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Opensim compared to other 3D world platforms

Dear reader,
you did maybe already notice my strong interest in the vision of 3D web and usage of 3D software in real life collaborating scenarios.
Following twitter i found this very interesting new post of cleverzebra.com - the free Virtual Worlds for Business Q2 2009 ebook.
It is still very focused on training and meeting scenarios, but [...]

Shaspa Opensim grid launched

SHASPA is an intelligent shared space. Intelligent shared spaces are locations (physical or virtual) which deliver a set of highly personalised services to and build / manage relationships between entities (individuals, devices, systems, agents or combinations of these) active in those locations. Intelligent shared spaces act as hubs to social and business networks and support [...]

Green Phosphor gives CICP to Public Domain

The purpose of this article is to publish a provisional patent application I filed back in March 2008. The provisional covers Content Injection and Control Protocol, which I created to allow Green Phosphor’s data visualization application to interface with virtual world platforms (see previous article on CICP here).
I recently asked the Slashdot readership whether [...]

sim on demand - Part 2

To give you an impression before your own first try, here is a straightforward “from zero to sim” recipe.
Step 1 – signup
Start at http://simondemand.ec29.com/index.html.

Create a new account or login to your existing one:

After subscribing, save/print this page for reference:

Step 2 – start the launcher
Download simondemand following the link on the pages (it is version r4 [...]

Sim on Demand - Part 1

I wrote about Sim on Demand at the OSGrid forum : http://osgrid.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=582#p1955 .
Since then, I kept that in mind and watched for the ongoing work on this project, thought about usescases and had some dialogues with the inventor Balaji Sowmyanarayanan.
Some background: Sim on Demand offers exactly this, sims to host regions just when you need [...]