my avatar stading before a brave new virtual world
I've managed to run a local OpenSim server and client in Ubuntu AMD64 Karmic. OpenSim is a 3d application server that can be used to create a virtual environment just like Second Life. The client applications I was able to run include the Open Metaverse (OMV) viewer and the Hippo OpenSim viewer. The OMV viewer works better for me because it has a native amd64 package.
OMV can be installed in Ubuntu by adding the following to the repositories list then using synaptic to install omvviewer-x-xx.
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/openmetaverse/ppa/ubuntu karmic main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/openmetaverse/ppa/ubuntu karmic main
I'm planning to develop islands of periods in Philippine History which students can explore. Thus they can travel in time as represented by virtual spaces. If Freeciv can be used to study the world scale concepts of history, OpenSim can be used to look at history from an individual's perspective. Freeciv may be for teaching the longue durée while OpenSim for l'histoire événementielle.
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