Zatzai Asturius from Second Convention held a discussion panel last week about the future of the Second Life grids (both the Linden Lab and OpenSim grids). The panel consisted of Australian Adam Zaius and Teravus Ousley from the OpenSim project and it's now available as a podcast. Zatzai describes the podcast: "The discussion is about an hour long and it covers why there are … [Read more...] about OpenSim discussion panel: podcast available
Open Source
New Second Life business / education tool
Clever Zebra are a well-respected Second Life development company who recently changed their business model to an 'Open Solutions' approach. This week they released a new and free tool called Zebra Presenter. It's an in-world presentation package and having seen a few of them over the past year, this would have to be the best one to date. Check the introductory guide to Zebra … [Read more...] about New Second Life business / education tool
Openlife – Second Life’s open source competitor
Openlife is the first fourth alternative Second Life grid to open up for widespread access. It's still a work in progress but one that's well worth exploring, something I'll be doing in coming days and weeks. Openlife's creator, Sakai Openlife, is based in Australia and we've made contact with him for an interview - stay tuned for further details. Thanks to Tateru Nino … [Read more...] about Openlife – Second Life’s open source competitor
Linden Lab Press ‘Tech Talk’ Media Conference – Aussie Second Life servers still likely.
Today at 3pm SL time (10am Saturday 26th January AEDT) Linden Lab held a media conference entitled 'Tech Talk' that featured Linden Lab's VP of Platform and Technology Development Joe Miller, VP of Systems Engineering Ian Wilkes and Software Developer / Havok 4 'Guru' Andrew Meadows. Each member of the media present was allowed one question with one follow-up. For me, there … [Read more...] about Linden Lab Press ‘Tech Talk’ Media Conference – Aussie Second Life servers still likely.
Third-party SL viewers continue to grow
Since the open-sourcing of the browser code, the innovation that's occurred in that area has been substantial. A recent browser iteration I noticed was one that blocks eyesores. I've been a bit conservative and just used the stock standard LL browsers but I'm interested to hear about any third-party browsers you've used and why. … [Read more...] about Third-party SL viewers continue to grow