Virtual World Framework (aka Croquet 2) goes live!

"The Virtual World Framework (VWF) is a fast, light-weight, web-based architecture for creating and distributing secure, scalable, component-based, and collaborative virtual spaces. It leverages existing web-based standards, infrastructure, and emerging technologies with the intent of establishing a powerful yet simple to use platform that is built on top of the next generation of web browsers. " from http://virtualworldframework.com/

Here is the information about VWF, that is available on Internet for now:

Official site: http://virtualworldframework.com/

The VWF source code, published during the conference http://www.gametechconference.com/

Video showing the Virtual World Framework, starting from 0:40 min.

Slides from WebGl camp 4 about VWF architecture.

I have tested the installation process of VWF server on Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3, here are the steps:

Launch a terminal window:

1. Load the source code from VWF Git repository:

$ git clone https://github.com/virtual-world-framework/vwf.git vwf

2. Install RVM

$ curl -L get.rvm.io | bash -s stable

2. Reload your shell environment

$ source ~/.bash_profile

3. Find the requirements (follow the instructions)

$ rvm requirements

4. Install ruby

$ rvm install 1.9.3

5. cd to your VWF development directory

$ cd vwf/

6. Install bundler

$gem install bundler

7. Install the RubyGems to the system

$bundle install --binstubs

8. Edit the file "config.ru", correcting the file paths:

require "init.rb"

change to

require "./init.rb"

5. Set Ruby 1.9.3 as the default for current shell.

$ rvm use 1.9.3

6. Run the VWF server:

$ ./bin/thin start

7. Open http://localhost:3000 in WebGL enabled web-browser (for full experience you will need the latest Mozilla Firefox web browser)

If you want to start VWF server as a background service, just add -d key:

$ ./bin/thin start -d

Also I tested the installation procedure on FreeBSD 8.1

and has successfully ran the VWF server instance on http://www.krestianstvo.org:3000/plane

Happy Birthday to Virtual World Framework!