Dassault Wants “to do the 3D Flickr” {*Update*}

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From Reuters (Link):

French software company Dassault Systemes launched on Tuesday 3DVIA, a platform that will enable consumer and professional users to access three-dimensional services online.
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The 3D services, the first of which will be accessible on the 3dvia.com site in autumn, will allow users in online communities to create objects in 3D, upload and share them.
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“We want to do the 3D Flickr,” he told Reuters, referring to the popular online photo-sharing site owned by Yahoo Inc.

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Linden Lab’s Het Grid

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Yesterday Linden Lab announced the migration to a new client-server messaging system (Link):

In the next release, 1.18, we’ll be shipping a project called “Message Liberation”. This project lets us make almost all viewer updates be optional, so you can download them if and when you want.
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Second Life has a “message system”, which is the code that moves information between the viewer and the simulators (servers). The message system has a file, called the template, that describes the format and encoding of the information. In the past, when that template changed, even a tiny bit, all the programs in the system had to be updated to use it and restarted. This meant that if someone added a feature or fixed a bug, you needed to download a new viewer, even if it didn’t affect you.
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2D Electric Bonsai in a 3D World

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In the mid-90’s, I was doing on-site freelance design work for a now-defunct firm. The emphasis was on Interior Design for major restaurant chains and the like, but there were four of us designing products at a furious (and often stupid) pace. We had a few relatively big customers, but like most small design firms, we got more than our share of really small clients.
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