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Today i installed an OpenSim server on the metaXLR8 streaming media and game server. OpenSim is a BSD Licensed Open Source project to develop a functioning virtual worlds server platform capable of supporting multiple clients and servers in a heterogeneous grid structure.OpenSim is written in C#, and can run under Mono or the Microsoft .NET runtimes.

I have been following the project for some time and I think that, while OpenSim is still very far from the maturity of the proprietary Second Life server, it is advancing in the good direction. It has already some very interesting features like the possibility of using C# for scripting, and I think it will achieve maturity by the end of 2008. There are already alternative grid initiatives like Central Grid.

To access the OpenSim server, launch the standard Second Life client from the command line with the string “-loginuri http://metaxlr8.com:9000/” (don’t click the link, use the string as an argument) and any user name and password. More explanations on the metaXLR8 website. I took the image above during the first multiuser test (Thanks Peer). I will do more experiments and upgrade to the next beta releases of OpenSim.