[Opensim-users] Hoping for a fearless comparison of opensim vs unity 3D

[Toni Alatalo]

the control panel is sure nice and all but i'd really consider doing the 2d
ui just on a normal 2d widget .. could still have nice ways of seeing both
the map & the immersive 3d view, and ways of switching between them /
configuring how they both show

i think such creation & moving of objects is normal and straightforward to
do on unity, or any other engine for that matter.

like your approach, was nice to see the videos :)

~Toni


On Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 1:29 AM, Dr Ramesh Ramloll <r.ramloll at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks Ai for the very thorough and informative links.
> I am considering taking a stab at re-implementing what I have here into a
> Unity environment, so I am trying to learn as much as I can before I take
> the leap, so the site is here....
> http://www.rezmela.com
> may be a clip here http://youtu.be/0xVEQajPTBo
>
> The difficulties I am expecting right off the bat is how I can create an
> interface in a unity 3D world that would mimick the content creation and
> control board I describe on the site (in this case, teachers
> collaboratively build scenarios, and collaboratively control what the
> students see in 'practice space' (where the world is actually immersive
> ...a representation of the map on the board)
> The other thing is that, each objects in the library are deeply scripted,
> some directly malleable (parts can be moved through clicks) collaboratively
> e.g. a house with all objects there in, and some NPCs talk to servers and
> so on to do intelligent things ... some buildings have all the conference
> tools etc.. etc.. white boards, video viewers, u know the usual.
>  I feel that it will probably be useless for me to invest in creating a
> lot of library objects with deep functionalities, if the platform itself
> cannot be accessed by most users.
>
> Since I have no Unity3D experience whatsoever, could you, may be based on
> your gut feelings, let me know if the application at www.rezmela.com can
> be reimplemented in unity3D. From what I understand it will be a long road.
>
> Thanks Ai, just to let you know, I started using opensim, only I read
> about your work :)
> Ramesh
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 6:04 PM, Ai Austin <ai.ai.austin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> My own experiments with Unity a while ago can be found via this link to
>> Unity related posts in my blog...
>>
>> <http://blog.inf.ed.ac.uk/atate/?s=unity3d>http://blog.
>> inf.ed.ac.uk/atate/?s=unity3d
>>
>> A reasonable single post summary is at
>>
>> <http://blog.inf.ed.ac.uk/atate/2011/12/07/i-room-in-
>> unity3d-with-multi-user-chat-voip-and-collaboration-tools/>
>> http://blog.inf.ed.ac.uk/atate/2011/12/07/i-room-in-
>> unity3d-with-multi-user-chat-voip-and-collaboration-tools/
>>
>> This included a bit of work with multiuser servers including SmartFox and
>> Proton (the free to use versions for up to about 50 avatars), voice
>> alongside the application, use of a shared whiteboard and presentation tool
>> alongside not inside Unity, etc.
>>
>> I created a simple I-Room virtual collaboration space as a learning
>> exercise, and scripted some teleporters, web page and image serving
>> screens, etc.
>>
>> Tipodean did a Collada mesh conversion for me of the OpenVCE
>> collaboration region from an OAR and we moved that into Unity for tests but
>> with no scripting.  You can try Tipodean's systems and their other demos at
>> See http://converter.tipodean.com/unity3d/index.html
>>
>> You might also look at the work John (Pathfinder) Lester has been doing
>> in Unity3D and the Jibe framework for multi-user interactions, but that is
>> commercial and not available as open source.  See
>> http://reactiongrid.com/what.aspx
>>
>> And I believe that the next version of Unity will incudes a multi-user
>> server setup. See http://unity3d.com/5
>>
>> The issue as I see it is that such systems will be isolated islands with
>> small or separate user communities. It will take some time to build new
>> communities such as we have with Second Life or OpenSim/Hypergrid.
>>
>>
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