Re: [SWMP] Kicking things off

On 29-May-07, at 9:49 AM, Alan Hudson wrote:

> HLA took the course of standardizing an API interface.  There is no  
> defined wire protocol at all.  Hence its basically useless as an  
> interoperability standard.
>
> TENA(HLA Competitor) is taking a similar approach.  I think this is  
> done so the vendors can lock you into their systems.  The main  
> claim is this allows the software vendor to optimize the wire  
> protocol based on the features requested and networks its deployed  
> on.  Doesn't seem worth the tradeoff.
>
> DIS defined a wire protocol but did not have a good extension  
> mechanism for new concepts beyond "bang your dead. "
>
> Somewhere in the middle is hopefully a useful place.

One system I know of which is actively sharing environments via 3D  
(besides things like Quake and Halo) is the Croquet project.  Is  
their TeaTime[1] protocol/architecture of relevance to this group?   
Their goal with it is for it to be an open protocol and they have  
already been working to make it cross-language (it is already cross- 
operating system).

[1] http://www.opencroquet.org/index.php/ 
System_Overview#TeaTime_Architecture

--Dethe

"Any idea that couldn't stand a few decades of neglect is not worth  
anything." --Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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