Tutorial du projet Solipsis (Monde virtuel massivement partagé)

Ange Zanetti nous présente l’univers Solipsis, projet déjà ancien de MSVW (Massively Shared Virtual World). Basé sur des travaux datant de 2000, Solipsis avance à très petit pas mais le potentiel est semble t-il bien là. Certaines fonctionnalités misent en avant par Ange Zanetti sont en effet des « virtual killer apps » : P2P, navigation complète sur Internet sur un objet(prim) placé dans l’univers virtuel, importation immédiate de model 3D, prise en compte de fichier flash, standardisation pour les ajout de vidéos, prise à distance d’ordinateur… Il semble que le développement soit assuré par uniquement 2 personnes… bravo à eux par contre ce serait bien de pousser un peu cette pépite technique.

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OpenSim Starts Messaging Second Life

The OpenSim project has gotten a new capability to its code base: the Parallel Selves Message Bridge. Users of an OpenSim world can now send instant messages to other OpenSim-based worlds or even Second Life, which OpenSim is based on. Linden Lab and IBM have previously worked on creating interoperability between Second Life and OpenSim, beginning with allowing users to transfer their identity between the two. The current project comes independently from OpenSim core developer Justin Clark-Casey, which, as he describes, has its limitations. But it’s still a first step.

“I would say that interoperability is really too grand a word for it,” Clark-Casey told Ostatic. “In many ways it’s like using an entire OpenSim standalone server as an IM client for another grid (such as Second Life).”

Vzillion Building Virtual World for Search

Vzillion is building a virtual world to search the Web. The service, currently in private beta, will provide users with 3D spaces that they’ll use to access the larger world of the Internet and other applications, slowly developing a profile and social sphere that lets the world know what the user might like next.

“Initially I had a vision for Vzillion because I did come from virtual worlds and knew that they could go beyond just being an entity where people come and hang out and listen to music and socialize,” said Founder and President Anotonio Collier. “What we really see is a vision to transform the Internet itself. We know that the Internet is so much more than virtual worlds and the social side of Web 2.0. We see Vzillion as the entry point for the new way the Internet will look and feel—from enterprise to consumer.”