Now, I'm no linux programmer or I'd capitalize on this myself... But I've heard of this device called "Compiz" (soon to be reintegrated with its child project, Beryl), and I've seen, and USED, its plugin called "Cube". The "Cube" plugin allows you to map four virtual desktops to a cube, with images on the top and bottom (though I don't see why it shouldn't be capable of six virtual desktops, seriously)... Newer "Cube" algorithms include a skybox, giving the impression that the cube exists in a larger arena... You control the cube by pressing Alt-Ctrl-Leftclick (or Left-arrow or Right-arrow or Up-arrow).
Anyhow, here's my latest idea for instant VOS publicity... Make a Compiz Plugin called "VOS". VOS, as a plugin, would be partially dependent on the "Cube" plugin's settings, as you would see the desktops as but a mere cube. VOS would add a key control to allow the user to 'step away' from the desktop cube. Where would they step? Well, they'd step into VOS, of course. Perhaps the Cube would be in the middle of the Primitive towers, that currently have signs on them. I think it would be a nice touch to expand the user's world a little, letting them know that their computer has been made into a VOS server for the time being, and teaching them how to edit objects and scripts to make 3d stuff happen. In addition to this, perhaps the link to Interreality should look less like one of the other three signs, and more like a gateway or a teleportation pod... You know, for those 'clicky' people who like clicking on things, so they don't get disoriented and wonder what happened. They have to walk through the arch to teleport to interreality. (And perhaps, the gateway or pod would "ping" interreality's vos server, to be sure that it is up. And perhaps, when people enter from their gateways, a link to their server is added, dynamically, in the interreality world? I think these minor improvements to the 3d worlds, and this major undertaking of the new Compiz VOSCube plugin, would be the first major step to getting noticed. I'd love to help work on these projects. I'm in Mandriva 2007, and I've got Compiz 0.3.4 installed somewhere. -Steve _______________________________________________ vos-d mailing list [email protected] http://www.interreality.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vos-d
