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Using XBAP to embed the Second Life(tm) browser in a web page
Adam Frisby just posted about his XBAP based embedded browser; an excellent idea - so after a bit of Darrens late-night hacking we just had to share this screenshot with you.
The setup is mostly the same; XBAP on Firefox/IE, the difference being we launch and embed the Second Life(tm) viewer that is already installed on the system (if there is none, you get an option to download and install the latest)
This is using our non-published 'Tribal One' concept client code (embedding the viewer as a facebook application - hey Vivaty!) so with Tribal Server, you just seamlessly log thru from the website into the world.
(I guess this is very close to what Pelican Crossing are doing with inDuality - with the difference that uses the installed browser.)
August 1st, 2008 - 14:23
I am pretty sure the Lively 3D “viewport” is embedded in the browser the same way. Am I wrong ?
August 2nd, 2008 - 00:03
> (I guess this is very close to what Pelican Crossing are doing with inDuality –
> with the difference that with this anybody could run the 3D server behind the page.)
There is no difference here with inDuality you can access OpenSim servers. Also the approach between inDuality and what Adam has done are quite different. Adam;s approach is novel however, inDuality runs a native browser plugin and is not dependent on Silverlight and therefore does not have the same restrictions. Also with inDuality you can move from one virtual worlds to another as inDuality is content agnostic so you could go.
You mentioned Facebook, here is a screen shot of inDuality running as a Facebook application while rendering Bade Plaza from OSGrid.
http://www.pelicancrossing.com/images/inDuality/inDualitySLFacebook.jpg
@Forest, Lively is a native browser plugin and is not dependent on XBAP
August 4th, 2008 - 09:56
@Clive Jackson, thank you for the clarification and the screenshot – that is really cool!
December 7th, 2009 - 18:49
Where can i download the viewer???