VastWorlds platform features¶

• VastWorlds platform features
• Framework
• IMML (IMML help)
• VastScript
• Plugins
• Security
• Rendering System
• Models (model help)
• Animation (animation help)
• Avatars
• Physics (physics help)
• Text
• Audio
• Applications
• VastPark Player
• WorldServer Developer Edition
• VastPark Creator
• IMMLpad
• Collada2IMML
• MaxIMML
• Comments

Framework¶

IMML (IMML help)¶

• Open specification
• Easy to read schema-based XML
• Real time format for multiuser networking
• Unlimited timelines
• Per element support for physics, shaders, triggers, etc.
• The framework makes it easy to control what logic and processing runs on the client and server sides to enable your applications to achieve the right mix of scalability & security

VastScript¶

• Lua based scripting enable users to add basic functionality to a virtual environment.

Plugins¶

• .Net based
• VastPark's advanced plugin system allows .Net developers to easily extend the platform by creating and exposing their own APIs.
• Extend the platform in any way you can imagine
• Make your services, expert systems, legacy applications, ontologies and data accessible through the platform
• Enables your developers to add your “special sauce” to create your own unique Enterprise applications
• There are a wide range of existing plugins available and under development
  • Voice services
  • Avatars
  • Data bridges
  • SharePoint

Security¶

• Gains the permissions layer provided by the VastServices Framework
• Private worlds
• VPN and firewall deployment options
• Proprietary runtime mesh format to better protect 3D assets rather than provide the Collada file to end users
• Option for Enterprise customers to add custom encryption (Contact us about the Securoom project)

Rendering System¶

• Materials: IMML allows you to change the Ambient, Diffuse, Emissive and Specular material properties of a model or primitive. Support for material groups.
• Textures: VastPark supports multiple texture maps per model and different textures can be applied at runtime through IMML
• Shaders: VastPark has support for GLSL shaders. Use existing shaders from the VastPark library or create and Publish your own.

Models (model help)¶

• Collada: VastPark has support for the highly supported Collada file format, which makes getting your 3D Content into VastPark easy.
• Level of Detail: Achieve maximum performance on all levels of hardware by publishing models with multiple Levels of Detail (LOD).

Animation (animation help)¶

• Bone and keyframe animation
• Supports rigged models
• LIXA animation format support

Avatars¶

• You can utilize mesh-based avatars
• NEW!! We will be providing an integrated version of the OpenAvatar system

Physics (physics help)¶

• Rigid body Physics: VastPark supports full Rigid bodies that act under forces and collide, with no scripting required.

Text¶

• Billboarding
• 3D text
• Docked text

Audio¶

• Spatial Sound: Place positional audio sources anywhere in your virtual environment. Hear your sounds change volume and pitch as you travel towards or away from it.

Applications¶

VastPark Player¶

WorldServer Developer Edition¶

• Makes it simple to test worlds with multiuser networking
• Fast message relaying
• Data port agnostic
• Support for serving 1000s of worlds(IMML documents)
• Easy to define client-side and server-side logic on a per world basis

VastPark Creator¶

• WYSIWYG world creation
• IMML code view with automatic code completion
• Code snippets to design and develop faster
• Interactive preview
• Team project capability with real-time collaboration
• Powerful real-time debugger

IMMLpad¶

Collada2IMML¶

MaxIMML¶