Second Life and Virtual Worlds
Yes. You aren’t alone. The Lab is aware people are having attachment issues… instead of psychologists, they are using computer tech’s to find the problem. So, we will likely see a fix soon. No years of counseling… Seems avatar-attachments are not attaching. In a world where genitals are an attachment, this problem could create huge … Read more
Cinder Roxley announced the release of a new viewer version a couple of days ago. I just noticed. If I am reading right, this is the only main version update in a year. There have been beta updates. But, this one is an official main release, no beta. See: Alchemy Release 5.0.6.41161. It comes in … Read more
Oculus is pushing updates. A beta update is available allowing a user to combine their Oculus and Steam games in one library. That will be handy. As it is now I have problems getting Stream VR working on my Gear VR. It does not like the Gear VR’s controller. So, I’ll have to get the … Read more
The Kokua viewer is mostly maintained and build by Nicky Perian. Nicky at 75 is sort of retiring from viewer development. This will likely leave Kokua Viewer without a driving force. Nicky has posted this information on the Kokua blog, Path forward. If you are into building viewers, this is an opportunity to head up … Read more
There is probably a push to hype Sansar as it nears its limited Beta opening. We see these ‘sneak’ preview videos popping up here and there. In this one, we see a bit of the in-world building. I think the user interface requiring one to move their body around is a set of lawsuits waiting to … Read more
Servers My main channel region did not restart today. No roll was planned. The main channel continues to run on version #17.07.11.327548. Blue Steel and Le Tigre and Magnum are scheduled to update to version #17.07.20.327788 this Wednesday (7/26). It is listed as having ‘Internal Changes’. Viewers The main viewer is version 5.0.6.326593. No change. … Read more