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Micronesia Architectecture Overview

The Micronesia software package is so named because it implements virtual worlds which may be distributed seamlessly across a set of micros connected by the Internet, much as the Micronesia archipelago is a country distributed across a set of isles connected by the Pacific.

We start by reviewing Micronesia's design goals (so you will know what it was -- and was not! -- designed to do), then itemize its critical components, explore them in detail one by one, and finally discuss the organization of the actual source code files.


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