[sldev] Alternate SL Viewer form factors

Strife Onizuka blindwanderer at gmail.com
Sat May 19 04:44:37 PDT 2007


I'd like to see SL on UMPCs, I'm unsure about SL running on them (they
typically have strange graphics chips).

On 5/15/07, Ben Glenn <benglenn at lindenlab.com> wrote:
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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<http://delta.slinked.net/programming/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<http://slurl.com/secondlife/Beaumont/148/155/46/?title=Linden%20Village>
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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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