Open Source 3D Virtual World Software Platforms

Open Source Software Platforms

• The Opensim Project: OpenSimulator is a 3D Application Server. It can be used to create a virtual environment (or world) which can be accessed through a variety of clients, on multiple protocols. OpenSimulator allows you to develop your environment using the technologies you feel work best - we've designed the software to be easily extendable through loadable modules to build completely custom configurations. Project Website: http://opensimulator.org
  
  
  
• The OpenCobalt Project: Open Cobalt is a free and open source virtual workspace browser and construction toolkit for accessing, creating, and publishing hyperlinked multi-user virtual environments. Powered by Croquet technology, Open Cobalt uses an ordered group messaging protocol that provides participants with a shared, consistently replicated, real time, computationally dynamic set of multi-participant virtual workspaces and eliminates the need for virtual world servers. Project Website: http://opencobalt.org
  
  
  
  
• The Wonderland Project: Project Wonderland is a 100% Java and open source toolkit for creating collaborative 3D virtual worlds. Within those worlds, users can communicate with high-fidelity, immersive audio, share live desktop applications and documents and conduct real business. Project Website: http://projectwonderland.com