Re: [ogpx] one virtual world, or many?

[Meadhbh Siobhan <[e-mail]>]

OGPX/VWRAP is an effort to define interoperability between systems
that implement a virtual world that share a list of common features.
these features can be found in the "intro and requirements" document.

MMOX was a previous effort to address address interoperability between
"virtual worlds." A mailing list exists for MMOX, but currently seems
unreachable. It was considered a failure by some because after two
months of discussion and a face to face meeting, we were unable to
agree even on the definition of the term "interoperability." At the
MMOX BoF, we could not reach consensus, but rather than abandoning the
effort, a recommendation was made to constrain the scope of the effort
to "second life-like" worlds. This was the focus of the OGP
interoperability work over the last two years and serves as the basis
for the OGPX/VWRAP effort.

On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Kari Lippert<[e-mail]> wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 2:50 PM, Meadhbh
> Siobhan<[e-mail]> wrote:
>> On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Kari Lippert<[e-mail]> wrote:
>>> The network/internet analogy is great. I vote base hit.... and would
>>> like to emphasize that, given current usage of the words, the answer
>>> to
>>>
>>>>     Are we connecting two virtual worlds or is the result a single
>>>>     virtual world?
>>>
>>> is yes, sort of.
>>>
>>> As I understand it, VWRAP is designed to connect/allow
>>> interoperability between two or more independent/distinct/individual
>>> virtual environments/regions/worlds into what appears to the user as a
>>> single environment/region/world/universe. This single
>>> environment/region/world/universe is in fact multiple
>>> independent/distinct/individual virtual environments/regions/worlds
>>> whose boundaries could be administrative or technological but the
>>> distinction matters not.
>>>
>>> Is that right?
>>>
>>> Kari
>>>
>>
>> this is an interesting use case, but not what OGPX/VWRAP was proposed
>> to address.
>>
>> MMOX remains as a venue for the discussion of integrating technically
>> diverse virtual worlds.
>>
>>
>
> So OGPX/VWRAP is being proposed to address the problem of the
> integration of non-technically diverse virtual worlds all implementing
> the same protocol?
>
> Perhaps I should interact with the MMOX group. Since I thought I was,
> can you point me in their direction? Thanks!
>
> Kari
>