Re: [mmox] RealExtend Teleporting Between Worlds

This may be a simplistic (i.e., dumb) question, but I work in  
Telepresence, and can certainly
see mixed Virtual World / Real World telepresence sessions (and, even,  
Telepresence between
incompatible virtual worlds as a means of connecting the unconnectable).

Are there any special issues with this, or is this just a subset of  
the multiple virtual worlds connection problem.

Regards
Marshall

On Feb 26, 2009, at 2:56 PM, Jon Watte wrote:

> Lawson English wrote:
>> How many languages will we be using? There's only a handful of  
>> graphics engines to worry about, regardless of language. Seems to  
>> me that SL uses OpenGL while others use DirecctX. I'm not  
>> advocating OpenGL and DirectX compatibility, so we're left with  
>> describing things in terms of one graphics engine. Are you  
>> suggesting that Linden Lab standard trees are too complex to bother  
>> with implementing algorithms for in your favorite language + OpenGL?
>
> I am suggesting that the problem is a lot wider than just trees.
> There.com describes terrain as a guided fractal system. Are you  
> saying everyone should implement that system to be able to display  
> There.com terrain?
> OLIVE describes objects in the form of composition of baser types  
> using XML schema. Are you saying everyone should implement that  
> system to be able to display OLIVE objects?
>
> Or are trees somehow special, when all other kinds of geometry or  
> objects (buildings, water, ships, humans, weapons, telephones,  
> cars, ...) are somehow less special? Who decides what kinds of  
> geometry are special, and what the "canonical form" of those kinds  
> of geometry are?
> I believe that trying to go that line of reasoning will end up in  
> very much effort, and very much bickering, for very little actual  
> benefit. It's much easier to say "entity at point 3,4,5 uses mesh http://www.second-life.com/models/tree-oak2.dae 
> ."
>
> Sincerely,
>
> jw
>
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