Virtual World News – Page 11 – Nalates’ Things & Stuff

RedZone – Privacy Violator

2011/02/22 by Nalates Urriah

If you have not yet heard about RedZone, you will. It is currently the biggest scandal on the grid. I came across a good blog post on it that explains well and fairly. I highly recommend you read the post. See: Spies, Lies & Cold Hard Cash: Second Life Erupts In a War Over Privacy

SL Region Crossing Upgrade

2011/01/062011/01/06 by Nalates Urriah

The chatter is the region crossing changes are being activated today. I have yet to chase down the sources. The release notes for Tuesday’s rollouts show the rollout to Blue Steel. In world chat is that they are active on Magnum. One person quotes Oz Linden saying activation will be immediate. I have to do … Read more

Browser Based Second Life

2011/06/222010/10/28 by Nalates Urriah

News is leaking out that Linden Lab will be running a closed beta on Skylight, a browser based viewer for Second Life. Only selected regions and people will be allowed into the test. I first saw the news on New World Notes (Linden Lab Testing Version of Second Life That Runs on a Web Browser). … Read more

SL/OS Viewers and Mesh

2011/03/102010/10/23 by Nalates Urriah

Viewers and Mesh

The opinions on Collada mesh coming to SL are mixed. Hamlet put a set of links in a recent blog post calling them ‘gems’. I find some are and some aren’t gems. But, digging through the chaff usually reveals nuggets of neat information. Here are the current tidbits.

Mesh DOA?

One line of thinking is that Linden Lab has again botched a new feature. Some people would be unhappy if the Lab sent them chocolate, cherry filled orgasms. When one starts from the premise that the Lab can do nothing right, it is hard to see what is being done right. These negative people are leading me to the conclusion that at an SL age of 3 or 4 one becomes an old curmudgeon.

Whatever the case, there are some interesting tidbits of information leaking out.

Qarl Fizz Prim Alignment Tool

2010/10/22 by Nalates Urriah

Qarl Fizz, formerly Qarl Linden, has written viewer code to add an alignment feature to viewers. The code has been released for TPV Developers to use. He of course has a working viewer with the code in it. I’m so jealous… In SL I use Prim Docker to align prims and textures. But, Prim Docker is … Read more

OpenSim-OSGrid Mesh Coming

2011/03/102010/10/15 by Nalates Urriah

Spore Creatures invade OSGrid — OpenSim Meshes - Image by jjacek

I think this article will also be of interest to SL folks. Because OpenSim is likely to become a free SL mesh builders’ sandbox. However, uploads on ADITI are free, so may be not.

I guess it depends on how one looks at mesh on OpenSim as to whether this is ‘coming’ or an old thing. RealXtend, a branch of OpenSim, has had mesh objects for some time. A module has been available for some time to allow OpenSim people to add messes to their SIM. What I suppose is coming is the ability for everyone to use and see the feature in OpenSim.

Most viewers have not supported mesh. There was no way to upload them, which pretty much stops their use. RealXtend has a special viewer. I have never gotten it to work on other grids, that is probably just me. With the Second Life Mesh Project Viewer out and the code being released Friday, that limitation is removed. Soon TPV’s (Third Party Viewers) will have support for uploading and editing mesh.