[sldev] Physics Modularity (was: AWG - Scope (Future SL Architecture versus Multiworld Interoperability))

[Lawson English]

Jason Giglio wrote:
> Dale Mahalko wrote:
>> Probably the best you could hope for is that Andrew continues work on
>> this abstraction, and works to implement beta simulators using the
>> commercial Aegia PhysX. Once the two majors are supported, work should
>> begin to extend the abstraction to an open-source engine.
>
>
> You are looking at this from too limited an angle.  One of the points 
> of the AWG work is to allow something like OpenSim to connect to the 
> grid.  OpenSim *already* supports multiple physics engines.

More to the point, to design a protocol for interoperability where 
OpenSim and LL's main grid are on equal footing as two different 
implementations of the protocol.

In the larger world-view, a properly designed WoW portal sim would be on 
equal footing with OS and LL, even though the bulk of WoW is not.


Lawson