On the side line I spend time with a number of friends building up a grid based on open simulator, the open source answer to Second Life. At current we have a grid with approximately 50 regions and 300 user accounts, of which half is active at least once a month. The great thing about open source is .. that its open. So a lot of add ons are being developed, and I expect this system to out smart the functionalities that Linden Labs Second Life offers one day.

Real Xtend is virtual world software originally based on open sim and is a very interesting basis to start building your own 3D applications. The one thing i wanted to mention today is the combination of Real Xtend with VNC to share standard desktop application within a 3D world. The most simple application of this is to sit down together and edit that Power Point presentation together, while all the participants are spread out geographically in the actual world. Its this sharing and collaborative editing that makes virtual worlds a killer app for companies in-house, making the tele-worker part of the office based team again.

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