This is a guest post from Surreal Numbers on how the Openlife grid has played host to numerous musical events. It's one of many examples of how OpenSim and related grids are continuing to grow in popularity and maturity. Thanks to Shai Khalifa for the heads-up on the project initially, and for a historical take on Openlife you can also view our original 2008 profile of the … [Read more...] about The Virtually Live Events Project
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Openlife dumps Second Life viewer support
I haven't logged into Openlife for a few weeks, so I was unaware that support for the standard Second Life viewer has ceased. The proprietary viewer is now standard fare. Release 1.6.2 is the current build, and the Mac version runs like a dream for me. I'd argue its performance is zippier than the Second Life browser though it's not without its own ability to crash. The … [Read more...] about Openlife dumps Second Life viewer support
Migration to Openlife: one story
Aussie Second Life resident, Shai Khalifa, has posted an interesting piece on our discussion forums. As Shai writes, she had been a Second Life resident since September 2006. Technical problems, the lowering of sim pricing and the Openspaces issue led to her making a full migration to Openlife. Shai goes on to put the case for Openlife having a greater sense of community, … [Read more...] about Migration to Openlife: one story
Openlife sees benefit of Linden Lab price rise
The past 48 hours have been fascinating to observe. Since the announcement by Linden Lab of price rises for OpenSpaces sims in Second Life, there have been protests, petitions and the odd paragraph of doom-saying. It's been one of the larger resident backlashes since the gambling and banking bans, and some are voting with their feet already. Bettina Tizzy has reported on a … [Read more...] about Openlife sees benefit of Linden Lab price rise
Openlife: the momentum builds
Openlife resident Macphisto Angelus has posted an excellent summary of a recent meeting for Openlife residents. There were a couple of notable announcements out of the meeting. First, there's the partnership with realXtend and its promise for a graphically rich world. Second, a range of browser options are on the way, including a Mac version (Mac users can only use Openlife … [Read more...] about Openlife: the momentum builds