[Opensim-users] Introduction

[Justin Clark-Casey]

I like it Vanish, quick off the mark :)

I suspect that what's really need to make this kind of thing successful is

a) A very easy way to get to locations, ideally just clicking on a link as with the linden grid.  This is challenging 
right now.

b) Real time information as to how many people are actually at an event, and feedback afterwards, repeat entries, etc.

However, I suspect the 'market' is too small to get something that advanced to take off right now - a simpler forum 
might work.

On 16/07/11 03:05, Vanish Seriath wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I spent most of today creating a new website that aims to be a place for people to share events, thoughts, discussions,
> etc. about OpenSim from all over the hypergrid. Feel free to sign up: http://taos.name/
>
> P.S.: Anyone already registered on opensim-creations.com can just use their username and password for the above site.
>
> Greetings
> V
>
>> Hi Garrett. Regarding Hypergrid, I would hesitate to give a timeline. It's a very complex and evolving architectural
>> area. However, there is sustained interest in it.
>>
>> As for event listing, this is something that anybody could do at any time, just as people in the community have done
>> stuff such as hypergrid and shopping websites, or even virtual worlds on demand. The OpenSimulator project really just
>> concentrates on the core server technology.
>>
>> On 15/07/11 08:27, Garrett Lynch wrote:
>>> Hi Justin
>>>
>>> Absolutely agree with both suggestions you made. Is there a timeline somewhere with some indication of how far off
>>> some of these developments are?
>>>
>>> At the moment I think maybe, if people are interested, some sort of working group should be put together to get
>>> things rolling. Maybe a mailing list parallel to this one would be a quick and easy way to gauge interest and see how
>>> culture, events could be developed in world.
>>>
>>> Garrett
>>> _________________
>>> Garrett at asquare.org
>>> http://www.asquare.org/
>>> http://www.asquare.org/networkresearch/
>>>
>>> On 15 Jul 2011, at 03:14, opensim-users-request at lists.berlios.de wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think getting more people is critical.
>>>>
>>>> This is why I find the Hypergrid idea so interesting. If people from different installations of OpenSim can just cross
>>>> to other installations then every new OpenSim server adds more population to the whole system (network effect). Things
>>>> become more like the web.
>>>>
>>>> At the moment, there are big challenges due to architectural/security limitations (e.g. having to route everything
>>>> through the servers, the 4096 region bug, etc.).
>>>>
>>>> Another idea which I think might help is a website listing events taking place on different grids or even virtual
>>>> environments. Then there's one single place for people to find out where others might actually be gathering. Then the
>>>> challenge becomes easily accessing those spaces.
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