Great news, Looking forward to giving it a go...
and thank-you for making your code freely available.
Steve G
>Well,
>
>Its not done up in demo form yet, but I HAVE A SUCCESSFUL Proof of Concept
>Application for a system wherein:
>
>-Clients are connected to a server via standard TCP networking (No
>Multi-Cast here yet).
>-The Server is connected to an Oracle Server
>-The Java Clients are connected to the world via EAI
>
>THIS ENABLES
>
>- All changes made by users are stored in the database.
>- All of these changes are then propagated to all other clients
>- Consistent store information is maintained so users can exit and enter the
>world at will and receive the correct state
>- All elements of this system are compliant with the data theory concept of
>a logical unit of work, meaning that either all of a users updates are
>successful, written, and propagated, or the move is lost, and data integrity
>is maintained.
>- Access times to the database and response to clients is acceptable for
>real-world interaction (at least on a 10bT internal network, I have yet to
>test over modem. Cable modem should DEFINITELY offer enough throughput).
>
>I will be working furiously to document this and get a real demo going that
>explores this systems capabilities in terms of MU Storytelling. I present
>this as my Masters Thesis (barring unforeseen disaster) on May 20th. After
>that, this project WILL ALL BE AVAILABLE, as well as the code for the VRML
>MYSTERY GAME, which has been slightly lacking as my time has been spent here
>=). I will be posting them on my website, and I will also be zipping copies
>and sending them to JEFFS so if he wants to make them available he can.
>Thesis paper and documentation will be included. If the Web 3D Consortium
>has interest I will certainly let them post the paper and code as well.
>
>Have some happy times ! (can't wait to graduate !!). I would like to thank
>everyone who offered advice on this project, Steve G, Justin C, Jeffs, and
>all the rest. I am very excited to see this move forward after graduation !
>Ta for now...
>
>-Andy
>
>Andrew Phelps
>Graduate Assistant
>Rochester Institute of Technology
>Department of Information Technology
>http://www.rit.edu/~amp5315/
>
>PS: Anyone got a nice VRML or VRML/Database job ? <grin>
