The SL voice experience so far
On the SLOz forums, Juko Tempel has invited comments on residents’ experiences with voice in SL to date.
How have you found it? How often do you use voice versus text?
Weekend Whimsy
Each Friday we provide a sampling of content generated by SL users and posted on services like YouTube:
1. Strangefates at Midnight Blues
2. Aleksie’s Dance
Toxic Garden
I’d still argue that the Greenies Build by Rezzable is the most impressive SL presence I’ve seen. I’d read about some other Rezzable builds like The Cannery (SL Artwork from a number of artists) but hadn’t checked any out. When I TP’d to The Cannery I went to the Map View and noticed the enourmous [...]
2.5 million SL users by 2010? Maybe.
Veteran aussie SL developer Gary Hayes (Gary Hazlitt) has postulated that there may be as many as 2.5 million simultaneous SL users by mid-2010. Guessing at numbers that far into the future is always going to be crystal-ball gazing but instinctively 2.5 million doesn’t seem out of the bounds of possibility – particulary with improvements [...]
Third-party SL viewers continue to grow
Since the open-sourcing of the browser code, the innovation that’s occurred in that area has been substantial. A recent browser iteration I noticed was one that blocks eyesores.
I’ve been a bit conservative and just used the stock standard LL browsers but I’m interested to hear about any third-party browsers you’ve used and why.
More than just the jitters? Australian business in Second Life
One of the most commonly reported aspects of SL is its relationship with RL business. A year ago, the reporting was predominantly rose-shaded and that continued up until recently when some US business reduced or ceased their SL presence. The mood change in the mainstream media was noticeable and to a large extent its continued. [...]
