[Opensim-users] the concept of "visitor"

[andrew johnson]

sounds good - its useful for just wanting to check the things before joining - simllar to roblox which uses visitor that shows avatar a demo ones

> Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 10:49:20 -0500
> From: fishwick at cise.ufl.edu
> To: opensim-users at lists.berlios.de
> Subject: [Opensim-users] the concept of "visitor"
> 
> I would like to open up one of our worlds to the general public by 
> allowing people
> to log in as visitors. This is related to the "anonymous login" and has 
> been discussed
> in various forms, but here is the concept - not sure if anything exists 
> yet in trunk to
> support this:
> 
> 1. A user logs in using whatever name they want. If authentication is 
> turned off, this is
>    no problem. However, what would be ideal is that when the user logs 
> off, any trace
>    of them is removed from the database-- they do not persist.
> 
> 2. When the user logs in, they have access to the Library part of the 
> inventory, but are
>     unable to load any assets to the server, thus they would have 
> nothing under "My Inventory"
>     or be able to copy items from the Library or the world into My 
> Inventory. The Library
>     would contain all necessities (clothing, basic objects and scripts 
> that they require
>     in the space).
> 
> 3. The user cannot build on the island but can run scripts and navigate 
> performing full
>     interaction.
> 
> #1 is not a huge issue since I would imagine that the incremental space 
> allocation for
> users just means additional rows in the user/agent tables -- shouldn't 
> take up too much
> room. #2 is a bigger problem - visitors should not be taxing the asset 
> server. #3
> can be handled by unchecking both boxes next to Create Objects in About 
> Land->Options.
> 
> Are either #1 or #2 possible? They would seem to be a prerequisite for 
> something approaching
> basic web page services: people come in, visit, and exit while leaving a 
> minimal trace.
> Builders on the other hand, have special login names that give them the 
> capability to build
> and load assets (possible with groups?).
> 
> -p
> 
> -- 
> Paul Fishwick, PhD
> Professor
> University of Florida
> CISE Department, CSE 301
> Gainesville, FL 32611
> Email: fishwick at cise.ufl.edu
> Web: http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~fishwick
> 
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