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The Worlds tech team have been busy.

This week we have been finalizing, and have now pushed, the latest version of our distributed hash table library XIPP. New how-to documentation has gone online, including a "hello world" code sample to get new developers up and running quickly. For Java engineers interested in privacy-friendly P2P app development, XIPP is worth investigating.

We have also been finalizing a release candidate of the new XEND communications app, which we are very excited about. Expect to see XEND available for download very soon.

HIVE, our world building platform, has taken some important steps forward recently. With our efforts mostly focused on the text MVP client, we have spent time researching Unity as a more advanced base for the graphical interface. By modularizing HIVE development as we have done over the last few months we're ensuring we can properly handle a wide range of use cases. The HIVE API is built on our XIPP Technology and exposes its view of a persistent digital universe to any high-level interface we need - web, mobile, augmented reality, virtual reality and so on.

Hi all,

We have some data from the deep engineer core of the Worlds.io team today in the form of a detailed technical readme... Check out the Technical README for Worlds.io XIPP!

The XIPP library gives Java developers access to a fault-tolerant self-organizing privacy-aware distributed hash table.

Fault-tolerant as in redundant copies.

Self-organizing as in zero configuration.

Privacy-aware as in TLS encrypted network connections.

Distributed as in peer to peer.

And hash table as in a multi-key NoSQL datastore.

XIPP enforces data integrity rules which prioritizes maintaining stable data ahead of the needs of particular peers. This means that, unlike similar libraries, every XIPP peer distrusts the others. Peers who try to circumvent data integrity rules are isolated from the network.

Hi all,

Just a brief note to let you all know that our PGER app is now available to the public!

https://worlds.io/project-pger.php

PGER is a simple app for your mobile device (Android mobile or tablet) which displays relevant, up to the minute technology news and lets you decide if you like it, or hate it. No nonsense, no signup, no extra accounts to worry about - just interesting news you can tailor to your tastes fresh to the application every hour of every day. Simple, fun, interesting content. There is plent more information on this page!

Hi all,

We've made some improvements and additions to our website!

Check it out for more information on our projects & products, newly announced services, #techforgood and the future digital experience.

We've plenty more updates on product releases coming soon, stay tuned to our Twitter and follow us for the most up to date information on all our projects including HIVE, PGER and XIPP. The signal IS coming.

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We've been deep in development for the last few months working on HIVE UI and user experience - sorry if this has left anyone following the project in the dark... You'll be happy happy to hear that's it's all starting to come together. We're preparing to really enter the HIVE...

Expect a development blog in the next few weeks with details on where we are at, and opportunities to help with testing - as well as some more screen shots of the new slick UI and some details on the near future of the project!

Stand ready for the signal! It's coming.

For more information on the Worlds.io HIVE project please check out the HIVE webpage on worlds.io here.

Worlds.io's projects are progressing and we have now finalized product names for two of the exciting tech projects we are working on; HIVE, and XIPP.

We'll have a new development blog soon which will go into some technical detail (if you've not been reading these Worlds.io like to give a clear transparent view on where we are from an engineering perspective each month or so). In the meantime, check out www.worlds.io and our current flagship projects:

The above images are high definition renders of the Worlds.io 3D environment and depict the current stylistic direction of the Worlds.io CORE World; one inside a private structure, and one outside in the hub of the CORE world. As the Worlds.io project continues to progress toward our planned Worlds.io network BETA in the coming weeks and months we’ll be releasing more and more sneak peeks of the client both in terms of style and functionality. We want you to get involved with the development of Worlds.io and help us to give you back control of your online experience; browsing, messaging and sharing.

The future of communications technology is closer than you think; are you ready?

What is Worlds.io?

Worlds.io is a private, peer to peer communications client which allows users to connect to a unique and customisable 3D/VR environment, including access to a fully functional HTML5 browser element we call WISP, and sitting on top of a fully encrypted network layer we call XIPP. Worlds.io is a versatile virtual reality compatible communications platform for the future.

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Worlds.io are delighted to welcome Veronica Carlos to our team! Veronica will be working on the stylistic “look and feel” of our CORE World helping to shape the 3D & Virtual Reality environment as the project progresses. Veronica has previous worked in various positions within the games industry, including SEGA Europe and has a deep understanding of the Worlds.io mission and brings a wealth of 3D design experience to the Worlds.io team – not to mention a huge amount of talent!

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We're pleased to bring you another short dev update to discuss key areas of engineering progress we've made recently.

Our 3D interface is online now, at a primitive level as you may have seen from the screen shots we've released, but we're proud of it never the less. The actual graphical elements will continue to change over time and we are already sourcing asset work flows to help produce better visuals. But the 3D environment itself is now open and can be shared with other users. Only one avatar style exists at the moment but we have in place a working model for adapting avatars to meet the needs of users. The infinite grid, as we're calling it, expands out in every direction and showcases the platform that the Worlds 3D environment will be built on. And we continue to work on locations, ie. buildings, within the environment.

The client user interface rapidly changed as we neared the BETA1 milestone. It has now been clad in a dark black chrome styling, quite sci-fi looking. Parts of the UI are place-holders for future work but we have already begun to build out the key sections. QA tests are ongoing as new features and versions are produced.

At the back-end, the Worlds network requires a managed webservices layer and this has expanded greatly over the last while. This layer handles auto updating client software, managing market micro transactions and acting as a central web tracker to help client software find peers to bootstrap with. A fully consumable API is being designed as part of the webservices layer, this will eventually allow for 3rd party software to make use of our central management suite.

So work continues on all fronts as we move into the next phase of development, building out the very concept of Worlds. CORE World will be our home, a large and sprawl cityscape in 3D. It will be open to all but will only constitute part of the experience capable through Worlds.io Stay tuned to learn more.