[Opensim-users] Introduction

[Vanish Seriath]

Hi Justin,

thanks for the heads up. The event system I'm currently using allows for  
entering a RL adress, which automatically shows the location in google  
maps. For in-world meetings it should be trivial to just enter a HGurl /  
SLurl in that same field, which will bring people to the spot.

The second idea is rather nice, but I honestly don't know of an easy  
solution that can provide that kind of info.

Greetings
V

> 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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