[Ogoglio-developers] Animations

[Michel D. <mic...@or...>]

Hi,

Several people are concluding that, unless there are "organized events" in =
Virtual Worlds, these places (including Second life), except in the precise=
 areas of the events, look like Ghost Cities, Deserted Places, Un-real envi=
ronments, "Un-Natural" Areas. Visitors do not like this - when coming in-wo=
rld they anticipate they could see (as examples):
- some walking dogs/cats in the streets (automatic movement is OK)
- some flying birds in the sky (just moving wings automatically would be ni=
ce)
- "local people" just walking around, which are not part of the set up, jus=
t there because they are inhabiting the place (selection by mouse and colli=
sion detection are important though)
- the sun position and lightning moving, in the backgound
- a few clouds moving in the background

What are the guidelines for creating "loosely-coupled" animated "entities" =
of the above types, in Ogoglio ? Animated OBJs ? BVHs with meshes ?=C2=A0 O=
BJ+BVH - How to match the two ?

Thanks,
-michel=C2=A0