I work for a community IT centre which provides training and free access to the Internet. We have 20 networked XP PCs which can all see a single Vista machine that acts primarily as a server for 'My Documents' folders, a database and other applications.

I though it would be interesting/amusing to run a standalone sim on the Vista machine, so our clients can create avatars, build, own land, etc -- and generally learn about interaction in Virtual Worlds. We don't have enough broadband capacity for multiple connections to SL or OL.

Right now it is just an idea I had 5 minutes ago. I'm sure I'm not the first one. Has anyone else tried to do something like this?

Our next standalone release is labelled 'intranet edition' designed for internal networks. It will be supportive of very high speed region loading, ideal for an intranet scenario.

Sakai Openlife