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Second Life News 2017 w29

2017/07/18 by Nalates Urriah

There was a restart this Tuesday morning. My region restarted about 3 AM SLT. The Grid Status report shows restarts running from 3 AM to 9:19 AM.

The main grid channel is running #17.07.11.327548. This change is the Operating System update for the servers. The Lindens say there are no changes to the simulator software in this update. It has taken some work to get the simulators working with this update. The only problem I know about is the broken song boards. It is to do with how HTTP requests are formatted.

So, most of us won’t be dealing with the change.

Oculus Rift Market Traction?

2017/07/17 by Nalates Urriah

Is Oculus capturing the VR market? No, but may be. A good analysis is at Road to VR: Rift Sale Eases Buyer’s #1 Concern, But All-in Cost Still Hinders Mainstream Traction.

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The TL:DR

Simplified, the big road block to mass acceptance is PRICE. The next biggest obstacle is Content Quality.

Second Life – Rights Policy Change

2017/07/14 by Nalates Urriah

Lately, we have had more articles and videos appearing that deal with or touch on Rights Infringement, theft. Hamlet on New World Notes posted Linden Lab Updates IP Enforcement Policies To Make DMCA Process Stricter. He points us to a significant warning now included in the Policy statement. If you are unsure whether you hold … Read more

Second Life – Interesting Trailer

2017/07/14 by Nalates Urriah

I came across this. Made by JP Gaming and posted in December 2016. Well done an no porn. Check JP’s channel. There is a series of SL trailers.

Interesting VR Games

2017/07/13 by Nalates Urriah

I picked the game form the Top Five listed over on Road to VR. These are rated as some of the best VR games available. I think this is a good example of the radical game play possible. This next one shows the excitement possible. There is hope for VR. But, it is hard to … Read more

AvaStar Updates to 2.0-RC12

2017/07/12 by Nalates Urriah

Apparently, an AvaStar update was released July 3rd. I’m just seeing it today. Download – You have to have purchased AvaStar for the link to work right. Beautiful, cute picture with Bento hands. The sentiment is debatable…