Virtual world The user accesses a computer-simulated world which presents perceptual stimuli to the user, who in turn can manipulate elements of the modeled world and thus experience a degree of telepresence.[6] Such modeled worlds and their rules may draw from the reality or fantasy worlds. Example rules are gravity, topography, locomotion, real-time actions, and communication. Communication between users can range from text, graphical icons, visual gesture, sound, and rarely, forms using touch, voice command, and balance senses. Virtual worlds are not limited to games but, depending on the degree of immediacy presented, can encompass computer conferencing and text based chatrooms. History[edit] The concept of virtual worlds significantly predates computers. Among the earliest virtual worlds implemented by computers were virtual reality simulators, such as the work of Ivan Sutherland. Maze War was the first networked, 3D multi-user first person shooter game. Virtual world concepts[edit] Economy[edit]
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Gehan Kamachi - Digital city and virtual worlds Sim-on-a-Stick 19 Questions : Tell Gayle I Bleed Gepostet von wp_admin am Jun 2nd, 2011 in Tutorials | 2 Kommentare For a while now, there have been a few very good and thoughtful threads sitting around on SLU by a user named KKaras, which sadly were somewhat overlooked and haven’t been adressed too much. And because they’re not all that easy to answer and require a little more room, I’d like to adress them here, where they might even get some more exposure. 1. Correct. Other than install it yourself or have someone host it for you, there are a multitude of grids run on Open Simulator that you can join, if you just want to have a quick look at how it works and what might or might not work. 2. A sim is one instance of OpenSim running on a machine. A region is a square of 256×256 meters of virtual “land”. I’ve never heard the term “megagrid”, so I’m assuming it’s mistaken for “megaregion”, which is an OpenSim feature that basically allows regions to be larger than the standard 256×256 meters by joining them. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.