I would like to see this become a reality, though I don't have a goood grasp of the Net commands, and I'm pretty new to 3d. But I'm sure I could work on mideling the Futuristic Station (I'm thinking like the mall in "Minority report", with a Biosphere etc... We would really need a project manager who can hold everything together and keep people on line. If this has any chance of success we would need to truly get a stronge design document, as well as nail down the features from the beginning and stick with it until completion.
The most that I've done with the net commands Is the chat program example in the Beginners Book. Peer-to-peer not Client Sever based. I'm sure that there is enough knowledge between all the people here to get this off the ground, even if we use cubes and cylinders and spheres for avatars to mock up a demo. I think that if we can get that accomplished people will start to contibute, models, textures etc...
Just picture Las 6 contributing some textures.
I am in no way qualified to lead a project like this, but i would think that the main goals/hurdles will be:
-Get a good Client Server communication Model down
-Have a simple 3d space/rooms to walk around in
-Use stand in basic 3d geometries for avatars
-Build a Text- based Chat model: including (whisper, shout, private conversation, All in room etc, ignore user, away...)
after/if that can be done then it can be improved with lighting, textures, models, sound, emotions, object interaction.
Picture walking into the works in progress (a media viewing room, think display panels like in "Minority Report" and being able to watch demos of people games, or at least in the begining watch screenshots of peoples work
Doesn't seem all that difficult except for the "GOOD Client Server" Model.
~zen
