Tateru Nino has a great piece on Linden Lab's announcement that they are selling Second Life bundled with packages of content. Read it for yourself - I don't think it's possible for me to agree more with Tateru's view on the silliness of the move - particularly the vehicle packages. Do you agree? [Pic via http://haydenpowick.wordpress.com] … [Read more...] about Linden Lab’s Amazon Bundling Bungling
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Project to Improve Graphics Rendering in Second Life
Via Linden Lab One of the challenges that virtual world creators face is the trade-off between rich visual detail and geometric complexity. Ideally, by adding more and smaller faces to an object, a designer can model different surface textures and create realistic variations in the interplay of light and shadow. However, adding faces also quickly increases the size of … [Read more...] about Project to Improve Graphics Rendering in Second Life
Linden Lab clams up on metrics
Tateru Nino has a great story on how Linden Lab will no longer be providing SL economy metrics: Essentially, over the years, the figures have been progressively stripped of the supporting data that gave them meaning, and now hardly anyone can understand what’s left. That kind of makes it a waste of time to extract the data and generate the reports in the first place. Of … [Read more...] about Linden Lab clams up on metrics
Linden Lab’s take on 2011… and 2012
Whilst catching up on news around the place, I noticed this post from Linden Lab CEO Rod Humble: As we head into the new year, I’d like to share some highlights from 2011, as well as a glimpse of what’s to come in 2012. First, if you haven’t already, I hope you will explore our recently launched Linden Realms, the Lab's first-ever game prototype. For newbies, it is a very … [Read more...] about Linden Lab’s take on 2011… and 2012
Philip Rosedale spruiks new venture, talks down Second Life?
If you've followed the exploits of Linden Lab's former CEO and current Chairman over the past year or so, you'll know he's been off creating something new. The New York Times has run a profile on that venture, Coffee and Power. That venture seems interesting enough and leverages heavily the virtual currency model used for Second Life, in this case to purchase or receive … [Read more...] about Philip Rosedale spruiks new venture, talks down Second Life?