OpenSim / realXtend: fast evolution
realXtend
realXtend has remained on a fairly fast-paced development course in recent months, with some interesting announcements in the last few days:
- the current cross-platform viewer has had an upgrade
- a brand new viewer is underway, but not expected to be released until a fair way later in the year
- a new community-driven forum for [...]
realXtend – the not so slow burner in virtual worlds
Back in February we profiled Openlife, an alternate Second Life-based grid. The realXtend platform underpins grids like Openlife and since February they’ve achieved some significant milestones. Now up to version 0.3, the 3D modelling in realXtend is something to see now. Here’s a snippet:
Caleb Bookers states “When these guys hit 1.0 the web will [...]
The Watch – virtual worlds in the news
1. TMCnet – realXtend makes a major virtual world technology platform launch. “After the first release 0.1, the realXtend reached now the release 0.2 in only two weeks. The realXtend server side components are now developed in tight co-operation with the OpenSim project. A separate open source project is started for the realXtend viewer. All [...]
