OpenSimulator

    OpenSimulator is an open-source server platform for hosting virtual worlds and the Metaverse. It is largely compatible with the virtual world Second Life but compatibility is not a design goal.

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    What is OpenSimulator?

    OpenSimulator is an open source multi-platform, multi-user 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, see Connecting. Optional Hypergrid allow users to visit other OpenSimulator installations across the web from their 'home' installation or grid. In this way, it is the basis of a nascent distributed Metaverse.

    OpenSimulator allows virtual world developers to customize their worlds using the technologies they feel work best - we've designed the framework to be easily extensible. OpenSimulator is written in C#, running both on Windows over the .NET Framework and on Unix-like machines over the Mono framework. The source code is released under a BSD License, a commercially friendly license to embed OpenSimulator in products. If you want to know about our development history, see History.

    OpenSimulator can be used to simulate virtual environments similar to Second Life™. However, OpenSimulator does not aim to become a clone of the Second Life server platform. Rather, the project aims to enable innovative feature development for virtual environments and the Metaverse at large.

    OpenSimulator is getting more stable over time but is still a high complex software system that can suffer various bugs and quirks; handle with care!
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    gwynethllewelyn Basically, OpenSimulator is the free, open-source, reverse-engineered version of the Second Life® engine, which you access with the same viewer. As a consequence, you can see exactly the same kind of content — but running from your own server at home, if you wish, for zero hosting costs.
    Positive comment • 6 months ago • as an alternative to   Second Life

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