[sldev] Re: Metaverse platform gambling 1

[Dale Glass]

On Sunday 03 February 2008 18:12:24 Giulio Prisco wrote:
> Hi Dale,
>
> yes I mean "groupware tools, web browsing, webcam feeds and
> collaborative editing of documents in popular office formats".
> (spatial VoIP is already in SL thanks God). Plus other features like
> full Flash support and integration with the main social nets.
>
> I, or you, cannot offer to implement these things ourselves because
> server-side SL is a closed proprietary system. Some of these features
> could conceivably be integrated client-side, but a real implementation
> would require grid support.
Groupware tools: I'm not even sure what exactly this means (very fuzzy 
term), but if you want email, calendars, etc then it's doable without LL's 
involvement. Just provide your own servers to host it, or develop an 
interface to an existing provider (if any exist, I'm not familiar with 
this subject)

Web browsing: I don't see why this needs LL's involvement at all. Gecko is 
already integrated. Really for basic browsing you could take the help 
window and add an URL bar to it. I'm not sure if Flash would work, but 
this again needs no server-side changes.

Webcam feeds: This is doable already if you want to have avatar to avatar 
conversations, in a somewhat hackish manner. It would need LL support for 
usage in group conferencing and such, but nothing prevents an initial 
implementation of the concept.

Collaborative editing of office documents: To be honest, I'm not even sure 
what that should look like. It sounds like a pretty major project. I'm 
also not sure whether this fits well in SL at all. Now, collaborative 
editing as in collaborative building or scripting, without having to give 
somebody access to all your stuff, that'd be interesting to see.

Yes, a closed server limits what can be done, but much can be done already. 
Of those things, the first two sound fully doable without involving the 
grid in it.

If you're not willing to implement them yourself, you always have the 
option to hire people to implement them. There are people on this list who 
could do that for you.

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