Archive for June, 2008

Planetarium in Second Life

I recently visited the Planetarium in Second Life. The night sky was beautiful in this interactive planetarium exhibit in Second Life. This planetarium was on the Explorer Island virtual sim in Second Life. There is a guide and you can identify constellations. Music also plays in the background. This was [...]

100 Avatars Picture

One of the problems with Second Life in the past has been the slowdown caused by too many avatars in a sim. In the past this may not have been possible. Yet the below video shows a photo being taken of one hundred live avatars in Second Life. The photo was taken [...]

iewer 1.20 RC11. Dazzle

There is a new viewer coming soon. Viewer 1.20 RC11. Dazzle. Over 30 fixes are included. The Dazzle theme will be optional. The user interface will now accept different skins. It will be interesting to see how the viewer continues to change and grow over time.
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A rolling restart will follow on the next three days

photo credit: Tamahikari Tammas
A rolling restart will follow on the next three days. Sever Version 1.22.4 will be rolling out. This version includes security fixes and bug fixes. As usual regions will get a warning before the update. No viewer update is required.
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Doctor Metropolis Machinima video

I found a very freaky Second Life Machinima video:

This Doctor Metropolis clip is titled Dangerous and secretive. It is very strange but a good example of what you can create in Second Life.
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Agros Second Life Software

The Agros software provides a free mobile client for Second Life users. Watch this short YouTube video demo below:

This is pretty interesting but it appears to maily offer chat through text messaging. At the same time there are mobile clients out there that allow you to visually participate in Second Life.
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Opening speech from the Second Life 5 year Birthday party

The opening speech from the Second Life 5 year Birthday party is now available:

The bash is on. The opening keynote was pretty cool. Events are also live on Metavers.TV. A podcast of the audio is also available. Do not miss the party!
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Second Life is an amazing game that is constantly improving

Second Life is an amazing game that is constantly improving. There are many ways to make money in Second Life but one of the cheapest ways is to earn free lindens from MetaRL.com. You can exchange the Linden Dollars for real money. Make free Lindens with MetaRL.com by taking surveys or playing [...]

Roman hot spots in Second Life

I love Rome and Roman things. This Second Life video points out some Roman hot spots in Second Life. Some of these are amazing, beautiful, accurate, and imaginative. Revisiting ancient Rome has never been more real. I particularly liked the use of WindLight in the video. Some of the Roman [...]

Bill and Ted’s Excellent Second Life Adventures

Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventures in Second Life
Bill and Ted go on a totally excellent journey in Second Life. Their time travelling phone booth has been recreated. The lighting effects and flying scene make this particularly excellent. If you are a fan of Bill and Ted you have to see this video:
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