3D world interoparability standards proposed
IBM’s plans with Linden Lab to create 3D Internet standards. The partnership has now been officially announced, with more specific plans on what the goals are for making virtual worlds interoperable:
- “Universal” Avatars: “Users could maintain the same “avatar” name, appearance and other important attributes (digital assets, identity certificates, and more) for multiple worlds.”
- Security-rich Transactions that allow users to exchange assets both more securely in individual virtual worlds, but also across multiple worlds.
- Platform stability: As a part of this goal, IBM also announced that Kaneva would be standardizing across IBM servers. More generally the goal is to “accelerate user adoption, deliver faster response times for real-world interactions, and provide for high-volume business use.”
- Integration with existing Web and business processes: “Regardless of their source,” IBM wants to allow existing business applications and data repositories interact with virtual worlds to make business adoption more feasible.
- Open standards for interoperability with the current Web: The two want to create open source development of open standards to connect virtual worlds in a way similar to the way users move across the Web.