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

What is Open Source

How does the model work

Open Source Examples

Open Source Virtual World Technology

Virtual World Open Source Evolution

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

Started with BSD decades ago

Linus Torvalds created Linux

Leverage the community

Has worked beautifully

Impact has been felt in all areas

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

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

Licensing is the Key

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)

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)

Open Source Commercial Model Proprietary value-adds Installation / Service Hosting Examples are SugarCRM & Zimbra Many, many others...

Proprietary value-adds

Installation / Service

Hosting

Examples are SugarCRM & Zimbra

Many, many others...

Open Source Virtual Worlds Multi-client support (Mac OSX, Linux, & Windows Linden client, Hippo Viewer, etc. Linux server support Open protocols are the key

Multi-client support (Mac OSX, Linux, & Windows

Linden client, Hippo Viewer, etc.

Linux server support

Open protocols are the key

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

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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