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Philip Rosedale started SL on the premise of "Creating the Metaverse". If he's still pursuing the vision that Neal Stephenson alluded to almost 27 years ago, then Phil needs to throw in the towel now. If it didn't happen in his mind with Second Life, it's not going to happen with High Fidelity now. The "Street" was a massive server that one tapped into using dial-up. The only difference between "The Street", and "The Oasis" is a name. Second Life achieved that server concept. But Phil couldn't see it because he's chasing an author's plotline that doesn't work in today's reality.
Will High Fidelity's Short Term Focus on Desktop Change the Future of Social VR? Readers, Users & VR Experts Debate
Lots of interesting conversation on Philip Rosedale's bombshell news late last week that High Fidelity would close down nearly all its hosted sites and devote much more attention to supporting its desktop clients -- both from readers and users, and experts in the VR industry. First, from reade...
This particular ruling is a boon for content creators, particularly, the Japanese. Using VR Chat as an example, much of what I see there is fan based avatar usage. Characters that have been ripped mostly from games, and many that are quite recognizable. In this sole example, I totally understand the desire to curtail this practice. At some point in the future, there will be players that will come into their game and discover that everything they have installed is gone. This is unavoidable. Reuploading the items will only flag the players for disciplinary actions. At this point, the game developers and the site hosts need to come up with a way to help the players either licence the content affordably, or point a direction to self creation and/or free content.
Online Worlds With User-Generated Content Like VRChat, Roblox & Second Life Threatened by Upcoming EU Regulation, Says EFF's Cory Doctorow
VRChat avatars based on copyrighted content UPDATE, June 20: The EU has approved this copyright policy by a single vote. Here's what happens next. The EFF has an important post from Cory Doctorow on a pending update to the EU Copyright Directive, set for vote on June 20 or 21. For reasons he e...
@sirhc desantis, What Article 13 "implies", is that people using copyrighted works must surrender the use of those works, unless they are properly licensed and paid for. Quoting the letter of the law outside of a legal court of law is a waste of time for all concerned. This is why there is such pandemonium over GDPR. Common people with no need to know about law, are being forced to read fine print, and one mis-crossed T, or undotted I, will land them in court with hefty fines.
Rather than speaking legalese, why not offer service to those in need of trying to understand this chaos?
How to Save Online Games With User-Generated Content Now Threatened by the EU's Article 13 (Hint: It Won't Be Easy)
VRChat avatars based on copyrighted content Article 13, the EU's Copyright Directive, an existential threat to every single online games/MMOs with user-generated content including Minecraft, Roblox, Second Life, VRChat, and beyond -- for reasons explained here -- has just been approved in comm...
From the picture, it looked like a cool place. I'm sorry I never got a chance to go there. I never knew about it.
Flux No More: Unable to Make Land Tier Payments, Another Second Life Masterpiece Disappears
Petrovsky Flux creators blotto Epsilon and Cutea Benelli before the Flux itself The Petrovsky Flux, the acclaimed self-creating, self-destroying steampunk sky city which existed in Second Life for nearly a decade in some form, is gone. (As is an earlier variation, the Bogon Flux.) Astute read...
While the hand demo is amazing, what I'm finding fascinating is the avatar's eye movements! When did that get implemented? Geez, I feel like a newbie all over again.
Mesmerizing Bento Hand Demo from Russian SLer Lumen Wing
This is a beautiful and dreamlike Bento avatar hand demo from Russian Second Life user Lumen Wing, whose voice has seriously dulcet ASMR potential. It's all Russian language, of course, but she helpfully added a teleport link where you can buy these Bento hands: Click here to visit Vista Animat...
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