Snowglobe

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Snowglobe is an experimental viewer for Second Life.

Downloads

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  Snowglobe 1.4.2 (1.4.2.3626, August 19, 2010) (release notes)
  [ Windows | Mac | Linux ]

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  Snowglobe 1.4 Release Candidate (1.4.1.3614, August 8, 2010) (release notes)
  [ Windows | Mac | Linux ]

• Very latest installer downloads: look for the most recent build on the sldev-commits mailing list.

Source Code

Look at Version control repository for information about how to checkout the source code with SVN.

Build Instructions

The Get source and compile page gives general information about how to compile the source.

Features

• Current Release Cycle - information on features and patches pending for the current release cycle
• Here's a list of documents on the main features in Snowglobe 1.2 that are not available in the Second Life 1.23 viewer:
  • Media Rendering Plugin Framework Technical Overview - New Plugin architecture allowing media of all kinds to render in Snowglobe
  • Interop Viewer Open Grid Protocol - Documents how OGP (now VWRAP) is implemented in Snowglobe
  • HTTP Texture - Project to transition from custom UDP-based protocol to HTTP for texture delivery
  • S3 based viewer map - Utilizing HTTP Texture for the in-viewer map

Development

• Commit mail and build system notifications: sldev-commits mailing list.
• Developers discussion: opensource-dev mailing list.
• Snowglobe Committer List - List of people with direct commit access who are working to build this viewer
• Snowglobe Development Process - Development practices for everyone working on the Snowglobe viewer
• Snowglobe QA - More details on the process we'll use to maintain high quality releases
  • Snowglobe Test Plans
• Browse source: snowglobe branch in Trac - browse the source code we're working on

For an introduction to the goals of the Snowglobe viewer, see Philip's blog post: "Intensifying Open Source Effort" which describes our new approach to open source. See Philip's mail to sldev for a little bit more about the name.