Now this is getting interesting. Sirikata is a free and open source Virtual Worlds system, from the Stanford Uni. It’s about to launch in Q1 2009, but the source is already available.

Here are 2 teaser videos, a fly around and a speech on technical details:

Sirikata Architecture from Sirikata on Vimeo.

Sirikata Teaser from Sirikata on Vimeo.

I’m off, trying to compile it. More later.

UPdate: Here is a 3rd video:

Sirikata from a content creator’s point of view from Henrik Bennetsen on Vimeo.

(via Phasinggrace and Raph Koster)

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