From: Ian S. <ian...@tr...> - 2008-02-20 00:47:58
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Thanks for the questions, answers are inline. > 1- how do one has to implement a world which, like the real one, > contains shadows, sunlight and moving clouds ? > At the moment, the viewer doesn't have much support for any of this. We have talked about how to do more complex lighting models--and believe we have a decent solution--but that is at least going to wait until the next major release. > > 2- voice comms: i seem to remember that currently Skype is supported- > please could you tell how to do it ? > Right-click on another person's avatar. If they have the skype attribute set in their profile, it will launch skype via the browser. > > > 3- can we use the "embedded java-script" of Java 6 (I don't mean the > Ogoglio java-script API) to call Ogoglio's Java API's ? If yes, how ? > Not sure what you mean here. We supply a standard javascript interpreter with ogoglio-server that runs on the server side. It's bog-standard so there should not be compatibility problems. > > 4- what do you suggest as easiest way to show > Powerpoint/Word/Excel/PDF documents inworld (ie on a 3D > arbitrarily-chosen billboard) ? > Well, this is a short answer to a long story. 1) We don't think you should normally try to show 2D content in a 3D space--it's usually better for all concerned to get the 2D content via the "normal" web browser route since it is easier to read, well supported, etc. 2) We do have a "slideshow" tool that is going to be available in the near future in a tomorrowspace rented hall. So, if you are determined to ignore #1 and you rent a hall from us, there is a way to show a set of slides (which can be derived from PPT, word, whatever). > > 5- is there any way to "share" such documents (like Wonderland > enables, for instance .. ie multiple inworld users can edit documents > simultaneously) ? > Not at the moment. This is a good app for you to work on! :-) > > 6- when a space becomes complex (but not 'heavy') and large, do you > have any plan or suggestion to enable visitors to get a "map" where > the landscape, the other users and themselves are pictured -- and then > enabling users to click on a point to get teleported to these > coordinates ? > Our spaces tend to be small enough to not need this feature. We use URLs to navigate on the large (global) scale. > > 7- (untested) when a ground/terrain is not flat but like a hill or > mountain, will the bodies move up and down accordingly ? > Yes this works already. There is a very weak notion of "gravity". > > 8- i would like to try better understanding the full Ogogolio Java > code (which does not have many inline comments) -- do you know of any > existing *free *plugin or software which can e.g. make workflow > diagrams of your full Java code, or something similar ? > This is an absolutely fair criticism (the state of the source code) and one that we would like to rectify. However, our current product roll-out won't allow this for a while. If you want to run diagramming software or other tools against our codebase, we'd be glad to post the results on our sourceforge site. hope this helps, ian |