<s>
The	O
Open	B-Language
Source	I-Language
Metaverse	I-Language
Project	I-Language
(	O
OSMP	B-Language
)	O
was	O
a	O
multi-participant	O
shared	O
virtual	O
world	O
online	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
platform	O
was	O
free	B-Application
and	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
co-founded	O
in	O
2004	O
by	O
Hugh	O
Perkins	O
and	O
Jorge	O
Lima	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OSMP	B-Language
is	O
loosely	O
modeled	O
on	O
the	O
World	O
Wide	O
Web	O
borrowing	O
ideas	O
from	O
existing	O
worlds	O
such	O
as	O
Second	B-Application
Life	I-Application
,	O
Active	B-Protocol
Worlds	I-Protocol
,	O
and	O
There	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
project	O
aims	O
to	O
produce	O
an	O
open-source	B-License
engine	O
for	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
streamed	O
3D	O
worlds	O
,	O
also	O
making	O
it	O
possible	O
to	O
interconnect	O
existing	O
worlds	O
into	O
a	O
single	O
open	O
,	O
standards-based	O
Metaverse	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
community	O
,	O
asking	O
for	O
course	O
proposals	O
about	O
the	O
nature	O
of	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
and	O
its	O
use	O
in	O
computer	O
graphics	O
and	O
interactive	O
techniques	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OSMP	B-Language
was	O
contacted	O
by	O
Dr.	O
John	O
Fujii	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
this	O
initiative	O
,	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
organize	O
a	O
collaborative	O
online	O
meeting	O
space	O
for	O
SIGGRAPH	O
2005	O
members	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
developers	O
shifted	O
focus	O
to	O
development	O
of	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
compatible	O
with	O
Second	B-Application
Life	I-Application
such	O
as	O
OpenSimulator	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
