General News

Second Life: New User Group

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Ron tipped me off that there is a Linden new user group: Bento.

The list of Second Life User Groups, formerly Office Hours, has been shrinking over the years. So, I am initially surprised we are getting a new user group. But, creating a group for a large new feature is a common practice of the Lab. It was done most recently for mesh and pathfinding. So, it isn’t all that surprising.

The first meeting will be Thursday, January 7th, 2016, 1PM SLT. The location is in the Mesh Sandbox, ADITI – Preview Grid.

The group is hosted by Vir Linden.

Get the word out to your animating friends.

Firestorm News Week 1

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It is probably important for some to know that Firestorm Viewer 4.7.1 Public Beta will be blocked starting tomorrow 1/7/16. Reference Also, after the next release (February? March?) the version 4.6.9, used by Windows XP and Mac 10.6 users, will be blocked.

Help

The Firestorm Team has made a second request for help with their gateway project. This time they are asking for user testimonials. They will be adding these to their web gateway pages that lead new users to their gateway regions. See: Share Your Love of Second Life with a Testimonial.

Firestorm Gateway Dec 2015
Firestorm Gateway Dec 2015

If you have a blog or other web site, you can help by linking to Firestorm’s gateway landing pages. See their ‘share’ post for a list of the 6 landing pages. You’ll also find them in my blog roll. 

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Second Life 2015 in Review: June 2015

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This is the sixth of may be 12 articles about 2015. – To find the entire collection of Second Life™ Year End Review articles look in the right-hand column for the TAG’s drop down and click: Annual Review.

12.06.15 - Summer Fun
12.06.15 – Summer Fun

Second Life in Review: June 2015

This month we got a lot of information about Project Sansar. Several interviews were given and recorded to video. Links near the end. 

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Second Life 2015 in Review: April 2015

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This is the fourth of may be 12 articles about 2015. – To find the collection of Year End Review articles look in the right-hand column and click the TAG: Annual Review.

Second Life in Review: April 2015

Of course the first thing of the month is April Fool’s Day. The Lab released their new viewer made just for the day: Introducing 2DSS Mode for Second Life.

Ballons
Ballons – April 2015

In April Strawberry Singh posted Mean Comments Meme and an impactful image. I think this post was a highlight of the year. My thoughts. Strawberry’s post became controversial. See: Philosophy at Easter – Mean Comments

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Second Life 2015 in Review: March 2015

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Wow, I pumped out 96 posts in the month of March. This is the third of may be 12 articles about 2015. – To find the collection of Year End Review articles look in the right-hand column and click the TAG: Annual Review.

March 2015 – 96 Articles

This month the Lab was working on rolling out AISv3. Problems were biting people as the transition was being made. Problems ranged from render fails to not being able rez from inventory.

「Hey Ho, Let's Go」
「Hey Ho, Let’s Go」 – Taken in March 2015

March viewers were;

  • RC Login Viewer version 3.7.25.298971 – This one promoted to main release in March.
  • RC Tools Update Viewer version 3.7.26.299443
  • RC Maintenance Viewer version 3.7.26.299845
  • RC Experience Viewer version 3.8.0.299338
  • Project Avatar Layer Limits Viewer – This was the start of the project to change how we use layers on the avatar. Basically it changes the limit of how many textures one can wear on a given layer and sets the total limit at 60.
  • RC Hover Viewer version 3.7.26.299635 – The new HOVER Height feature made it to the main release viewer in March.
  • RC Tools Update Viewer version 3.7.26.299443
  • Project Importer Viewer version 3.7.25.298441
  • Project Layer Limits Viewer version 3.7.26.299805
  • Project Managed Marketplace Viewer version 3.7.25.298865
  • Project Oculus Rift Viewer version 3.7.18.295296

Word in March was that a viewer change to improve teleporting  and crossing into another region was coming. Also that soon viewers will not install on Windows XP 32 or 64 bit machines.

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