Welcome!
Open Cobalt is a free and open source virtual workspace browser and construction toolkit for accessing, creating, and publishing hyperlinked multi-user virtual environments. Powered by Croquet technology, Open Cobalt uses an ordered group messaging protocol that provides participants with a shared, consistently replicated, real time, computationally dynamic set of multi-participant virtual workspaces and eliminates the need for virtual world servers. It also makes it very simple to create and securely share deeply collaborative virtual workspaces that run on all major software operating systems. Without any licensing fees, users and developers can freely build and share highly capable multi-user virtual workspaces, game-based learning and training environments, or even just a place to share and meet with friends.
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
May 2009: Open Cobalt alpha release candidates being tested.
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.
