HGProjects and the OSHG initiative.
A lot of progress. Summary, 2020
Updated 3/7/2020
HGProjects has been a continuing theme on this blog for several years. Now I have added a new initiative: OSHG initiative aimed at improving the software development support for OpenSim and Hypergrid. This effort will require an organization to manage the software development and maintenance There has also been significant progress on some of the HGProjects I had listed earlier. Here is an updated summary.
IMA projects
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Previous plans and progress
Hardware requirements: Reduce costs, lose the graphics card.
- Most people will not want to install a graphics card on a computer.
- Many people will not buy a computer with a graphics card.
- We are mainly limiting our market to gamers.
- Virtual worlds do not fit the interests of most gamers.
- Now it can be told:
- You don't need a graphics card for virtual worlds--Integrated graphics works
- Intel integrated graphics seems to be on lots of machines.
Ease of installing software Firestorm's part is done
- Can't we have a Firestorm APP? Apps work with the mass market
- Starting in a virtual world need not be a puzzle game. Imaginary grid-starter viewer
- TBD: Virtual worlds on your browser
Entry and newcomer welcome Partly done
- Virtual Worlds Fair, OSCC Venues, exhibit locator
- Grid Greeters: Help newcomers find occupied places. Kitely example
- Viewer in Browser (VIB): Imaginary use case: communities
- Cybalounge--Another virtual world on your browser. OSHG project
- Virtual world on a browser. Demo now. Coming in Halcyon
- Planning for HG Welcome Centers, Kitely and elsewhere. Outline/summary
- Bringing new people into virtual worlds? Bring them in via Cookie II or use the NMA method on your own site
- Community-based entry paths on the hypergrid
- NMA low tech entry path for starting in Hypergrid
- TBD: Virtual worlds on your browser (See demos above)
Ease of finding places of interest Done
Ease of finding events of interest Done
- Kitely now fills the search panels on the viewer. Events, places, and classifieds benefit
- HYPEvents
- Entertainment on the Hypergrid
- HYPERGRID EVENTS
- Opensim AAM Virtual Performers
- I think this is done.
Ease of evaluating grids Done (periodic updates needed)
- IMA TestWG: Comparison suites for versions, modules, etc.
- What are the best grids?
- HyperSpace resources - The 300+ Worlds. Binder's worlds
Ease of finding friends and communities of shared interest Partly done
- Find friends fast when you start in Kitely-- use the login page
- Google Communities Maria's big list.
- Welcome kiosk for community collaboration 0.4
- Virtual worlds: Where is everybody? How do I find people?
- Interested in virtual worlds? Start with people. Metaverse communities
- Community-based entry: Welcome paths for community seekers in OpenSim
- TBD: Virtual Worlders Database. Allows all virtual worlders to give contact info as they choose.
Promotion needed to tell new people what is available
- Digiworldz intro promotes OpenSim. When HG grids promote their offerings, they promote the hypergrid
- TBD: We need systematic efforts in this area.
- We have a lot of effort, but no organized focus.
Long-term software development and maintenance plans
- IMA seeks help on project converting thousands of public domain motion capture animations for use in OpenSim.
- IMA adds a suggestion box
- Test Management work group is organized
- IMA Test WG: suites needed: Quality Assurance
- Physics Engine Benchmarking for virtual worlds. Example for Testing WG, IMA
- How many avatars can we get into a meeting?
- IMA Proposed Working Group: Test Management
- IMA Conference Center on Kitely, draft design for a virtual world
- IMA Advisory Board Meeting 04/19/2017 Chat Log
- Infinite Metaverse Alliance, organization for the metaverse
- The OSHG project joins forces with IMA
- Want to try Halcyon? Infinite Metaverse Alliance test grid
- Browser-viewer, progress and possibilities: Summary
- Foundation for the future of the OpenSim community
- OSHG: Exploratory project by NMA: Future of Open-Source Virtual Worlds
- New Projects by category offered by Graham Mills. OSHG
- Mal Burns show, 10/9/2016. The OSHG project. Don Smith and Selby Evans
- OSHG development committee: Planning for OpenSimulator/Hypergrid development
- Comments on OSHG Development (collection 2). HGProjects
- New Media Arts plans to support the development of OpenSimulator/Hypergrid
Browser-viewer (under development)
- Browser-viewer, progress and possibilities: Summary
- Imagining the browser-viewer: A wormhole connecting the WWW to the virtual worlds
- Browser-viewer imaginary use case: Entertainment
- Viewer in Browser (VIB): Imaginary use case: communities
- VIB (browser-viewer) imaginary use case: Education
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