Open Metaverse Foundation Annouces Meerkat Viewer Project

Today the Open Metaverse Foundation announced a new project, Meerkat, which will lead to a free viewer compatible with Second Life and with open source virtual worlds, such as OpenSim.

“Meerkat will leverage the knowledge and skills of the open source community and leading virtual world firms to advance the platform,” says James Neal, President of the Open Metaverse Foundation. “Our goal is to expand the scope of metaverse development.”

Pleiades is contributing source code to Meerkat. “We see this viewer project as an opportunity to experiment with new features for educators and students,” says Amanda Levin, who manages Pleiades development efforts on Meerkat.

“Pleiades is extending its long-standing policy of cooperation with open source projects and developers into virtual worlds,” says Patrick Edwards-Daugherty, President of Pleiades.