Linden's servers do maintain some kind of "interest list" that uses camera
position to decide what content to send to the viewer, but the client
usually has control of the position anyway. I don't think small changes in
camera focus direction affect it much, but large changes such as turning
your avatar 180 degrees will result in a lot of object create and kill
packets being sent to your viewer.
Opensim currently sends the whole region to each viewer so it wouldn't be an
issue.

Still, this behavior would seem to work the same way as it does with the
current viewers unless the camera separation was taken to some extreme.

On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Lawson English <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Dahlia Trimble wrote:
>
>
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 8:17 AM, Lawson English <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
>>
>>    Argent Stonecutter wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>        2. You know what would be cool for 3d? A control to
>>        dynamically adjust the 3d separation, like the current "zoom"
>>        control. Yes, it's not realistic, who cares? It's virtual.
>>
>>    See above.
>>
>>
>>    Seriously, with capability-based data transfer, it should be
>>    possible to request optional streams of data for specialized
>>    viewers that support these optional streams (e.g. different camera
>>    view), just as limited clients will be able to NOT receive
>>    specific data streams as the OGP matures and is incorporated into
>>    the SL main grid.
>>
>>
>> Sounds to me like it's something that would be implemented entirely client
>> side
>>
> Can you generate a different camera view clientside that will contain all
> the relevant info?
>
>
> Lawson
>
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