| Term or phrase |
Meaning |
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| 3DX |
3DX is a family of server and viewer from the commercial grid
Openlife. 3DX Viewer base on realxtend, 3DX server are based on
opensim |
| Avatar / Avie |
This is you, or at least your digital representation |
| Deepgrid |
Deepgrid is one of the early grids, made by Deepthink.
Deepthink is now into osgrid sponsoring.
public: yes connect regions: yes commercial: no
language: english/french support: forums HG:
na
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| grid |
A grid is a term introduced by Linden. Grid means a security
domain, a set of server with a unique user and content database.
Second Life consits of some grids (for production, youth, testing,
etc). Osgrid is one grid build on opensim. The meaning of
grid is not clearly defined, but it´s more or less common
sense that it means a set of server having their own content and
user server where simulator are hooked up to. |
| Hispagrid |
Hispagrid is running opensim and realxtend. Their intention is
to get new people on board with tutorials, free parcels and help
for setting up own simulators.
public: yes connect regions: yes commercial:
no language: spanish support: forums HG:yes
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| Mesh |
3D Mesh is a complex object, like avatar or a tree. It is not
made from primitives, but acts as it was one prim itself. Meshes
can be made and im/exportet with various tools. They are not as
simple to build as Prims, but more complex and of better
quaility.
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| modrex |
modrex is a module for opensim. It aims to bring the special
functions from realXtend back into the opensim project. Probably it
will be a bit behind the "full" realXtend, but has allready big
interest. The module startet prealpha in 2009. |
| new world
grid |
New world grid aims to be people oriented and to run stable
releases of opensim.
public: yes connect regions: yes commercial:
no language: english/french support: forums HG:yes
|
| Openlife |
A realy commercial grid, based on opensim and realxtend with own
modifyd version.
public: yes connect regions: no commercial:
yes language: english support: forums HG:
na
|
| Opensim |
Short for OpenSimulator. Virtual World server. Can be viewed
with SL Viewer. Aims to be compatible with many virtual worlds,
like Vastpark and realXtend. |
| OSGrid |
The grid mostly used for development and testing of opensim. It
is well known and the mostly frequented place to connect own
regions for english speaker to start their opensim living.
public: yes connect regions: yes commercial:
no language: english support: forums
HG:yes
|
| Prim |
Short for Primitive - most object you see are made from prims
in virtual worlds. A prim can be many shapes, felxible, sculpted or
whatever but it is essentially the building block of a 3d
object |
| reactiongrid |
Reactiongrid is a collection of projects, some into research and
kids. They got well known for their close relationship to Microsoft
and Microsoft platform basis. They run opensim and realxtend
simulator.
public: yes connect regions: no commercial:
yes language: english support: forums HG: yes
|
| realXtend |
Virtual world platform. Has it's own server and viewer.
realXtend server are based on opensim. A new family of server and
viwer is expected for fall 2009. RealXtend exends graphics to
(OGRE) meshes (better graphics), has an advanced login system and a
rich multimedia extension as well, as a python scripting
engine.
|
| region |
a region is a phrase established in Linden Labs Second Life. It
means a 256x256 meter piece of virtual land. Today it means a piece
of virtual land, that is the largest piece of land as a unique
administrative domain in the virtual world (you cant own a piece of
land bigger than a region). regions have settings (like th ground
texture or the manager) that are configured at the region level. In
some systems regions can share things like the covenant - this is
called an estate, but that does not brake the security or ownership
model nor can you restart an estate. |
| simulator (SIM) |
a simulator is the server process that contains region(s) and
manages them. The term was introduced in Second Life. A simulator
can hold one or more regions. It is the biggest administrative
domain outside the virtual world if it comes to virtual land. it is
purely server based. alle regions in one simulator share some
settings (databese, physics settings etc). Several simulators can
be member of a security domain, a grid. |
| Wonderland |
Project Wonderland is a 3D virtual reality platform from Sun
Microsystems. Its based on open source Java toolkits Sun did
develope. It offers voice, application sharing and very nice audio
& video quaility. It is not comatible with the opensim family
of 3D applications. |
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