Virtual World News 

We are pleased to announce the release of a new version of the Dreamworld viewer to explore the Virtual World. While it is just a few weeks ago since we released the previous version of the viewer it was a must to come out with a new release in order to ensure that both the server and viewer remain compatible with each other. We do want to make clear that viewer updates every few weeks will not become a habbit. It’s a small update and doesn’t require much except some clicks but nobody appreciates weekly software updates and installs so we wanted to make a clear statement regarding this aspect.

Technology always moves forward, it always improves, better, faster, more features and Dreamworld is no exception. We plan to upgrade and complete the server code update in the next few days. This update has been in the works for several weeks now but we couldn’t complete the update without releasing a new version of the viewer and verify that everything will work in a smooth way. This will be an important grid update as some major work and efforts have been made by the programmers in order to improve the inventory system which lacks performance at the moment.

For this release no special new features have been implemented into the new viewer, the only purpose for this viewer release is to be compatible with future upgrades of the server code for the virtual world of Dreamworld. We strongly recommend to upgrade right away as you will not be able to properly use Dreamworld in the next few days from now when the server code will be upgraded. Your in world experience will not be same, you will no longer be able to properly teleport, see and explore the 3D environment so do upgrade to the latest viewer.

DOWNLOAD DREAMWORLD VIEWER V1.0.3

Today Dreamworld reached a new milestone as over 2000 avatars have now became a member of Dreamworld. Since we are still in alpha testing stage at the moment Dreamworld hasn’t made any efforts yet in promoting the virtual world so people who register their account came to Dreamworld by word of mouth. We also see a healthy increase in the numbers of avatars who visit Dreamworld on a regular basis. Several brave alpha testers are also building in Dreamworld as we speak and they are doing fine from what we see. Besides the regular crash of a simulator (we are working on that) and a few bugs the grid platform is bahaving very well. A good example to see what residents can already do in Dreamworld you can see on the picture below. A lady started building her town a while ago in in the region named Thor. At the moment we let residents build just about anywhere in Dreamworld as it helps us to learn and understand the working of the grid platform in a better way. As you can see on the picture some decent building is possible. This lady is working on a huge castle consisting out of a mixture of regular primitives and sculpted prims.

Persistency was needed, certainly in the beginning as the crash ratio was high during that time, yet after some debugging the Thor region is now running stable which allowed faster progress of the building work, at the moment the castle is becoming complete and the Medieval village the lady is building is starting to get its shape.

Anyone can create what he or she wishes. The only thing needed is some creativity and you will be on your way. A lot of technical work is currently done by the programmers to improve the current tools and to move to the next level where more use will be made of professional building tools compared to the basic prims and sculpties used today. So far 2000 people came to take a look at Dreamworld and we are working to fulfill the expectations that people have about their virtual life. Feel free to explore Dreamworld, build, experiment and test things out. The more testing takes place the faster progression will follow and the better the platform will be that is constructed.