[Opensim-dev] [SLBIZ] Facebook as 2D social backend for Second Life (and Opensim)?

[SignpostMarv Martin]

OAuth + OpenSocial + OpenID + XMPP = open 2D social back end for 
SL/OpenSim :-P

Tao Takashi wrote:
> Hi!
>
> On Jan 5, 2008 1:24 PM, Giulio Prisco <metaxlr8 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:metaxlr8 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Some ideas FYC:
>
>     http://metaxlr8.net/index.php/site/facebook_as_2d_social_backend_for_second_life_and_opensim/
>     <http://metaxlr8.net/index.php/site/facebook_as_2d_social_backend_for_second_life_and_opensim/>
>
>
> Of course it would be nice to have a better social networking backend 
> available in Second Life but I think instead of using a single network 
> for this (who knows how long these will be anyway or how "modern") the 
> way to go is to support open standards. Walled Gardens like Facebook 
> etc. have all their issues and this is why Data Portability will 
> become more and more important in the future (see 
> http://dataportability.org).
>
> It is also true that integrating SL into different 3rd party 
> applications/sites is important but I think that all this will be 
> enabled in the future by things like the Second Life Grid Architecture 
> Working Group which was instantiated last year by Linden Lab. It's aim 
> is to create an open standard for the Second Life Grid and makes it 
> also possible to host your own servers or connect complete grids 
> together. One part of the proposed architecture is the Agent Domain 
> which basically is the social networking part of a virtual world. By 
> implementing this part on top of existing networks it should be 
> possible for them to easily add 3D support.
> As for the Region Domain part OpenSim is one of the possible 
> implementations.
>
> More info on the group at 
> http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Architecture_Working_Group 
> <http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Architecture_Working_Group> or in one 
> of my blogposts at
>
> http://mrtopf.de/blog/web20/interconnecting-virtual-worlds/
>
> -- Tao / Christian
>
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