virtual worlds meet open source
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Joe Pruskowski , Feb. 2009
Virtual Worlds Meet Open Source
What is Open Source How does the model
work Open Source
Examples Open Source Virtual
World Technology Virtual World Open
Source Evolution
Joe Pruskowski , Feb. 2009
What is Open Source
Started with BSD decades ago
Linus Torvalds created Linux
Leverage the community
Has worked beautifully
Impact has been felt in all areas
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Clients, Servers, & Protocols
Open source applies to all of this
Client s/w is what we use
Server s/w provides the services
Protocols tie clients & servers together
Protocols connect worlds together
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Licensing is the Key
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Examples of Open Source
Operating Systems - Linux (www.linux.org) OS Spinoffs – Red Hat, Ubuntu, SuSE Office - OpenOffice.org (OOO) Database – MySQL, PostgreSQL Messaging – Zimbra Accounting – OpenBravo, Compiere, OSAS 1,000's more (sourceforge.net)
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Open Source Commercial Model
Proprietary value-adds
Installation / Service Hosting Examples are
SugarCRM & Zimbra Many, many others...
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Open Source Virtual Worlds
Multi-client support (Mac OSX, Linux, & Windows
Linden client, Hippo Viewer, etc.
Linux server support Open protocols are
the key
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Virtual World Open Source... OpenSimulator (www.opensimulator.org)
Virtual World platform runs on Linux (and Win) servers, uses MySQL database, etc.
Its Alpha at this point, but developing rapidly OSGrid Metaverse (www.osgrid.org)
Supports both Hippo & SL viewers Method for testing OpenSim
Hippo OpenSim Viewer (mjm-labs.com/viewer) Open source virtual world viewer Based on SL viewer, but open source
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Explore Open Source Virtual WorldsThe future...
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