Additional Tech Notes
An October 29 interview with Linden Lab Senior Vice President of Product Anya Kanevsky (article @ 80LV) highlighted ongoing efforts to position Second Life as more approachable to modern game developers via Luau (Lua) scripting, Visual Studio Code integration for live iteration on objects/linksets, and the existing creator economy, without replacing LSL. Approximately 700,000 monthly active users were cited. Region-crossing work and anti-phishing group-chat controls continued as practical improvements for creators and residents.
Overall, October emphasized reliability, cross-device chat continuity, controller support for more game-like experiences, anti-spam tools, and continued Lua groundwork, while third-party viewers (especially Firestorm) delivered substantial user-facing customization on top of upstream changes.
Sources Overview
- https://releasenotes.secondlife.com/ (simulator and viewer notes, including 2026-10-21.39669442371 and 26.5.0.40714792196)
- https://modemworld.me/ (SUG/Open Source meeting summaries and Firestorm 7.2.5 overview)
- https://www.firestormviewer.org/firestorm-7-2-5/
- https://sldev.pages-perso.free.fr/cool_vl_viewer.php
- https://status.secondlifegrid.net/
- https://community.secondlife.com/ (supporting context)
- https://80.lv/articles/second-life-wants-its-23-year-old-world-to-be-a-modern-game-platform
- Related X posts from @InaraPey and Linden Lab announcements