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No updates to the main or RC channels of Second Life™ this week.
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Second Life: Physics Tutorial
Things go in cycles. Have you noticed? Second Life™ tutorials certainly seem to come in waves. For instance Strawberry Singh has redone her Avatar Physics tutorial as a video. See: Second Life Avatar Physics Tutorial or jump directly to the video tutorial at YouTube. I suggest you read Strawberry’s article. Strawberry’s is a nine minute … Read more
Second Life: NEW BONES, New AvaStar 2.0
This is a big deal. I’ll get into what it means and what some of the possibilities are.
For years Second Life™ users have been asking for more bones. That would let users make avatars with tails that are easily animated. Or with more than 4 arm-leg appendages. We will be able to have a centaur with 4 legs, two arms, and a tail, something that is way complicated now and pretty lame. Or a spider with 8 legs.
ALERT: Second Life Avatar Changes!
Today we have a post from the Lab about changes to the SL Avatar. See: Introducing Project Bento – New Bones Added to Second Life Avatar Skeleton. What are the changes? Ever wish you could incorporate a tail, wings, or second set of arms into your avatar? How about having animations for facial expressions and … Read more
Second Life Has New Avatars?
Did you know Linden Lab has new avatars for the noobies? I had not realized it. But, Cerise @ SLUniverse posted about the new avatars and I noticed that post. Want to see some of the new avatars and mesh clothes?
This image shows the first page one lands on after clicking JOIN. By default they now have ‘Classic’ avatars selected. It is still possible to select Vampires and People. Those are mesh body avatars. But, the Classic Avatars look to be all new. The older avatars are still in the Library. I just don’t see them on sign-up process.
Slink Hourglass
A new Slink body is out. See: A new body @ Slink!! – The official Slink announcement. NSFW Sundays: SLink Hourglass, curvy but not thick – Grazia ‘s take on the new body and a gorgeous picture of the body, semi-NSFW. SLINK PHYSIQUE HOURGLASS – Juicy Bomb’s take. Slink’s new mesh body – Hourglass! – MeshAddicts This new … Read more