[Opensim-dev] Grider: a client for the secure HyperGrid

[Gustavo Alberto Navarro Bilbao]

Cristina:

I tryied to asign my realXtend viewer but it doesn't work. The viewer
left waiting and I must to shutdown.

With the others viewers (LL and Hippo) works fine.

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2009/3/31 Gustavo Alberto Navarro Bilbao <alberto.navarro.bilbao at gmail.com>:
> +1/+1/+1/+1.....
> Thanks a lot/muchísimas gracias, for your work. This kind of
> contributions make so nice to participate in the open metaverse
> adventure ;-D.
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> 2009/3/31 Cristina Videira Lopes <lopes at ics.uci.edu>:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> As some of you know, I've been working on a client whose goal is to
>> explore architectural options for a safe HyperGrid. This client comes
>> from a discussion here earlier this month about security and
>> authentication, and from the conclusion that there is no chance for a
>> secure decentralized VW system without client-side cooperation.
>>
>> So, it is my pleasure to announce the first public release of Grider.
>> Grider is not a viewer; it's a grid-proxy-based viewer-wrapper for
>> LL-based viewers. It works with any OpenSim servers out there as of
>> today, so r8931 and higher. The basics are described here:
>> http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Grider
>>
>> There is a WHOLE LOT more to it then what it's on that page. But I'd
>> rather code than talk, for now. This first version is like a baby trying
>> walk, at points still holding on to the grownup's hand. But it proves
>> the two main concepts that I wanted to illustrate, teleports and
>> inventory access. Don't expect too much. In fact the whole experience is
>> fairly anticlimatic, since you probably won't notice any difference from
>> the normal viewer :-)
>>
>> Two important points about the role of Grider, as I see it:
>>
>> (1) I would like to give Grider to the OpenSim community, and not just
>> figuratively speaking. In particular, I will gladly give commit rights
>> to the entire opensim core developers group, or at least those who are
>> interested and have time to work on the emergence of a Web of Virtual
>> Worlds in some form. Having this level of control on the client side,
>> while still using the official LL viewer, will enable us to take
>> OpenSim-based systems to an entire new level. It helps the server-side
>> too, immensely, as many things become a lot clearer.
>>
>> (2) While Grider is perfectly usable by non-techie people, I don't
>> necessarily see it as a production client. Grider is an excellent
>> playground for experimentation, really easy to modify the viewer's
>> behavior, but I can imagine (hope:-) that as these experimentations are
>> solidified, other viewers will take those lessons and run. But, who
>> knows! The proxy architecture is awkward at first, but when you think
>> about it, it might make sense to architect a universal client like this!
>> (By universal client I mean a client that integrates several viewers for
>> several different virtual world technologies)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Crista
>>
>>
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