Second Life and Virtual Worlds
Everyone is looking forward to a browser being able to support 3D games and worlds like Second Life™. Mozilla and Unreal have worked together to get Unreal games running in a Mozilla browser. The demo that is out can be found on the Mozilla Developer Network site: BannaBread.
To see the demo you will need Firefox. Or a browser with:
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There is a Second Life Easter-April-Fools trick going around. Thank you to Outfits and a feature of the SL chat. Type this into chat: [secondlife:///app/wear_folder/?folder_id=bedd047e-a3d7-23e6-57bc-1ef367d848e7 HAPPY EASTER!]
Include the [ ] too. Then click the link that appears in chat. It takes a minute for things to happen. Don’t abuse the trick.
Change to another Outfit to get out of the Easter Rabbit.
In your browser, head over to Google Nose. This is a new feature of Google search that supposedly allows you to search for scents. It will also allow you to smell scents via your computer.
Twitter announced today that they will disallow the use of vowels in tweets.
Virgin Atlantic announced today they will be adding glass bottom airplanes to their fleet.
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Yay! We have a new podcast from Metareality. This one will likely be controversial. Some old arguments come up. But, in the context of this discussion there are new aspects and energy. This is definitely one you will want to listen to. If you are considering purchasing SimCity then this is a must listen.
There are some deep concepts that will react with people’s individual philosophies and ethics. If you are one that has not has not examined your philosophy and concepts of right and wrong (Plato – unexamined life), this cast may bounce you all over the place. In which case, I suggest you ask yourself why you react as you do.
However you approach this cast, take time to think before reacting. I was going to put my comments and thoughts at the end. But, decided that will take too long and I want to get this out.
During the run up to Second Life’s birthdays we see some blogging about the past, present, and future. This 10th birthday (SL10B) is no different. There are funny, interesting, sad, New, and a whole range of other things turning up.
Iris Ophelia on Hamlet’s New World Notes has an article about the Avastar plug-in for Blender. Iris is suggesting that Avastar be used by designers to create a better SL avatar.
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Well, it is possible. But, that still leaves lots of problems unanswered. However, I do think Avastar is currently the best answer available for many of the challenges we have in making clothes, avatars, and animations.
These wackadoodle people show up in so many places… it gets infuriating. I see where Jessica Lyon responded to one in the Firestorm Viewer blog. I mention this because I am impressed by her statesman like response. Well done Jessica.
The blog article is announcing the re-opening of the Firestorm Viewer’s Preview Group. This is a group that will get Firestorm’s Beta version of their viewer. The team wants people that will help them test the viewer before it goes to main release.
Just as the Lab rolls server updates to 30% of the main grid for testing in a more diverse environment so too, the FS Team needs a larger selection of equipment and driver versions running their viewer before making a final release.
So, if you are interested in helping the team, check out: Feeling Brave? If you are NOT willing to file JIRA bug reports, please don’t bother.