MHVLUG is proud to announce our July 2008 meeting: OpenSim - the emergence of
an open 3D internet platform.
Sean Dague will be talking about his work on the OpenSim platform
(http://opensimulator.org), an open source implementation of the
Linden SecondLife protocol. With OpenSim you can easily build and
host your own 3D virtual world. You can also use it as a 3D toolkit
for easily building specific 3D applications.
The talk will go over the emerging space littered by buzzwords such
as: Virtual Worlds, 3D Internet, Web 3.0, and give you and idea of
some of the technology here. It will specifically dive into bringing
up your own OpenSim instance, why you might want to, and what you can
do with it once you have it running.
You connect to OpenSim with the Linden SecondLife client
(http://get.secondlife.com). Attendees that have laptops, working 3D
acceleration, and the Linden client installed will be given
instructions to play around with a test instance running at the
meeting.
This will be a highly visual meeting. Come and enjoy the eye candy!
Before the main talk we will do a series of lightning talks, each 5
minutes or less, on something Open Source related. It could be a fun
new program, a book, a blog post, or really anything you think the
wider MHVLUG community would find some interest in. People that have
emailed me in advance, you're all on. Time permitting, we'll also
take impromptu lightning talks from the floor.
If you are planning on using the projector for your lightning talk,
please arrive at 5:30, to ensure we can work out any kinks with the
projector prior to the meeting.
I also have a couple of Prentice Hall books to give away.
The meeting will take place at the Mid Hudson Library System
Auditorium, in Poughkeepsie, NY, on Wednesday, July 2,
from 6pm - 8pm. A nice map to the Auditorium can be found here:
http://midhudson.org/help/mhls_building_map.htm.
All meetings are *free* and open to the public, and everyone from all
levels of expertise and interest in Linux and Open Source Software are
encouraged to attend (and bring a friend or two)! In addition, after
each meeting ends everyone is welcome to join in on an informal dinner
gathering at the Palace Diner (http://www.thepalacediner.com/) on
Washington St. This is a great opportunity to interact with members
of the local Linux community, and a forum where questions and comments
are strongly welcomed.
For more details, please see http://mhvlug.org.
Hope to see you all there!
-Sean
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SUMMARY:MHVLUG Meeting Wednesday, July 2 - 6pm - 8pm : OpenSim - the e
mergence of an open 3D internet platform
LOCATION:Mid Hudson Library System Auditorium, Poughkeepsie, NY
DESCRIPTION:Sean Dague will be talking about his work on the OpenSim p
latform (http://opensimulator.org), an open source implementation of t
he Linden SecondLife protocol. With OpenSim you can easily build and
host your own 3D virtual world. You can also use it as a 3D toolkit f
or easily building specific 3D applications. The talk will go over th
e emerging space littered by buzzwords such as: Virtual Worlds, 3D Int
ernet, Web 3.0, and give you and idea of some of the technology here.
It will specifically dive into bringing up your own OpenSim instance,
why you might want to, and what you can do with it once you have it r
unning. You connect to OpenSim with the Linden SecondLife client (htt
p://get.secondlife.com). Attendees that have laptops, working 3D acce
leration, and the Linden client installed will be given instructions t
o play around with a test instance running at the meeting. This will
be a highly visual meeting. Come and enjoy the eye candy!
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Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium
Jun 4 - Sqeak! and eToys
Jul 2 - KVM (Tenative)
Aug 6 - Zenos
Sep 3 - TBD
