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
Software updates
Second Life in a web browser: beta launches
With minimal fanfare, Linden Lab have launched a beta of their 'Second Life in a browser' offering AKA Project Skylight. Found here, you can sign-up and check it out in a session lasting up to an hour. As always, Tateru Nino has scoped it out in detail, noting that not surprisingly it's a bandwidth hungry beast and that once you watch the 45-second intro video a selection … [Read more...] about Second Life in a web browser: beta launches
Second Life in a browser on the near horizon
"Project Skylight" is its name apparently, and it's the project that will hopefully deliver Second Life in a web browser. Tateru Nino got a confirmation from Linden Lab that testing will be occurring, so hopefully we'll see some concrete examples in the short-term. It's a well overdue development, and one that is not so much innovative as essential for Second Life's longer … [Read more...] about Second Life in a browser on the near horizon
Linden Lab announce Viewer 2.1: voice morphing now available
First - some cynicism on what is otherwise a noteworthy announcement. It's hard to imagine that it's spontaneity that led to a fairly significant viewer upgrade a day after laying off 30% of its staff. It's a move that will be seen through by a lot of Second Life residents for what it is: a carefully planned PR exercise to take the focus off the cutbacks whilst emphasising it's … [Read more...] about Linden Lab announce Viewer 2.1: voice morphing now available
Second Life 2.0: sneak peek of the new viewer
Back in June last year, we gave a sneak peek of the Second Life 2.0 viewer. At the time, Linden Lab stated it was only a very early iteration of what would be the final product. The imminent announcement by the Lab of the public beta for Viewer 2 certainly adds weight to that claim, given the much larger feature set of the near-final product. Here's the June 2009 … [Read more...] about Second Life 2.0: sneak peek of the new viewer