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

We are pleased to announce that a new version of the Dreamworld viewer is now available for download. We strongly recommend you to upgrade to the latest viewer release. If you already have the Dreamworld viewer installed on your system you can just install the new viewer labeled V1.0.2. If you don’t have the viewer installed on your system the new viewer will be automatically be the one that gets installed after you downloaded it to your system.

As the server software keeps evolving and improving so does the viewer and to guarantee you the best possible experience in Dreamworld we have released a new version of the viewer. The most significant change you will notice is that we did further work on the integration of the VEC (Virtual Economy Currency) inside the new viewer release in order to get the platform ready for the in world economy.

After the next server maintenance and upgrade of the grid platform, you will notice a substantial amount of difference in quality again so that makes performing the update definitely worth it in order to have a smooth experience in the virtual world.

DOWNLOAD DREAMWORLD VIEWER V1.0.2

* At the moment the Dreamworld viewer is only released for Windows platforms, we expect to release viewer for both Linux and Mac in the future. This doesn’t prevent both Mac or Linux users from visiting as there are many clients out there for these platforms which can be used to enter the Dreamworld grid.

Since quality is on our list of high priorities, we think the way how you the user connect to the grid and experiences Dreamworld as a virtual world platform is something we should pay attention to as well. In the past you had to be a rather technical person with more than the average computer knowledge in order to understand the system of how you can establish a connection to the grid by using a third party client. Not everybody has high trained computer skills and many people don’t want to go through a routine of tinkering and struggling just so that they would be able to explore the grid. At Dreamworld we find it needless to make things overly complex if it can be done in a smooth, convenient and easy to understand way. Because of this we have developed the Dreamworld viewer.

Besides offering a very easy way to connect to the grid the Dreamworld client also becomes a tool to explore various new ways of building in world with prims. 
If we can offer and support new technology which becomes available thanks to the collaborative efforts of programmers and this technology can contribute to improve the Metaverse as we know it today, Dreamworld will integrate it into it’s grid architecture to create a better virtual world. A first step was taking into this direction with the viewer’s release. The viewer supports large scale prim building this means that you can build inside of Dreamworld with prims beyond the standard limit of 10 metres. It is now possible to scale basic prims such as the cube, sphere, ring, tube, cone, piramid and taurus up to a size of 256 metres. These are no special scripted prims or mega prims, these are completely normal prims supported both by the server and client.
It gets even better, this improved scalability doesn’t only cover regular basic pims but also sculpted prims aka sculpties. If you wondered what a sculpted shoe of 150 metres looks like you can find out. While the sculpted shoe is merely an example we are convinced that people who are into object creation and building will see a great potential here to experiment with the creation of new 3D objects.

We have made a sandbox area on the Hera sim where you can practise with building and object creation and discover the new possibilities supported by the Dreamworld viewer for yourself.

DOWNLOAD DREAMWORLD VIEWER 1.0.2   (Mac and Linux not supported yet)

Once you have downloaded the viewer and installed it on your computer keep in mind that you also need your avatar to log in to the grid. If you haven’t created your avatar yet:

GO HERE TO CREATE YOUR FREE AVATAR TO ENTER DREAMWORLD

We hope you will enjoy this first official release and are looking forward to see you on the grid.

Count Dreamworld