Viewers
Nothing exciting. Third Party Viewers are catching up with features in the Linden made main and RC SL Viewers. A few are adding their own special features. But, most of the updating is bug fixes and catch up…
Second Life Bits Week 28
Second Life
Things about SL
Rigged Mesh Tutorial Sans AvaStar
I don’t see many tutorials about rigging mesh for OpenSim. But, Hypergrid Business has a new one. See: Quick mesh rigging how-to. Of course the procedure will work for Second Life too. But, this is for ‘rigged’ mesh only, not fitted mesh.
While they use the Machinimatrix base avatar, you do not need AvaStar. However, not having AvaStar means using the parts of the model included for working with fitted mesh is awkward and not at all intuitive.
I haven’t played in OpenSim since OSGrid crashed. So, I am not sure whether or not we can use fitted mesh in OpenSim. So, this tutorial is more than adequate for most of those making clothes in OpenSim.
Experience Tools & RLV
Last week the first phase of the Experience Tools feature arrived for Premium Members of Second Life™. I think by now most bloggers have covered the arrival.
- Me: Second Life: Experience Tools Released (7/1)
- Ciaran: Experience Tools Now Available For Premium Members (6/30)
- Inara: Second Life project updates 27/1: server, viewer, Experience Keys (7/3)
According to Google we are the top three reporting on Experience Tools. There are plenty of links leading to the SL Forum and Wiki. So, finding information on how to use the Tools and what they can do should be easy.
Second Life: Too Little Sex?
Canary Beck has done a great research piece on whether or not Second Life’s reputation is that of a home for sexual perverts or not. Her research provides objective data on how Second Life™ is perceived by the Google Search Engine, which is about as objective a source as one can find.
See: Should We Worry That Outsiders Associate Second Life With Adult Content?
The short answer is, no. The research and proof is rather convincing, but not totally definitive. It is the best I’ve seen to date. I think it is worth a read and it got me thinking. As you read you’ll be exposed to the concepts of confirmation bias and illusory correlation as a possible explanation for why some believe Second Life has a reputation problem.
Second Life Linux Viewer
The Kokua Viewer team has Linux viewer out for Second Life™, at least a test version. It comes in both 32 and 64 bit versions, runs on Debian Stable, aka Jessie, and newer versions.
They need testers. See: KokuaNT is available for testing.
Dolphin Viewer Done
The third party Second Life™ viewer Dolphin Viewer is no longer updating. Lance has run out of RL time to work on it. The end was announced 2015/06/22. See: Good bye, and thanks for all the fish.
