Photos: Five virtual worlds you need to know about

To Twinity and beyond!

By Tim Ferguson, 21 October 2008 11:14

The OpenSimulator project (OpenSim) is an open source virtual world which organisations can run on their own servers to experiment with and develop new virtual world applications.

OpenSim has been created by a group of developers from various companies - including IBM - as well as independents.

Emerging technology specialist at IBM, Robert Smart, told silicon.com: "The community around OpenSim is quite vibrant and there are a lot of new people coming to it all the time."

IBM's work has spawned a new feature in the site, with Big Blue developing a way of teleporting avatars between OpenSim and Second Life.

The image above is from the Virtual University of Edinburgh (Vue) which has been using OpenSim to experiment with virtual worlds for teaching and research.

Picture credit: OpenSimulator

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  1. 1. anonymous

    I don't think I 'need' to know about any of these.

  2. 2. Radical Meldrew

    I don't belieeeeve it! Virtual worlds, cities, friends companies, offices, staff and projects. What's the point of all this pretending when you get nothing more than a virtual product at the end.

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