Re: [Ogoglio-developers] Sketchup (1) - Avatars (2) - Spatial sound (3)

[Trevor F. S. <tr...@tr...>]

On Feb 1, 2008 1:24 PM, Michel DENIS <mic...@or...> wrote:
>  Suppose that a company would like to build a front-end which could use the
> same avatar system for accessing both Ogoglio spaces and SL servers (legacy
...
>  Is it feasible ?

No.  SL's client is huge (almost 200MB on disk).  It's size and
complexity make it unfit for web use and, frankly, it has proven to be
quite unusable for the majority of people who try it.

>  Does it makes sense ?

No.  SL's avatars are designed to be used in the fat client world
where it's ok to render a couple of frames per minute and to take 10
minutes to download a small crowd.

They have a fur system in there!

> Are there any alternatives, like .. a similar capability to come as part of
> the core Ogoglio development, or alternatively some other open source tools
> which could be used ?

As with all open source projects, features arrive when someone steps
up and builds them.  Transmutable is going to contribute a attachment
and clothing system designed for web users, not virtual world
enthusiasts.

In general, I encourage everyone to look beyond the relatively tiny
population of Second Life or WoW and towards the massive user
communities on the web.  Why are the avatar systems like WeeWorld,
Zwinky, and Gizmoz successful or failing?  Why is Habbo so huge?

Those are the interesting questions, not whether we can bring fur and
bling to Ogoglio.

- Trevor