Re: [mmox] Learning from the past; focusing on the future
"Robert Gehorsam" <RGehorsam@forterrainc.com> Mon, 23 February 2009 21:40 UTC
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From: Robert Gehorsam <RGehorsam@forterrainc.com>
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Dan - Thanks. On it. Robert -----Original Message----- From: Dan Olivares <dcolivares@gmail.com> To: Robert Gehorsam CC: Jon Watte <jwatte@gmail.com>; Morgaine <morgaine.dinova@googlemail.com>; Mystical Demina <MysticalDemina@xrgrid.com>; mmox@ietf.org <mmox@ietf.org> Sent: Mon Feb 23 13:35:36 2009 Subject: Re: [mmox] Learning from the past; focusing on the future I completely agree with you here. Therefore, if this working group is important to you (or anyone else here), I urge you to solicit parties that you feel could make a significant contribution to a MMO/VW standard. Best Regards Daniel Olivares On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 4:30 PM, Robert Gehorsam <RGehorsam@forterrainc.com> wrote: > I think part of the issue here with regard to the debate between broad > and narrow interoperability is that, other than Jon representing > Forterra's technical efforts, there are no other visibly participating > technical representatives from any other virtual world technology > providers or other relevant groups. No one from Sun, Qwaq, Multiverse, > HiPiHi, Activeworlds, any of the browser-based folks, Twinity, any of > the game folks or kids worlds, Makena (the company that, contrary to > some folks' assertions, is the company that makes and operates > There.com), Proton Media, Icarus or its various partners, ECS, and so > forth. I've seen references to Qwaq but haven't seen Greg or anyone > else from there participating here. There are probably two dozen > companies that would be reasonable candidates for this discussion, not > to mention companies like Adobe, Google, Intel, Samsung, Sony and, yes, > even Microsoft, all of which might arguably have some interesting > contributions to make. > > It may be that this lack of broad participation is creating -- fairly or > unfairly -- the sense that the conversation will naturally drift towards > an SL-OS orientation -- despite what I see as the best intentions of > many people here -- simply because, other than Forterra, no one else is > stepping up to the plate. I can tell you that *that* is not something > that Forterra wants to see, because it's inherent in our view of the > evolution of the internet that interoperability between diverse virtual > worlds is essential for all to succeed. So the imbalance in this > ongoing discussion creates a false dynamic of conflict when none is > intended. Without broad input, how can we achieve broad > interoperability? > > Is there any outreach going on to these various organizations, or is > that somehow not part of the policy? Not being really familiar with the > workings of these sorts of technical groups, I just don't know. > > Robert > > -----Original Message----- > From: mmox-bounces@ietf.org [mailto:mmox-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of > Jon Watte > Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 4:15 PM > To: Morgaine > Cc: Mystical Demina; mmox@ietf.org > Subject: Re: [mmox] Learning from the past; focusing on the future > > Morgaine wrote: >> I can't understand why you continue to raise the spectre that we're >> here to rubberstamp SL standards. We aren't. I'm not aware of >> anybody with that agenda. >> > > Because there are several people on this list who say "OpenSim and > Second Life are already trying to do client interoperability; I think we > should run with it and not worry about something bigger." > Similarly, I find that the current OGP proposal specifies some thing > ("Rezzing" of avatars) that are Second Life centric, while not > specifying other things that would be necessary for an actually useful > interoperable virtual world (like entity telemetry). > > Similarly, if OGP is specified as a mostly empty vessel that can contain > arbitrary negotiated data, what would probably happen would be that > OpenSim puts OpenSim data in that vessel, and IMVU puts IMVU data in > that vessel, and both claim to support "OGP interoperability" but you > can't do anything useful through that claim. I want to avoid that > outcome. >> >> We are working in good faith towards your item 2), while noting that >> item 2) means interop with "all" reasonable worlds, and that includes >> Linden worlds. It's not either/or, it's both. Please grant us that, >> so that we can actually make headway. >> >> /(Proviso: your item 2) says /*single ... simulation*/, which is >> incorrect, as we have no remit to straightjacket diverse worlds into a > >> single simulation.)/ > > What I mean by "single simulation" is what the user sees when connected > to a specific, interoperating instance. I suppose the user could be > connected to multiple of those, similar to opening multiple video > streams in a media player, but then those generally have "nothing" to do > with each other. > > > Okay, so if most of us agree on 2), can we just say we have "rough > consensus" on that, and politely reject any attempt to steer the work > towards 1)? > > > Sincerely, > > jw > > > _______________________________________________ > mmox mailing list > mmox@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/mmox > _______________________________________________ > mmox mailing list > mmox@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/mmox >
- Re: [mmox] Learning from the past; focusing on th… Mystical Demina
- Re: [mmox] Learning from the past; focusing on th… Jon Watte
- Re: [mmox] Learning from the past; focusing on th… Gareth Nelson
- Re: [mmox] Learning from the past; focusing on th… Morgaine
- Re: [mmox] Learning from the past; focusing on th… Jon Watte
- Re: [mmox] Learning from the past; focusing on th… Robert Gehorsam
- Re: [mmox] Learning from the past; focusing on th… Dan Olivares
- Re: [mmox] Learning from the past; focusing on th… Robert Gehorsam
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- Re: [mmox] Learning from the past; focusing on th… Meadhbh Hamrick (Infinity)
- Re: [mmox] Learning from the past; focusing on th… Gareth Nelson
- Re: [mmox] Learning from the past; focusing on th… Gareth Nelson
- Re: [mmox] Learning from the past; focusing on th… Robert Gehorsam
- Re: [mmox] Learning from the past; focusing on th… Gareth Nelson
- Re: [mmox] Learning from the past; focusing on th… Jon Watte
- Re: [mmox] Learning from the past; focusing on th… Gareth Nelson