Open Source Chat Bridge Between Virtual Worlds 43
wjamesau writes "The Parallel Selves Message Bridge, a new addition to the code forge of OpenSimulator, the 'Apache for virtual worlds,' makes it possible for users within one OpenSim world to send IMs to users currently logged into another Second Life-compatible world. In the future, technology like this could make it possible to keep in contact with friends in other virtual worlds and MMOs without having to log out. Imagine orcs and space commandos existing in alternate realities but still in contact!"
Gaim Battle.net protocol plugin (Score:3, Interesting)
There used to be a Gaim plugin [sourceforge.net] for Blizzard's Battle.net that I used several years ago. I could talk to people on Warcraft 3, Starcraft, Diablo, and even World of Warcraft (I think).
However, I somehow appeared strangely in the chat lists because people were always IMing me, out of nowhere, thinking I was some kind of official Blizzard tech support. Sometimes I had fun messing with them by telling them go through futile exercises: "Ok, try unplugging your monitor for 30 seconds. No? Ok now try ..."
Unfortunately, Blizzard shut down the protocol this used, so it's a dead project.