[Solipsis-tech] RE : [Solipsis] some questions about Solipsis (from Taiwan)

[KELLER J. FTRD/DMI/I. <joa...@rd...>]

As Solipsis can scale to billions of entities(*),=20
Our goal is to make Solipsis universal:
1. Open Source reference implementation http://solipsis.netofpeers.net/
2. IETF standardization is in our plans

We envision an =E0 la metaverse (cf Neal Stephenson - Snowcrash) virtual =
universe.

-- Joaquin

(*) actual limitation is 2^256 (~ 1e77) entities,
to compare, there is ~4e79 atoms in the whole universe=20
(source http://www.sunspot.noao.edu/sunspot/pr/answerbook/universe.html =
)

-----Message d'origine-----
De : Shun-Yun Hu [mailto:sy...@ya...]=20
Envoy=E9 : mercredi 16 juin 2004 16:45
=C0 : SIMON Gwendal FTRD/DMI/ISS; KELLER Joaquin FTRD/DMI/ISS
Cc : Liao Guan-Ming; sol...@li...
Objet : Re: [Solipsis] some questions about Solipsis (from Taiwan)



Hello Joaquin and Gwendal,

Thanks for the encouragment! I have to say we're only starters on =
learning
how to do research, it's very encouraging for us to receive positive
feedback from experienced researchers like you. :)

We'd be happy if you would consider implementing the voronoi-based =
method,
and sure we'll keep you informed of the progress.

right now we're implementing it using C++ comforming to the HLA-RTI =
standard
(IEEE 1516), I'm not sure if you're familiar with the interface. What =
we've
found is that RTI is quite rigid (as it was designed for military
simulation, which could require very strict and precise sychronization &
time management), so there's some learning involved. However, our =
original
idea was that, because it's already an open standard, so by comforming =
to it
we might make it easier for people to develop applications on top of it =
(if
they can learn how to use RTI). We're going to test the implemention in =
the
next few weeks, hopefully there'll be some simulation results.

Our original intent was to develop ASCEND (Adaptive Scalable Cooperative
Environment for Networked Dimension) as a set of API/tools that people =
could
develop virtual environemtns with.. an open source platform. I'm =
wondering
if somehow we could identify some common goals and have some merge of =
the
two projects? :)

As for Solipsis, I'm curious as to what do you think the role of =
Solipsis
is.. and of its future. I understand right now you're developing a =
text-chat
client program. But is Solipsis a particular program.. or something =
bigger?
such as a set of protocols, algorithm, platform, API? Do you think of
Solipsis as HTTP, or as a particular virtual universe (or many?)

Cheers,

Shun-Yun


----- Original Message -----=20
From: "KELLER Joaquin FTRD/DMI/ISS" =
<joa...@rd...>
To: "Shun-Yun Hu" <sy...@ya...>; "SIMON Gwendal FTRD/DMI/ISS"
<gwe...@rd...>
Cc: "? ??" <gm...@ms...>; =
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Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 11:44 PM
Subject: RE : [Solipsis-tech] Re: [Solipsis] some questions about =
Solipsis
(from Taiwan)


Shun-Yun, Guan-Ming,
We feel (Gwendal and I) that your algorithm should be better than ours.
Some issues may remain but I believe
that in a near future your algorithm will be ready to run.
We will be happy to implement it (or help to implement it) in Solipsis.
So please keep us informed on the progress of your work.

Have fun,
-- Joaquin