[opensource-dev] WebOS curiosity

Meadhbh Hamrick ohmeadhbh at gmail.com
Mon May 31 16:45:33 PDT 2010


so the palm pre's web browser is not all that primitive. but still, i
don't think it supports WebGL (yet), but it does support flash.

in theory, it should be possible to get a rudimentary viewer on the
palm pre using HTML5. WebOS has the added benefit that it uses HTML5
as a rendering engine for local apps. so you could (in theory) write a
native app that speaks to a HTML5 web app and does the difficult bits
of speaking the Linden Lab Legacy Protocol to Second Life(tm), and
renders it using flash or webGL and HTML5 in the browser.

the technology to make this work is starting to fall into place. i
just read a white paper from mozilla that talked about supporting
stereo sound and doing audio panning.

the fly in the ointment here is that SL tends to pump a lot of
unoptimized graphics data down the rendering pipeline, so latency on
3g/4g might be a killer. also, the graphics capabilities of mobile
GPUs vs desktop GPUs might be vast. so it might be possible to render
a SL scene on a mobile device, you won't get a lot of detail and you
probably won't get a great frame rate.

but something like Pocket Metaverse / TouchLife SHOULD be quite doable
in WebOS. what's more, the core of the HTML5 rendering on WebOS could
be virtually identical to a web browser based viewer targeted for a
desktop.

-cheers
-meadhbh
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On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 4:23 PM, Malachi <malachi at tamzap.com> wrote:
> well im more interested in the ability of Palm Pre cell phone using the
> WebOS to run a second life client... even if its 'LIMITED' in functionality
>
> On Mon, 31 May 2010 19:22:27 -0400, Tigro Spottystripes
> <tigrospottystripes at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> If Chrome can handle Ajax, you could try AjaxLife
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>> On 31/5/2010 20:19, Malachi wrote:
>>> i am completely curious if it is even possible to have a webOS client
>>> for
>>> second life.... in theory you would think it could be cause webOS is
>>> linux
>>> at heart... but i have zero clue on if it is or not... someone else who
>>> knows more could please let me know.... and if so... where to start....
>>>
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