[sldev] Alternate SL Viewer form factors

[Kamilion]

My guess is scripting wouldn't be too hard to implement; considering
they are, after all, text files. libsecondlife's John Hurliman was
working on a XNA based 'sceneviewer'; if WinMob 5.0 supports being a
XNA target, that might have a chance at working.

Alternatively, if it supports any sort of a GL-like implementation
directly, mesa3d would be able to provide a OpenGL access method.

Another good option in lieu of full scene rendering, it likely
wouldn't be too hard to display the minimap and use that

I've been hearing rumors that a couple linux-based smartphones are
coming out soon, like the Razr2. Plus there's other targets; like
Sony's Playstation Portable, or Nintendo's DS, both of which support
WiFi network connections and have active homebrew development.

Just some ideas... :)
-- Kamilion

On 5/16/07, Synthalor Mandelbrot <synthalor.mandelbrot at inbox.com> wrote:
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> Fellow would be SL mobinauts,
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> Having just acquired a nifty new Motorola Moto-Q Windows Mobile 5.0 device,
> it would be a huge win for me to be able to even partially access SL with
> it!  You have my vote for this one!
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> At a minimum, I would like to be able to log in and communicate with those
> on my friends list.  Monitoring IM traffic for my groups would also be nice.
>  Having even some ability to wander around SL and browse, even if full
> graphics were not available would be great!
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> Probably too much to ask to be able to build and script, though, huh?  :D
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> Synthalor Mandelbrot
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: benglenn at lindenlab.com
> Sent: Tue, 15 May 2007 16:56:31 -0700
> To: sldev at lists.secondlife.com
> Subject: [sldev] Alternate SL Viewer form factors
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> Hi all,
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> Here in the office we've been batting around ideas for what it might be like
> to access Second life on platforms other than a traditional desktop client
> application. Alternate form factors might include things like cell phones,
> game consoles, lost-cost PCs or PDAs, even a plug-in for your Web browser.
> What would it take to build a "lightweight" version of the viewer? What
> would the user experience be like? Who are the target users? This seems like
> a great area for the open source community to explore (SLeek is an example
> of interesting work already being done in this space) so we thought we'd
> toss it out for you to think about.
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> I also plan to discuss this at my office hours this Thursday so please stop
> by if you're interested in learning more or would like to share your
> thoughts:
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> What: Discussion of Lightweight Form Factors for SL
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> When: Thursday, May 17th, 10:00-11:00 AM
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> Where: Benjamin Linden's Office
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> Thanks,
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> Ben
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> Ben Glenn
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> User Experience Designer
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> Linden Lab | Second Life
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