October 23, 2006
And we thought SCORM was hard...
3pointD.com Blog Archive Sustaining the Metaverse: A 3pointD Think Tank
I am not yet immersed in the Second Life phenom but expect to find a good reason to do so in the near future. In the mean time, I continue to keep up with a number of recent events through 2-D world blogs, such as John Bransford's recent in-game lecture and now this think tank panel on the future of the 3-D web.
I note one quote from the think tank:
"Group #1, Standards and Interoperability: Group #1 suggested a public documentation effort to cover 3D Web protocols, the thought being that this might promote the creation of a standardized virtual space that allowed anyone to use and develop it. Adopting an open protocol or standard would allow for the import and export of objects between metaversal spaces, which would knit the metaverse more tightly together."
Standards are great in practice, once you have them. But truly global and open standards are extremely difficult to achieve. I wish the person who raises their hand to head this committee the best of luck...
Standards were but one topic, check out the full post for the more interesting aspects of this 3-D world meeting.
Posted by Rovy at October 23, 2006 4:19 AM