Second Life and Virtual Worlds
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.
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.
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.
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).
Today I see version 3.5.2 (275381) Project Materials Viewer is out. I’ve just downloaded it. I won’t get to play with it until tomorrow.
You’ll know they are there, if they work. I think Maestro Linden means they are grid wide now. He explained it this way:
Ah, see the next line, Inara:
* Changes since 13.04.26.274926
** Includes changes from Second Life Server 13.04.29.274986That 13.04.29.274986 version has all the AO goodies. I’m removing the “Changes since 13.04.19.274370” section from the 13.05.04.275247 release notes to prevent further confusion.
I don’t say much about the Market Place. It is too frustrating and the Lindens working on it stay hidden. But, this morning I see new forum posts about the SL Market Place Product Reviews not working. One person wanted to leave a comment on their product about a problem mentioned in a review being corrected. They couldn’t.
Today I hit the new Terms of Server agreement. You can read the thing, if you can stay awake or get the highlights here: Updated Second Life Terms of Service. They tossed in a 2 minute video:
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The primary change is the Lab is limiting the purchase of Linden$. You will only be allowed to purchase from the Lab.
I gather that third party exchanges will continue to exist. Since it is possible to transfer Linden$ from avatar to avatar, some other types of markets will continue. But, if you get ripped-off by a third party Linden$ vendor, you are most definitely on your own.