I been involved with OpenSim since I was playing SL and the Lindens pissed me off with their horrible business practices.. Anyhow, OpenSim is an open source software project
based on SL and I am really interested in getting an ADULT ONLY grid started, would be so cool to get a bunch of sponsors involved and create a tripped out world in virtual adult reality...
I am interested in other adult companies out there they may want to get together
and create the grid by sponsoring regions etc inside of it, where they can
build a network and virtual world of sex and whatnot and promote their companies, and figure out what else can be done...
Now this OpenSim software is basically a END ALPHA state (not even beta) software
and has its problems, as well as things just not even programmed yet.. I just want
everyone to be aware of that as basically it means world instability and a bunch of features just not yet existant yet as compared to SL
But if you are at all interested I am guessing the cost would be somewhere around $100 for a region per month (I will not be hosting this at a cheap NOC, it will be like a national-net etc place, still yet to be determined/discussed)
Questions you might have is what is a region? A region is a bit over 65,000m in virtual land. and has the ability to show 15,000 prims if I recall correctly.. a prim is a primitive object, a building block of everything created in the virtual world.
From my understanding that we need a beefy server for every 2 sims (regions), and a super database server, an asset server, and a
some links for the ones who are curious and want to know more
http://www.opensimulator.org
http://www.realxtend.org/
and yes you can download the opensource code/binaries for nix,windows and run stand alone simulators for playing around with to see if this interests you at all
This is a very LONG TERM idea, so if you are not in a stable enviroment, no need to
pledge your assistance at this time, this will be a "fun lets see what we can do" founders project.
Anyone interested in this idea, please contact me for more details and a chat place we can setup to discuss this in more detail and answer your questions..
See my image for email address or icq 2446699