Open Grid Public Beta

The Open Grid Public Beta program is a Linden Lab sponsored opportunity for developers to make their virtual worlds interoperate with Second Life. Virtual world interoperability is enabled through the Open Grid Protocol, under development by the Architecture Working Group of Second Life residents. 
On June 30th, 2008, a group of Linden Lab and IBM "gridnauts" successfully launched from a Second Life developer grid and teleported over to an OpenSim grid running IBM's modified code. They arrived without any of their attachments or inventory, since the protocol does not transfer assets between grids. Zero Linden of Linden Lab and Zha Ewry of IBM recently gave an interview on the Metanomics Second Life TV show to introduce the project.
==30-Sept-2008 Update==
==Key Points ==
# Testing the ability to log in to Second Life and teleport between Second Life and other virtual worlds.
# Intended for developers, not residents at large.
# Demonstrates login and teleport only, no assets are transferred from Second Life to other virtual worlds.
==Participation==
Participation in the Open Grid Public Beta program is intended for the developers of virtual world viewer and simulator software. 
Developers in the program implement the Open Grid Protocol in their software. The protocol provides a communication path between clients (Second Life Viewer), an Agent Domain (Second Life preview grid), and a simulator (Second Life, OpenSim). In particular, they implement the teleport protocol.
Beta participants will have access to the Open Grid Protocol version of the Second Life viewer, which logs you into an agent domain running on the Second Life preview grid, and allows you to rez, without inventory, on a destination grid that understands the Open Grid Protocol.
In the first phase of the program Linden Lab will work with the developers of OpenSim and OpenSim operators to login to our preview grid and teleport between the Second Life preview grid, and regions in OpenSim.
In the second phase of the beta, Linden Lab will open participation to other grid and virtual world operators and developers.
This beta is for adult residents of Second Life. We are currently exploring options for participation by TSL residents. TSL residents may now sign up to the email list (adult moderated, see below). Teens will be invited to join a TSL Gridnauts group which will be used to communicate details on the forthcoming teen beta.
==How To Participate==
# Claim a space on the map for your OpenSim region.
# Download the Open Grid Beta Viewer.
# Build an OpenSim region with OGP enabled.
# Use the Open Grid Client to Teleport between Region Domains
Because the Beta will allow any external regions to connect to the grid, which may or may not provide adult content, the beta was limited to main grid users.
There is a list of public OpenSim regions participating in the beta.
==In World Meetings==
* None scheduled at this time.
===Transcripts===
* All relevant transcripts
* July:
** Office Hours: 23 30
** Huddle transcripts
* August:
** Office Hours: 06 13 20
** Huddle transcripts: 05 06 08 12 15 18 29
* September
** Office Hours: 10 17
** Huddle Transcripts: 12 15
* October
** Office Hours: 08 29
* November:
** Office Hours: 12
* December:
** Office Hours: 3
===IRC===
irc://irc.freenode.net/#gridnauts
==Issue Tracking During the Beta Program==
Linden Lab has created new components in PJIRA to track OGPB issues, please read the instructions on how to create OGPB issues in PJIRA.
Status of OGPB issues will be reviewed during daily huddles.
A complete list of beta issues is in the umbrella issue .
==Beta Timeline==
* Beta launch -- July 31, 2008
* Interop testing with OpenSim (Phase 1) -- July 31, 2008
* Viewer, AD and RD Update 1 --- August 22, 2008
* OGP Draft 3 --- September 10, 2008
* Open to other virtual world platforms (Phase 2) -- TBD
* Beta period ends -- TBD
==FAQ==
See Open Grid Public Beta FAQ
==Resources==
* Wiki pages
** Open Grid Protocol
*** Open Grid Protocol -- introduction
*** Agent Domain
*** Login Protocol
*** Teleport Protcol
** Architecture Working Group
*** In-world discussion group -- for programmers and technically minded citizens
*** Relevant in-world discussion and office hours transcripts
*** Pyogp -- Python-based OGP test harness and client library
**** Pyogp discussion transcripts
* OpenSim
** OpenSim transcripts
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