I had worried my story on OpenSim-based world Wolf Grid might be too niche for readers, but to judge by reader comments, many virtual world veterans are giving it and other OpenSimulator worlds a closer look.
Soda Sullivan argues that more innovation is happening across OpenSim worlds for the very reason they're often developed by small teams:
I decided to give OpenSim a visit and was pleasantly surprised. It is not just Wolf Grids that is innovating. Many regions are pushing hard and fast at adding new option to their grids. I would guess this is a benefit of having a small group (or even a single person) focused on their grid and looking at and implementing innovation. Wolf Grids is certainly a perfect example of this. Once once the new advancements are realized, they move very fast across the entire OS system. Weeks, not months.
One example is Wolf Grid's voice-to-text/text-to-voice function, which many hope Linden Lab would add to Second Life one day -- watch below:
Xenon Darrow points out another technical feature which helps Wolf Grid on the backend:
Another amazing opportunity with Wolf Territories that doesn't exist elsewhere on the [OpenSim-based] hypergrid is that so much of the functions and apps are API driven from the database. This means that many functions (ie. cool stuffs) are not using LSL at a "middle man." That results in greater security, lightning fast response, and an amazing diversity in development that is not available elsewhere! That is what happens when you have someone TRULY BRILLIANT doing this and constantly pushing the boundaries of tech!
Kaylee West does raise a legitimate concern:
Maybe Wagner does know the real person behind the avatar moniker, but that wasn't included in the piece. If you are going to commit money to a company you need to know where to find them IRL and to know they won't just pull the plug when they are tired of the whole gig. I got badly burned like that in the early days of OS right in the middle of a government funded project. Anyhow, just a thought.
Fair point! It's a unique paradox that in order to trust a virtual world with anonymous avatars, we have to know the real person and company running the world. (If only them!)
In this case, Wolf Grid is a service offered by Wolf Software Systems, a UK limited company owned and managed by Paul Clevett, the real person behind Lone Wolf's avatar.
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