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Commercial Interest In Open-Source 3D Environment

Posted by timothy on from the giant-shoulders-cleared-for-standing dept.

cellulama writes "Is virtual reality back? A commercial vendor has started developing for Croquet, which is an open-source tool for collaborating and sharing data, with an emphasis on 3D visualization. The system was developed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for research and "co-creativity," but a company named 3Dsolve is looking for military applications. What's next -- open-source America's Army?"

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  1. Open-Sourcing the Army by Justice8096 · · Score: 3, Informative

    I have yet to see any animosity towards open source in the military. They like open source because you don't have to wait 6+ months to get the purchase completed for proprietary stuff, and you don't have to worry about license problems when dealing with vendors ( the licenses can become a hostage towards keeping the contract ).