A virtual version of Berlin Gallery Weekend 2012, a set of contemporary art
exhibitions in Berlin, is open for public access via
http://vgwb.spinningwire.com/ . Site of the event itself is
http://www.gallery-weekend-berlin.de/ (has also a link to the virtual version).
It is not made with Opensim so this is a bit off-topic, but anyhow is made with
open source metaverse tools so fits in the broadest definition of opensim :)
One particular point can be interesting news for Opensim users: this service
provides also simple browser based access to the world, using a client made
with Flash (11.1 or better) and the Away3d open source engine. It uses hardware
rendering when a suitable GFX card is available -- otherwise falls back to
software rendering, which works basically anywhere. This is a variant in the
series of 'WebNaali' experiments, which we started with WebGL and WebSockets
earlier. I've been thinking that these client techs might be interesting for
Opensim users too -- it would be quite simple to connect those clients with
simple protocols to Opensim servers too, if someone wants that. In this case
the Flash client actually uses XMPP for all the networking: authentication and
chat but even the movement messages (the design for the 'lightweight presences'
is described in
http://groups.google.com/group/realxtend-dev/browse_thread/thread/c372483032992c21?fwc=1
)
The Flash thing is dubbed 'light version' on the website, whereas the Tundra
version (requires installing Tundra client) is the 'full version'. The scene
and the art pics etc. are identical in both, but in Tundra you get normal human
avatars and there's public voice etc. (the differences are more about
configuration than technical).
This blog post has the basic info + a video and the links too:
http://realxtend.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/51-exhibitions-in-berlin-and-realxtend/
A kind of interesting parallel to what Melanie was posting about having Opensim
sessions in the real Berlin -- perhaps folks going there can spot some
interesting RL galleries from this virtual world :)
~Toni
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