Roadmap

Here is a simple list of things which need to be done, in some semblance of order.

1. Finish OBEX protocol
   
   • Authentication
   • Dynamic data streams
   • Fragment interleaving
   • Error-checking
2. Object realisation
   
   • Positioning
   • Skins to go on default model
3. Client OpenGL support
   
   • Basic user control (connect, exit etc...)
   • Preliminary object display support (default model, skins)
   • Sound support
4. Dynamic data support
   
   • Server-side sound mixing miswart :-)
   • Other object data streams management
   • Client event processing and input
5. Static object parameters
   
   • Model definition (VRML-like?) and rendering
   • Miscellaneous data (eg sounds) display-on-demand on client support
   • Object (hypercard) transfer
6. Object control code
   
   • Language design
   • Basic automatic actions (eg drinking bird :-)
7. Server room support
   
   • Room definition language design
   • Default physics
   • Clipping
   • Object event notification (collisions etc)
8. Object interaction
   
   • Reaction to events (eg turn red on approach)
   • Terminal keyboards hack?
9. VRL Whole Globe Network (WGN)
   
   • Public/private servers
   • Further authentication and referral
   • Peer switching
10. Further stuff
    
    • Looking into other rooms
    • Windoze port?
    • Cool client stuff (eg avatar provided by webcam)
    • VR environment improvement