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Goshua Lament

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11-21-2004 18:20

Check this out: http://www.opencroquet.org/About_Croquet/about.html

Sound like SL a little bit? Looks pretty cool to me, I'm trying it out right now. Anyone else found that?

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Cross Lament

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11-21-2004 18:33

*looks dubious* I'd be afraid someone would pop onto my computer and hit me with a croquet mallet.

Hehe, actually, that looks very interesting! Kind of a mutant baby of Second Life and a distributed computing client.

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Ardith Mifflin

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11-21-2004 18:36

Croquet seems to suceed in a lot of areas where SL fails. However, the product looks very rough, and I suspect the content-creation tools are probably far less friendly than in SL. Please give us your impressions once you've given it a shot, Goshua.

Goshua Lament

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11-21-2004 18:39

Downloaded and launched it under os x. Way laggy. I barely got it to work. The movement is strange. You have to hold down alt and move the mouse in the direction that you want to go. I couldn't figure out how to do much more from there. The documentation was a tad confusing. Its worth a look, but still really rough and not very usable, for me at least.

I got the smaller demos to run, but the large one named "teapot" froze my system consistently.

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Launa Fauna

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11-21-2004 18:46

looks like adobe atmosphere...

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Cristiano Midnight

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Join date: 17 May 2003

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11-21-2004 19:29

I have spent some time using it, and I have to say it is pretty remarkable - but in a totally different way than SL. Yes it is very rough, but as a platform it is fascinating. It is more a programming environment/multimedia creation tool, akin to a 3d collaborative version of Macromedia Director than a virtual world like SL. Amazing potential though, definitely something to watch.

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Artillo Fredericks

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11-22-2004 07:57

I found that thing a long time ago... I couldn't get it to work. Rough is not the word for it LOL

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Cubey Terra

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11-22-2004 07:58

It would be nice if we could view web pages in-world like that.

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Cadroe Murphy

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11-22-2004 08:29

I've been following it since the developer's release came out. Definitely more of a computing focus than a game like SL. The fact that it's peer to peer presents some interesting possibilities, and you have code access down to OpenGL. Their approach pushes processing to each client, and I'm curious how that works out for performance. But it's still being built. I'm not letting myself mess with it until I finish my current work project.

This kind of thing intrigues me:

http://www.softcentral.com/informationspace/

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Torley Linden

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11-22-2004 12:27

It is only my personal opinion that I was bewildered by the amount of big words on that website.

I semi-jest of course, but I felt a certain "cool" angle that would have otherwise appealed to me was largely missing. The following sentence, however, was a welcome exception:

Croquet is designed to be an operating system for the post-browser Internet.

That does sound quite visionary, doesn't it?

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Francis Chung

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11-22-2004 12:39

Their prims can have text on them!

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11-22-2004 12:46

From: Francis Chung

Their prims can have text on them!

^_^

Dayum, that's a good point. Can they have cool signatures too?

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Goshua Lament Registered User Join date: 25 Dec 2003 Posts: 703	11-21-2004 18:20 Check this out: http://www.opencroquet.org/About_Croquet/about.html Sound like SL a little bit? Looks pretty cool to me, I'm trying it out right now. Anyone else found that? _____________________ Flickr Second Life Photo Gallery I no longer regularly login to SecondLife, but please contact me if an issue arises that needs my attention.
Cross Lament Loose-brained Vixen Join date: 20 Mar 2004 Posts: 1,115	11-21-2004 18:33 looks dubious I'd be afraid someone would pop onto my computer and hit me with a croquet mallet. Hehe, actually, that looks very interesting! Kind of a mutant baby of Second Life and a distributed computing client. _____________________ - Making everyone's day just a little more surreal - Teeple Linden: "OK, where did the tentacled thing go while I was playing with my face?"
Ardith Mifflin Mecha Fiend Join date: 5 Jun 2004 Posts: 1,416	11-21-2004 18:36 Croquet seems to suceed in a lot of areas where SL fails. However, the product looks very rough, and I suspect the content-creation tools are probably far less friendly than in SL. Please give us your impressions once you've given it a shot, Goshua.
Goshua Lament Registered User Join date: 25 Dec 2003 Posts: 703	11-21-2004 18:39 Downloaded and launched it under os x. Way laggy. I barely got it to work. The movement is strange. You have to hold down alt and move the mouse in the direction that you want to go. I couldn't figure out how to do much more from there. The documentation was a tad confusing. Its worth a look, but still really rough and not very usable, for me at least. I got the smaller demos to run, but the large one named "teapot" froze my system consistently. _____________________ Flickr Second Life Photo Gallery I no longer regularly login to SecondLife, but please contact me if an issue arises that needs my attention.
Launa Fauna Dork Join date: 31 Aug 2003 Posts: 529	11-21-2004 18:46 looks like adobe atmosphere... _____________________ Visit LF Fashions! Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.- Arthur C. Clarke
Cristiano Midnight Evil Snapshot Baron Join date: 17 May 2003 Posts: 8,616	11-21-2004 19:29 I have spent some time using it, and I have to say it is pretty remarkable - but in a totally different way than SL. Yes it is very rough, but as a platform it is fascinating. It is more a programming environment/multimedia creation tool, akin to a 3d collaborative version of Macromedia Director than a virtual world like SL. Amazing potential though, definitely something to watch. _____________________ Cristiano ANOmations - huge selection of high quality, low priced animations all $100L or less. ~SLUniverse.com~ SL's oldest and largest community site, featuring Snapzilla image sharing, forums, and much more.
Artillo Fredericks Friendly Orange Demon Join date: 1 Jun 2004 Posts: 1,327	11-22-2004 07:57 I found that thing a long time ago... I couldn't get it to work. Rough is not the word for it LOL _____________________ "I, for one, am thouroughly entertained by the mass freakout." - Nephilaine Protagonist --== www.artillodesign.com ==--
Cubey Terra Aircraft Builder Join date: 6 Sep 2003 Posts: 1,725	11-22-2004 07:58 It would be nice if we could view web pages in-world like that. _____________________ C U B E Y · T E R R A planes · helicopters · blimps · balloons · skydiving · submarines Available at Abbotts Aerodrome and XstreetSL.com
Cadroe Murphy Assistant to Mr. Shatner Join date: 31 Jul 2003 Posts: 689	11-22-2004 08:29 I've been following it since the developer's release came out. Definitely more of a computing focus than a game like SL. The fact that it's peer to peer presents some interesting possibilities, and you have code access down to OpenGL. Their approach pushes processing to each client, and I'm curious how that works out for performance. But it's still being built. I'm not letting myself mess with it until I finish my current work project. This kind of thing intrigues me: http://www.softcentral.com/informationspace/ _____________________ ShapeGen 1.12 and Cadroe Lathe 1.32 now available through SLExchange.
Torley Linden Enlightenment! Join date: 15 Sep 2004 Posts: 16,530	11-22-2004 12:27 It is only my personal opinion that I was bewildered by the amount of big words on that website. I semi-jest of course, but I felt a certain "cool" angle that would have otherwise appealed to me was largely missing. The following sentence, however, was a welcome exception: Croquet is designed to be an operating system for the post-browser Internet. That does sound quite visionary, doesn't it? _____________________
Francis Chung This sentence no verb. Join date: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 918	11-22-2004 12:39 Their prims can have text on them! ^_^ _____________________ -- ~If you lived here, you would be home by now~
Torley Linden Enlightenment! Join date: 15 Sep 2004 Posts: 16,530	11-22-2004 12:46 From: Francis Chung Their prims can have text on them! ^_^ Dayum, that's a good point. Can they have cool signatures too? _____________________