Second Life and Virtual Worlds
Things about SL
Today I had to agree to the Second LifeTM Terms of Service. Others are seeing the same. As yet I have not seen a post on the SL Forum or Blog. Seems this hit about noon today.
When the current avatar was made the Lindens were optimizing for performance. This meant they took some crafty shortcuts to save download and CPU time. One of those crafty design features creates some strange behavior with the Second Life™ avatar’s UVMap and how the viewer handles it. Gaia Clary of Machinimatrix.org has figured out what … Read more
A new release of RLViewer is out. You don’t really need it… no, I’m being nice. There is a problem with version 2.8.5.0 and version 2.5.8.1 is sort of a fix. Or you can just follow directions in the announcement post and fix your currently installed 2.8.5.0 version viewer. See: RestrainedLove Viewer 2.8.5.1. You need … Read more
Today Jessica Lyon posted on the Firestorm blog about Saturday’s 3 hour Q & A meeting. See: Q&A – Don’t be surprised… be informed. In the comments the key question was asked. When will Phoenix blocking start? Jessica answered: We haven’t decided yet what we will do with Phoenix. I may not have been clear … Read more
With word coming that the Phoenix and older Firestorm viewers will be blocked from the SL Grid by the Firestorm Team, it would seem Singularity is in a good position to pick up more users. So, this new release is welcome news to many. The headline for Singularity is that it gets Media On A … Read more
Loki is a creative SL personality. He has just posted about his store.
Take some time to check it out. I had trouble finding a link to get me to the right place. So, here is where I figured out I should be: Escapades – Loki Adventure Shop.