On 7 May 2010 03:17, Dan Rosenthal <swatjes...@gmail.com> wrote: > The obvious example that comes to mind is the 3D virtual world physics as a > tool for disseminating knowledge. For instance, I was looking up various > model Porsche race cars the other day on Wikipedia. No amount of text can > truly describe the intangible differences in control between driving a > Porsche and a Ferrari. If one could go into a virtual world and drive a > virtual representation of one, we've filled a knowledge gap. > > Don't get hung up on the fact that this (used) to be a game, but rather view > it as an open source 3D virtual world environment that can scale to an > extremely large number of simultaneous users. It's a framework, which can be > evolved over time -- that's something we should at least be keeping an eye on > and encouraging, while exploring what ways we can integrate our content. > > -Dan
3D objects could already be supported as .blend files although we don't at this point. -- geni _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
