Welcome!

Open Cobalt is an award-winning open source virtual workspace browser and construction toolkit for accessing, creating, and publishing hyperlinked multi-user virtual environments.  It makes it possible for people to freely create and share highly capable and interlinked multi-user virtual workspaces, game-based learning and training environments, and virtual exhibit spaces that can run on all major software operating systems.  All this without the need to buy virtual land or pay any service or licensing fees!








Contributing to the Project

We welcome your help with this open source community-based effort!  Click here to connect with our growing community.


News and Announcements

September 2009: Duke's Julian Lombardi receives second National Science Foundation award to help advance and extend Open Cobalt.

May 2009: Open Cobalt alpha release candidate begins testing.

December 2008: Open Cobalt imports Google 3D Warehouse (KMZ 4) models.

November 2008: VNC sessions possible in Open Cobalt.

October 2008: Open Cobalt website published.

September 2008: Elizabeth Wendland joins collaborative systems team at Duke.

August 2008: John Dougan joins Open Cobalt development team at Duke.

July 2008: Duke releases major new build of Open Cobalt for community-based development.

June 2008: Duke's Julian Lombardi receives National Science Foundation award to help advance and extend Open Cobalt.

March 2008: Open Cobalt code-base made available for community-based open source development.

January 2008: Immersive Education Initiative Selects Cobalt as Next Generation Immersive Education Platform.

January 2008: Open Cobalt project launched!

December 2007: Duke Receives Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Award.

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Featured Cobalt Screenshot

virtual workspace browser and toolkit

Featured Cobalt Video

Secure collaborative conferencing facility in Open Cobalt

Click here to access the latest pre-alpha build

Dr. Xunlei Wu testing Open Cobalt on a multitouch interactive wall at Duke’s RENCI facility

The Open Cobalt project is made possible by support from the National Science Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed on this site are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the supporting foundations.