Get Set for the Open Source Metaverse

by Sam Dean - Apr. 08, 2008Comments (0)

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James Au Wagner, over on our sister site GigaOm.com, has an interesting and detailed report on the Open Source Virtual Worlds panel at the Virtual Worlds 2008 conference. IBM showed off contributions to the open source 3D Internet, FreeBSD-friendly Second Life spinoffs were shown, and more. Want to share OpenOffice documents and Firefox pages in an avatar-driven 3D space? Project Wonderland, open source software for online worlds, sounds interesting. Check out James' report...