[Opensim-dev] interfaces to opensim for sensor network data

[Kevin Cozens]

CJ Davies wrote:
> Can anybody link me to any information on what available interfaces 
> there are for presenting the sensor data to opensim?

Sounds like an interesting and fun project.

The easiest way to get the sensor data in to opensim is to have an inworld 
script that polls an external webserver. The polling rate you would need would 
depend on how quickly you want the virtual world to respond to events in the 
real world.

A similar but slightly better way to do this is to use an inworld script that 
listens for data via an http connection. There are a couple of advantages to 
this. The inworld scripts will be mostly idle (minimizing their impact on the 
server load) while waiting for data vs. constantly polling for data and having 
to parse the data to see what might have changed. It would also make the 
inworld scripts more responsive to real world events. As soon as new sensor 
data was available it can be pushed to opensim and the waiting scripts would 
"wake up" to process the incoming data.

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Kevin.

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