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The realXtend project <br />Open SourcePlatform for InterconnectedVirtualWorlds<br />Presentation at #NVWN<br />NordicVirtualWorldsMeeting<br />April 2011<br />

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History & Organization<br /><ul><li>FoundedbyJuha Hulkkoin 2007

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Currentlyfour main developmentcompanies:

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LudoCraft(www.ludocraft.com)

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Evocativi (www.evocativi.com)

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Playsign (www.playsign.net)

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Studio Enne (www.enne.es)

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An open sourceprojectcoordinatedby the realXtendassociation (founded in 04/2011)

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developers and userscanbecomemembers

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Center for Internet Excellence (cie.fi) at University of Oulu helps to run the assoc

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NameownedbyrealXtendfoundationwhich is also a channel for supporters to fund the project

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SupportersincludeJuha Hulkko, Nokia, City of Oulu, Tekes and somesmallerorganizations</li></li></ul><li>Technology<br /><ul><li>At first the projectstartedworking on the Linden Lab open sourceviewer and OpenSimulatorserver

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Later (early 2009) due to technical and licensingconstraints with the Linden Labviewer, wedecided to startwork on the next-generation Naali (Arctic Fox) viewer

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Firstend-user version released in early 2010

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Completelyreplaced the earlier version bylate 2010

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2H / 2010 workbegan on the Tundra servermodule

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Lightweight

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Off-linemodeincluded

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In early 2011, sofarall the developers and manyusershavemigrated to Tundra (as an alternative to Opensim)

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Wearekeepingeyes & earsaboutaboutwhetherOpensim, Tundra orsomethingelse is the best for whichapplication.</li></li></ul><li>The Bottom Line<br /><ul><li>realXtendrepresents the state of the art in open virtualworlds

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Chosen as the partner for the SmithsonianprojectbyImmersiveEducationInitiative

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Virtualrealitytechnologyoffersfantasticpossibilitiesifyouknowhow to utilizeit

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The developmentcompanieshaveaccumulated know-how on both the technology and itsuse for business cases

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Rightnowit’simportant to findpartners with mostpotentialusecases

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Visualization, simulation, education, communication etc.</li></li></ul><li>Contact<br /><ul><li>Project manager Antti Ilomäki (antti.ilomaki@realxtend.org)

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Non-profit platform development

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If you don’t know who else to contact, Antti is always a good choice

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Lead architect Toni Alatalo about tech (toni@playsign.net)

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Mailing lists

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http://groups.google.com/group/realxtend (users/general)

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http://groups.google.com/group/realxtend-dev (development)

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#realxtend & #realxtend-dev on irc on freenode

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Companies contacts

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www.ludocraft.com

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www.evocativi.com

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www.playsign.net

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Applications and commercial services</li></li></ul><li>Visuals<br />

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Nantes Project<br />

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School of the Future –Project<br />

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School of the Future –Project<br />

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Avatar technology<br />

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Chesapeake Bay demo<br />

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Worlds are not hardcoded<br />Not every virtual world has avatars – or a single avatar per user<br /> - games like Pong or Chess<br /> - using astronomical or anatomical simulators<br /><ul><li> Looks and behaviour are completely defined by the applications

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UI elements are downloaded from servers, not bundled in the viewer

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Custom client-server functionality is easy to add – there is no hardcoded protocol that defines a fixed featureset</li>