[sldev] AWG - Scope (Future SL Architecture versus Multiworld Interoperability)

[Tao Takashi]

> Matthew Dowd wrote:
> > Originally, I thought the AWG was attempting to develop a new
> architecture for SL focused on better scalability and opening up the
> possibility of people running their own SL sims.
>
> It is.  When Zha talks about interoperability, he's speaking of
> alternate implementations of the SL protocol inherently.
>
> Other virtual worlds... unless they want to completely start over using
> the protocols we make, they are irrelevant.



Well, most of the existing VWs probably wouldn't even want their worlds to
connect I would guess (it's about business models) or it might be difficult
because of different models behind them (it's about technology).
So if they start to use the protocol we define (or work with us to define
maybe a better one) they can interconnect.

I guess we are also more talking about VWs to come which may or may not use
the protocol or even some of the components which might be open source.

Still IMHo the goal should also to be able to provide as many models as
possible not just e.g. the prim model in existance right now (same for agent
data etc.). This does not mean that we have to define all these models (we
actually can't anyway) but to provide some sort of extension mechanism and
if it's just one field in some protocol which defines the model to use.

So in the end some might change their protocol to interconnect or some new
ones will use it as a basis once it is ready and will be able to
(potentially) interconnect.

(when talking about it publically to non-SL people I nevertheless talk about
interconnecting VWs because this simply drives more people than talking
about something SL related. Some people seem to stop listening as soon as SL
is mentioned and of course we don't want this ;-) The details can then be
explained later in the discussion).

-- Tao


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