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

ssm2017 ssm2017 at gmail.com
Wed Nov 24 22:45:49 UTC 2010


multiple solutions are possible
what do you think about creating a google group or something like that
to share infos about that ?
im interested in linking dmx512 to opensim

2010/11/24 Olli Aro <olli_aro at yahoo.co.uk>:
> Also to add... You probably already have a way to make the data available
> from your sensors for OpenSim to process it, but if not this is quite handy
> as "middleware":
>
> http://www.pachube.com/
>
> Regards,
>
> Olli
>
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> [mailto:opensim-dev-bounces at lists.berlios.de] On Behalf Of Kevin Cozens
> Sent: 24 November 2010 17:26
> To: opensim-dev at lists.berlios.de
> Subject: Re: [Opensim-dev] interfaces to opensim for sensor network data
>
> 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.
>
> --
> Cheers!
>
> Kevin.
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