Second Life and Virtual Worlds
There was no Second Life Server-Scripting UG Meeting this week.
The main channel got last week’s package of simulator fixes. The 3 RC channels all get the same but new package on Wednesday. This package is also about simulator fixes.
This breaks the every other week rollout pattern that has been building up.
Canary is a voice in this new round of Second Life promotional videos. The Lab released these via their YouTube channel. Several sites have talked about the new videos.
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There was no Server-Scripting UG Meeting this week.
The main channel got last week’s package of simulator fixes. The 3 RC channels all got the same but new package, or will Wednesday. This package is also about simulator fixes.
This breaks the every other week rollout pattern that has been building up.
With the new mesh bodies and body parts merchants are releasing more and more Development Kits. If you are an AvaStar user you have probably tried to use one or more of those kits with AvaStar. Some work, some don’t.
Now Gaia Clary of Machinimatrix, the source of AvaStar, is building a compatibility chart/list. If your Development Kit is compatible with AvaStar, jump over to Machimatrix and add it to the list. That is likely to help your sales of kits or kit related products.
The Kokua team has announced a Mac version of the Kokua viewer. See: KokuaNT Mac version is available for testing. The NT is for new tools.
Jo Yardley points us to an interview with Ebbe on MMORPG.com: Linden Lab Looks to the Future of Online Experiences. There are a few interesting bits in the Interview. this is an article ABOUT the interview not a transcript.
Age limit: 13… really!?! Yes… Ebbe says the Lab has the experience to know how to separate content and keep the young safe. I suppose that means regions/experiences will have a rating and those will work with the viewer to limit access and exposure. Since users will be less anonymous by the time they have significant build rights this should an enforceable concept.
This also tells us we are going to have sex in Sansar, aka SL 2.0.
I think we all have questions about Project Sansar, aka SL 2.0. On the 14th a forum thread was started titled ‘Ask the CEO.’ There is a load of questions and answers. See: Ask the CEO.
Ebbe is not talking about the avatar skeleton. Answering a direct question about whether skeletons other than the basic avatar will be available he answered ‘say tuned.’