Tomorrow Space, the first commercial application to run on the open-source Ogoglio platform, is about to go live. Trevor F. Smith of Transmutable spoke to Metaversed recently about the imminent release. As with all Ogoglio-based 3D environments, it will run directly through your web browser fully integrated as part of a larger website.
This will only be the first of many goal oriented web sites which merge web applications with online 3D spaces accessible through any web browser. In addition, "Transmutable Avatar Accounts" will also allow you to take a customized avatar to any 3D space using the Ogoglio platform.
The idea of Tomorrow Space is simply a meeting place for press conferences, parties, and meetups of all kinds. Event organizers would log into a Transmutable hosted server and assemble the space quickly from a series of pre-fabricated rooms, adding whiteboards, disco balls, chairs, or media display screens as needed. The only cost involved is in renting the virtual hall for public use. (This can be for any amount of time from one day to several weeks.) The organizers can still enter in the space ahead of time to get used to it and set up their media.
Guests will be able to attend for free, and organizers can make the event fully public or create an exclusive guest list. Guests can customize their avatars, optionally setting up a "Transmutable Avatar Account" to save their look (not required!), and join in the fun at the event!
Transmutable won't be the last company to create commercial applications on the Ogoglio platform (Trevor F. Smith has been helping a number of people get up to speed), nor will this be Transmutable's only project (Ogoglio City is in the works!). Regardless, it's nice to see that the ball is finally rolling on this one!
Meanwhile, Transmutable wants your feedback about Tomorrow Space. What do you think of the concept? What kind of per-day price should they charge? What are the must-see features, and what ones would be nice to have?
Of course, Ogoglio is open source. Maybe the biggest question of all is: what is your dream browser-based 3D application?
In his excitement about our work Caleb may have given the impression that we're shipping next week, but we're actually still in development!
In a month or so we'll start a series of Tomorrow Space events to demonstrate the application and to kick the tires. Once we're sure that we can provide a smooth experience we'll open the doors for pro event producers and then to the general public.
If you're a producer of online events I'd love to hear your opinions and feedback about what currently works and fails in online events.
This is great. I have been playing with Ogoglio online and installed it - the concept is beautiful but there are no examples (that I have seen) of high quality, complex graphics in Ogoglio spaces. I look fwd to seeing that.
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Giulio Prisco
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It's more fracturing of the Metaverse into a lot of little slices, and people want that, but there's no overarching concept about how it all fits together and means something.
An I thought that it goes online tommorow :)
> I have been playing with Ogoglio online and installed it - the concept is beautiful but there are no examples (that I have seen) of high quality, complex graphics in Ogoglio spaces.
I feel your pain! We're definitely much stronger on the engineering side than the art and we're actively looking for freelance artists who know their way around 3D modeling tools.
I bought a few models off of Turbosquid (screenshots here: http://flickr.com/photos/trevorfsmith/711730962/ ) but I look forward to seeing what a gifted artist can do.
We're using the same rendering technologies (OpenGL and DirectX) as PC games so there's no technical reason why a good artist can't make really beautiful scenes on top of Ogoglio.