On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 11:21 AM, mez breeze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Agreed totally about this Rob.  Have u had a play with:
> http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Main_Page ?

Yes I have downloaded it and had a go, I got it running on GNU/Linux
and connected to it from the Free Software version of the Linden
client on the same machine.

It's very easy to set up and the documentation on the web site covers
any questions.

It's written in C# which always worries me but I'm assured that
Microsoft would suffer antitrust problems if they ever used their
patents to cause problems.

> I'm currently immersed in _Lively_ [machinima-ing + adding 2 the Linden Labs
> and World of Warcraft rooms there] + I believe it has great potential. As
> it's part of Google Labs, the official line is that it is only 20% complete;
> with the ability to embed rooms + content + the fact that it's browser based
> make it much more accessible [besides only catering 4 windows users atm,
> that is;0)].

Oh cool. I hadn't heard of lively. Once it gets off of Windows it
should be good.  Blaxxun and Alphaworld never got off Windows and they
are still just minor successes. ;-)

There's also Project Looking Glass, and Solipsis, and Croquet. But
OpenSim is definitely the most finished so far.

More open environments will be good for Machinima because being able
to add your own models and textures will cut down on licencing
problems.

- Rob.
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