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New Features in Project Wonderland v0.4

This page highlights the new features in Project Wonderland Release v0.4.

New Features

Gesturing / pointing

Basic expressions for your avatar. Wonderland users can now perform some basic gestures such as pointing and waving. To use these new functions, use the following key bindings:

These gestures can be seen by anyone else in the world.

Movie Recorder

Record videos from a Wonderland client. For more details, see the section in the online user guide.

Web-based Administration

Web-based tools for the Project Wonderland server. These tools include launching the Project Wonderland client via Java Web Start, modifying the world using the World Builder and uploading artwork with the Art Upload app.

• World Builder User and Content Developer Guide
• Web-Based Administration Guide

Improved Audio

Improved audio features include individual volume adjustment for all in-world audio sources. For more details on this feature as well as all other audio features, see the Audio Help section of the online user guide.

Improved In-World Telephony

Dial out and dial in, adjust telephone users' volumes, pick up and move the orbs representing telephone users. For more details on telephone features, see the Using Telephones section of the online user guide.

New Applications

PDF Viewer

The PDF Viewer allows PDF documents to be viewed in-world.

• User Guide
• Administration Guide

Video Player

The Video Player allows you to play video and streaming video from webcams in Wonderland.

• User Guide
• Administration Guide

VNC Viewer

The VNC Viewer allows remote desktop sessions to be accessed from Wonderland.

• User Guide
• Administration Guide

Microphone

The microphone enables users to speak at full volume for an extended range. This is useful for example in a lecture hall where everyone in the room should hear the speaker even if they aren't close to the speaker.

• User Guide
• Administration Guide

Cone of silence

The cone of silence is a place where avatars can go and have private conversations. The avatars inside can hear each other but no audio from outside. Avatars outside the cone cannot hear the audio of the avatars inside the cone.

• User Guide
• Administration Guide

Telephone

The virtual telephone can be used to place calls to real telephones. A PSTN gateway must be configured for this to work. If there is no gateway, the phone can be used to simulate calls for the purpose of demonstration.

• User Guide
• Administration Guide

In-World Audio Recorder

The audio recorder lets you recorder portions of the audio heard in-world for future playback.

• User Guide
• Administration Guide

Whiteboard

The Whiteboard lets avatars draw and erase simple lines in multiple colors.

• User Guide
• Administration Guide