short note on "software as a service", even though they have been written independently of one another. Must be something in the air. And, unsurprisingly, I disagree. ((I'm writing this here mainly because I can't be bothered to log into HGB ...

(english version) Der Weg zu Open Simulator ist wahrhaft lange, steinig und gewunden. Wahrscheinlich haben die Meisten, wenn nicht Alle, die an OpenSim interessiert sind, mit Second Life angefangen und dann davon gehört, und wollten es, aus welchem Grund auch immer, einmal ausprobieren. Dieser Eintrag (oder eher, diese Serie von Einträgen) will meine persönliche Herangehensweise an OpenSim beschreiben und soll daher ...

(Deutsche Version) The road to Open Simulator is a rocky, long and winded one, verily. Probably most, if not all people interested in OpenSim have started with Second Life and then heard about it and, for whatever reason, wanted to give it a try. This post (or rather, series of posts) wants to describe my personal approach to OpenSim and therefor ...

Emerald, Onyx and the Client Detection System There has been a heated debate recently about the most popular of all Second Life Third Party Viewers, especially regarding the integrity of its development team. While it is quite hard to distinguish rumour from fact, what happened is, to my very own conviction, this: Early this year, Gemini Cybernetics released their 'Client Detection System' ...

It could've been a good week. Hell, it could've been the best week ever for this world we all love, the world that is the 3d web. Yesterday, Winch Gate Property Limited released their MMORPG Ryzom as open source, and they really mean it. In contrast to SL, all the code is released under AGPL 3.0, whereas the textures and 3d ...

I really wanted to write about all of the above. (I'll explain the Reggae Mice bit, bear with me.) The point is, as much as I want to write a really good, thoroughly profound and enlightening post on all of these topics, I always end up reading pages after pages of blogposts (including comments - no, I didn't have my ...

Is Second Life an alternative to There As I wrote earlier, There.com will close on March 9th. I also wrote that many of their users might probably go to Second Life afterwards, as their approach at virtual reality is similar. But is Second Life really an alternative for There? I have been at this point several times in the past, only approaching ...

Linden Labs announced the new Viewer 2 today, along with (finally) clarifying its Third Party Viewer Policy. Now call me biased, but we've got this exciting new technology here, which focuses more on creativity and human interaction than anything else, and the release of the new viewer is (supposedly) monumental enough to give it a new version number, and the ...

Dream Harder Why OSGrid? Apple introduced the iPad yesterday. To be honest, I'm not too impressed with the device. But it shows one thing: The internet is pervasive. It creeps into every corner, into every home, into every part of our lives. Mobile devices are the new black, because they allow us to take the internet anywhere we go on our daily ...