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

[Wade Schuette]

(a) sorry, Maria's last name is Korolov, not what I said.   She's extremely
in-touch!

Maria Korolov <https://plus.google.com/u/0/107216126920877384308?prsrc=4>
[image: Maria Korolov's profile photo]
<https://plus.google.com/u/0/107216126920877384308?prsrc=4>
maria at hypergridbusiness.com


(b)  side-bar,  the question of scalability.   If you can live with only 50
or fewer users using your system at once,  the OpenSim approach is
workable.    One strength of Unity3D,  with SmartFoxServer is that you can
potentially deliver the same content to 500,000 people simultaneously with
appropriate server power and costs, but no further development.

Wade



On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 5:11 PM, Wade Schuette <wade.schuette at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Did people see Maria Korlova's post today ?  I got it in a different[
> opensim ] thread, in the Digest.
> I don't think I'm supposed to repost from one list to another, but this
> was clearly intended for the open-sim
> community so I'll do it this time:
>
> ====== begin quote ====
> I second the comments above. In my experience, Unity 3D is primarily used
> by enterprises for promotional materials -- they build an experience, and
> then they publish it on the web. This could be marketing games, campus
> tours, product simulations, etc...
>
> Unity 3D is a development platform. You need developers to create anything
> in it.
>
> OpenSim is a good fit for someone who wants a Second Life-style virtual
> environment, with in-world building tools, avatars, inventories, etc... but
> with better controls, backups, and lower-cost land. Anyone can com e in and
> build, and there's a wealth of content available -- free OARs, Linda Kellie
> freebies, Kitely Market, hypergrid stores on many grids, etc... Developers
> aren't needed to create an environment.
>
> There are some overlaps, though. Jibe and SecondPlaces are two products
> that try to build a virtual world-like system on top of Unity 3D.
>
> Another option,if you're a developer, is WebGL and HTML5. You need a
> modern browser - Chrome or Firefox -- to visit these worlds but, on the
> plus side, you don't need to download any software or install any plugins.
> It just works.
>
> And I just got off the phone with Douglas Maxwell, and the U.S. Department
> of Defense has built an entire free, open source virtual environment
> framework on top of WebGL -- https://virtual.wf
>
> So if you're leaning towards Unity 3D, take a look at that, as well.
>
> -- Maria
> === end quote =====
>
>   <wade.schuette at gmail.com>
>



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