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| Xavier Antoviaque |
 Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 12:14 pm |
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Hello,
Adding to the list of "me-too" (like Raph Koster's Areae), there has been some rumor about Google leaning toward making a metaverse out of Google Earth. Not sure this is to be taken seriously, but having Google willing to go this way makes me nervous. In a lot of people's head, "surfing the Web" means loading Google's homepage. They sure have a lot of firepower, and even a well established standard would probably have a hard time competing... |
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| Edward |
| Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 8:53 pm |
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Any word on whether Areae will be open source?
If Google did make a virtual world out of Google Earth, it would be possible to create an open-source alternative based on resources such as World Wind and Digital Universe. In fact, it might be worth doing that even if Google doesn't enter the market. |
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| Xavier Antoviaque |
| Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:05 pm |
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Edward wrote: Any word on whether Areae will be open source?
Given Raph Koster's standpoint on VCA, I doubt it. I should find the time to write a public answer to this btw...
Quote: If Google did make a virtual world out of Google Earth, it would be possible to create an open-source alternative based on resources such as World Wind and Digital Universe. In fact, it might be worth doing that even if Google doesn't enter the market.
Agreed; it will come one day or another, so better have it using free software and standards from the start. |
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| Edward |
| Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 10:13 pm |
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Xavier Antoviaque wrote: Agreed; it will come one day or another, so better have it using free software and standards from the start.
This might be a worthwhile project to undertake once we have a game engine. |
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