Second Life Weighting Collision Bones

While we wait for the Mesh Deformer people are looking for ways to make mesh clothes fit. There are some alternate methods for making clothes that change with the avatar shape. One of those is the use of Collision Bones. Some call it Collision Volumes. We have heard that method called liquid mesh in promotional stuff. It works to a point. But, how does one use Collision Volumes?

Collision Bones/Volumes
Collision Bones/Volumes

Using the Collision Bones in the default SL avatar one can achieve some measure of sizing tied to the avatar shape. The problem is getting that information from the modeling program to Second Life™.

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US Changing Wiretap Laws

From the New York Times: The Obama administration, resolving years of internal debate, is on the verge of backing a Federal Bureau of Investigation plan for a sweeping overhaul of surveillance laws that would make it easier to wiretap people who communicate using the Internet rather than by traditional phone services, according to officials familiar with the … Read more

High Fidelity News

You probably know that High Fidelity is Phillip Rosedale’s latest venture. Rumor… well… fact is he is building his second virtual world. I guess a second life for Second Life Avatars…

We have already heard that he plans to use a voxel based world. I mention that in: Second Life News 2013-15. Scroll about halfway down. Voxels replace polygons and produce much more detailed worlds. The people developing a voxel engine say we can have nearly unlimited detail. 

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CP Gets Mirrors

I see from the weekly updates that Cloud Party has gotten mirrors. I am not sure why they did that, but it is pretty neat.

Cloud Party Mirror - Image from Cloud Party Bugle.
Cloud Party Mirror – Image from Cloud Party Bugle.

There is a setting to control the number of frames that get rendered in the mirror…  dynamic planar reflection… the setting is in the materials section of object properties.

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The New ToS Explained

Linden Lab’s New ToS, the Bank Secrecy Act, and You – This is an interesting article that may explain why the Linden’s ToS has changed. It mostly has to do with the recent enactment of new rules for the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN).