Feature List for Project Wonderland 0.4 Release

Setup

Launch application by invoking Java command or via Java Web Start link
Login with or without authentication
- includes LDAP or password file system administrator options
Network configuration (set local IP address, proxies)
Set default audio quality
Option to connect with VoIP audio or telephone audio
Clear Wonderland cache

Renders 3D worlds with live and simulated avatars
Includes 3D animated objects
User list, including audio indicators (shows speaking, mute)
Status window with Asset Manager showing status of loading 3D models
Status window includes frames-per-second and ping time monitoring
Chat panel for global text chat
Softphone window (primarily utility provided for troubleshooting)
Camera modes (1st person, 3rd person, orbit)
View Properties (field of view, front clip, back clip)
Set maximum frame rate
Placemarks for navigating to specified locations
- Pre-define placemarks set by system administrator
- User-defined placements
Goto Wonderland Resource Locater (WRL)

Adjust audio quality from telephone quality to CD quality
Speaking indicator (avatar name lights up)
Mute/unmute (indicated with square brackets around avatar name)
Adjust overall volume of all in-world audio
Individually adjust volume of any in-world audio source, including other avatars, recorded avatar audio, video, music, etc.
Cone-of-silence for private voice chat
Microphones for amplified audio
Tools for troubleshooting audio problems (Softphone window, test audio, log audio problem)
Reconnect softphone (use when changing audio devices)

Log in with avatar connected to telephone audio
Transfer call - transfer avatar audio from softphone to telephone (and back)
Virtual telephone
- Dial out to any number of landline or cell phones
- Use keypad to enter tones (e.g., for joining conference calls or responding to voice menus)
- Password protection to protect against unauthorized calling
- Unlock phone for single call or until re-locked
- Simulated call mode for experimenting with phone features without placing real calls
Dial in to virtual telephone
- Touch tone interface to disambiguate multiple in-world telephones
- Telephone users can use keypad to mute/unmute and adjust volume
Telephone users represented as orbs
Pick up, carry, and put down telephone users
Adjust volume of phone users
Disconnect phone users

System administrator controls to set up server-side sharing of X Windows applications (requires Solaris or Linux server)
- Tested applications include Firefox, Open Office, NetBeans, Terminal, Calculator
Client-side sharing of X Windows applications (requires Solaris or Linux server)
Best view mode for X Windows applications
Multiple applications running in world at the same time can be controlled by different people
PDF Viewer - multi-user application for sharing slides and other PDF documents
- Synchronize and unsynchronize with presenter
VNC - share Windows or other desktops
Video player
- Play recorded video
- Connect to web cam video
- Video panorama for Axis PTZ camera
Shared Whiteboard
Window manipulation
- Move windows side to side
- Rotate windows
- Move windows forward and backward

Import 3D model (x3d format) directly into world
- Upload only to local client
- Deploy uploaded models to server
World Builder - web-based tool for creating or editing 3D spaces
- Can be mapped to discrete portion of the world
- Includes extensible catalog of art assets
- Reload world command to update running world with artwork changes

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