Tateru Nino has written a very useful guide on minimising lag in Second life - you can read it in full here. Try saying 'Sim Ping' five times really quickly ;) Whilst talking Linden Lab, CEO Mark Kingdon has provided a heads-up on progress toward a more usable Second Life. Lots more improvements are promised, the biggest one being the development of a new Second Life browser. … [Read more...] about Reducing your Second Life lag
For the new user
Getting help in virtual worlds.
Dear askers of questions, We'd love to help you out! For the most part, we enjoy answering your questions, and we don't ask for much for ourselves, just the typical rewards you get from helping out and teaching other people: fun, learning, and a sense of responsibility and satisfaction. However, we do also require that you show a certain amount of consideration towards us, … [Read more...] about Getting help in virtual worlds.
Stream your own radio station into Second Life
Torley Linden strikes again with a blog post on using a service called MediaMaster to do direct streams into SL rather than relying on third party streams. … [Read more...] about Stream your own radio station into Second Life
More Second Life tutorials
The prolific Torley Linden has released sixteen more tutorial videos (at around 2 minutes each) for newer Second Life users or anyone who hasn't really looked through what Second Life can do. The latest batch are: - 3 ways to get to About Land - Avatar Rendering Cost - Find Friends & Groups faster - Give stuff to someone nearby - Give stuff to someone remote - Instant viewer … [Read more...] about More Second Life tutorials
Want to show YouTube videos in Second Life?
Torley Linden shows you how here. It's essentially a workaround by using the 'high quality' MP4 file associated with a lot of YouTube files now. … [Read more...] about Want to show YouTube videos in Second Life?