Open Wonderland Foundation Mission
The Open Wonderland Foundation is a non-profit corporation. Its mission is to maintain, enhance, and support the Open Wonderland open source virtual world platform. This platform, based entirely on open standards, is a free and open source toolkit designed to create 3D virtual worlds for education, business, and government applications. These kinds of virtual worlds have several distinct advantages. More so than other collaboration technologies, virtual worlds provide participants with a genuine sense of immersion, engagement, and involvement. They also provide one of the most effective means of communication for team work and learning, supporting multiple simultaneous conversations and multiple simultaneous activities in a single virtual space.
To fulfill its mission, the Foundation has two roles. The first is to support and evolve Open Wonderland by providing access to a stable platform and advancing the system through the development of software and documentation. The second role is to foster a vibrant community of educators, students, software developers, artists, entrepreneurs, and others by providing education, training, and technical support. This support is offered through web-based content, community discussion forums, and community events, both live and "in-world."
Financial support for the Foundation is garnered through paid memberships, partnerships with corporations, grants, and donations. To contribute to the success of the Open Wonderland Foundation, please see the various ways you can support us.