So, now I can render OpenGL using squeak smalltalk,and do a glCopyPixels to a shared memory buffer ala the SL media plugin's.
Benchmark 1000 1000x1000x4 byte glcopypixels in ~6 seconds, or roughly 160 FPS So a peer to peer plugin for a smalltalk (or other graphics) app could send data from plugin to plugin and get full native OS speed without the overhead of VNC. Realtime whiteboards with no delay. Stream the graphics to the audience via a normal html on a prim QT movie, and you have the best of both worlds: realtime collab between avatars, and unlimited numbers in the audience. With different aspects of SL exposed to such a plugin, you could have collaborative puppeteering and such, as well. Next up: drawing from Squeak to SL plugin tester. Then p2p between 2 people using the SL plugin tester. Etc. Lawson _______________________________________________ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges
