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I got 6/6! Some of them were obvious though.
Quiz: How Many Virtual Humans Can You Correctly Identify?
Click here to find out, and please report your score in Comments. The quiz uses virtual human faces generated from an automated process called GANS, created by nVidia, then seeds them among photos of actual people. I rolled my eyes before taking this quiz, expecting the avatars to be obvious.....
Just heard today that the lovely Duet sim, a great place for photography, has closed. Sad to see it go.
Second Life Grid Continues to Grow in Wake of Tier Discounts (But Slowly)
Likely missed by many during Thanksgiving week, here's the latest Second Life economic report from Tyche Shepherd, a top statistician for a major multinational whose quirky hobby is tracking the evolution of virtual world land ownership on Grid Survey. (Follow her on Twitter here.) Continuing...
Hi Sarah, thanks for getting back to me on that. I might contact you inworld at some point. I do think you raise interesting points.
Second Life Avatar Fashion So Confusing & Complicated There Are Professional Makeover Agencies
Before and after with the Makeover Agency SL social media queen Ms. Strawberry Singh has a fascinating interview with the founder of The Makeover Agency, which is more or less an outgrowth of Second Life's option-laden, confusing, user-unfriendly fashion marketplace and user interface. As found...
I love CronoCloud's response. Fabulous. I'm also interested in Sarah's reply - you said something about brands offering your services for free to customers. Do you mean doing the same thing you're doing, or in some ways using your agency (which I understood to be a paying service, though you offer free quick fixes too)?
Second Life Avatar Fashion So Confusing & Complicated There Are Professional Makeover Agencies
Before and after with the Makeover Agency SL social media queen Ms. Strawberry Singh has a fascinating interview with the founder of The Makeover Agency, which is more or less an outgrowth of Second Life's option-laden, confusing, user-unfriendly fashion marketplace and user interface. As found...
This looks interesting!
Black Dragon Comes With Highly Detailed In-Viewer Poser for SL Avatars
Black Dragon, the third party Second Life viewer with a cult following among hardcore graphics fans, has a relatively unknown feature with a lot of potential uses: In-viewer avatar poser, editing poses with an extremely high and subtle detail, available in the menu via Dragon > My Useful Featur...
A tragic loss, and far too young. Condolences to his friends and family.
Phoenix Psaltery, Beloved Longtime SL Community Member, Dies IRL
I'm sad to report that Phoenix Psaltery (Alan Seeger IRL), a central figure in the Second Life user community for many years, passed away recently, at the far too early age of 58. Exact circumstances of his death aren't known at press time, but last weekend, his real life daughter reported on ...
I only went into Sansar for the first time the other day, and I was impressed with the textures. The base line in there with materials and textures is obviously going to be better than Second Life which has stuff going back to 2003. 2077 is an impressive place. I wandered around there and took a bunch of pics. It did remind me of Ready Player One a bit, because Max Headroom seemed to be playing in one of the videos.
WATCH: A Machinima Postcard of 2077, the Hit Cyberpunk City in Sansar
Huckleberry Hax, who makes acclaimed machinima in Second Life, shot this impressive montage of 2077, a very impressive cyberpunk city in Sansar created by "C3rb3rus". Hax created it, he writes, because it's the first Sansar experience to lure him from Second Life back into Linden Lab's new virt...
Sending her a get well. Just noticed this post now.
Help Me Offer "Get Well Soon!" Wishes to NWN Blogger Cajsa Lilliehook!
Later today, New World Notes will feature another great installment of Cajsa's Choices, Cajsa Lilliehook's ongoing, indispensable compilation of Second Life screenshots turned into works of art, and her interviews with the artists who create them. (She also features her own SL fashion shoots o...
Keep writing the articles. I think they're fine as they are. A balance to hyped up VR elsewhere.
NWN Survey on Twitter: How Tiresome is My Criticism of VR Overhype?
How tiresome is my constant criticism of virtual reality overhype on New World Notes? — Wagner James Au (@slhamlet) October 16, 2017 Curious what NWN readers think. Every time some big VR news story breaks with any amount of "VR is the future!!1!1" verbiage, I can feel my fingers twitching to b...
Oh god, this woman is me. At least, partly. I like organising my inventory, I can chat to people, but based on past experience in SL, I don't bother making friends. Don't have time to commit to that. My avatars have often put their pjs or whatever on, and gone to bed, before I log off, lol. One used to go to a beach, or go sailing, before going to bed, just because the sound of the sea was a great way to get into sleep mode. The same one used to walk her dog every day, one of those VKC pets. Another who lived in Weimar Berlin, in the guest house, always used the lavatory, every day she logged in, to make the experience of living in a 1929 guesthouse with the pull chain loo (shared between all the residents) more realistic. One would have her stove on with the sausages in the pan, because the VKC dog was obsessed with 'greeting' the sausages. The same avatar used to take baths a lot, because I have a shower rather than a bath, and the sound of the bubbling water always seemed quite soothing.
Going back to inventory management, I used to do it a lot at music gigs. Tidy my inventory while listening to music.
That Some Second Life Users Actually Enjoy Managing Their Massive Inventories is the Strangest Second Life Fact of All
Second Life blogger Strawberry Singh has a fun Seven Facts challenge, where other SL bloggers/YouTubers share that number of things about their Second Life. So far my favorite is this one above from Mangrovejane, who admits how relaxing it is to... manage her Second Life inventory. Which as any...
What a wonderful film. So great you found it and were able to track William down and do an interview. Such a poignant film.
WATCH: “RLForever”, A Powerful Virtual World Tribute to Real World Loss
“RLForever” by William Weaver is among the most beautiful machinimas I’ve ever seen, a melancholy tribute to someone now gone that weaves together smooth tracking shots and 3D text to create a visual poem, scored to Max Richter’s achingly moving “Love Songs”. Weaver uploaded it to YouTube some ...
Just wanted to thank Maxwell for his input here, and the info he gives - I'd heard the regions were bigger. I'm really looking forward to getting into Sansar and having a look around. Also interested to see how Space develops.
Why Sansar Can Succeed Where Other Virtual Worlds Failed: Max Graf, Master Metaverse Builder, Makes the Case
Here's the latest teaser video for Linden Lab's Sansar featuring Max Graf, a longtime 3D content creator famous in Second Life for his awesome Rustica experience. Max also built a version of Rustica in Blue Mars, the now-defunct, PC-based virtual world from 5-7 years ago which seems to have man...
I've got a question for Adam. I was in the international space station region yesterday, and really wanted to take some pics, but my avatar was constantly in view. I just wanted Earth and/or the station. I couldn't see a panning or zoom control like you get in Firestorm and SL viewers. Am I missing something? I'm not yet accustomed to the UI yet.
Space MMO Avatars Get Massive Update: 90 Customization Sliders, Improved Support for Fashion Designers, Enhanced Skin Rendering
Space, the upcoming Unity 3D-based virtual world from SL/OpenSim vets (a proud NWN sponsor!), has a new update with lots of improvements to their avatars, both for users and content creators potentially interested in creating and selling avatar fashion in Space. Go here to get the free downloa...
Can't wait to try these out!
Linden Lab Adds Bento-Based Starter Avatars With Emphasis on Fantasy UPDATE: Watch Alicia Demo New Avatars in Video!
Was wondering when Linden Lab was going to give new SL users a chance to enjoy avatars using Bento, the company's new highly articulated skeleton technology, and now here they are: Today we’re excited to announce a set of 8 new starter avatars which are themed Renaissance, Mystic Heroes and A...
Thanks!
Space Virtual World Sample Sites to See Over the Long Summer Weekend
Space, the upcoming Unity 3D-based virtual world from SL/OpenSim vets (a proud NWN sponsor!), has some prototype sites that you may want to visit over the long Summer weekend, especially if you're interested in potentially developing content in it, and want to experience what's possible. Go he...
Sudan and Zone 54B are great looking regions. I'll be interested to try out the new avatar and body sliders. Would like to change the look of mine.
Space Virtual World Sample Sites to See Over the Long Summer Weekend
Space, the upcoming Unity 3D-based virtual world from SL/OpenSim vets (a proud NWN sponsor!), has some prototype sites that you may want to visit over the long Summer weekend, especially if you're interested in potentially developing content in it, and want to experience what's possible. Go he...
I've used this viewer - it's good for photography. I seem to recall that it was less laggy at one point, but I haven't used it for a while and couldn't comment on it now. This video is making me think I need to give it another go.
Watch Black Dragon In Action: 3rd Party SL Viewer With Great Graphics Effects
Watch YouTuber Tyus Haze give a quick test drive of the Black Dragon viewer, a third party viewer I've admired for quite some time. Watch Tyus' video and you'll be able to tell why. "I'm just so amazed at how a viewer in SL can look this good and not do any damage to my computer, and I'm not la...
Thanks for your response Adam. That's very interesting! I will be back in to have a look around again as soon as I can! Thanks!
Carlos - thanks. :)
NWN Open Form: Say Anything About Any Virtual World
NWN is on a brief hiatus today, so the microphone is yours -- post opinions, events, pics, videos, etc. in Comments, include links whenever possible for possible highlighting later! And as always, self-promotion is always encouraged (long as you're promoting something cool).
Forgot to say that when I asked about sea depth in the Space Q&A here, I didn't get an answer on that, and when I went in I could see the reason why. Space is quite different from SL, and I'm wondering if Sansar is more like Space.
NWN Open Form: Say Anything About Any Virtual World
NWN is on a brief hiatus today, so the microphone is yours -- post opinions, events, pics, videos, etc. in Comments, include links whenever possible for possible highlighting later! And as always, self-promotion is always encouraged (long as you're promoting something cool).
There needs to be a crack down on scammers on the SL MP stealing people's stuff and reselling it. Which makes me wonder if some of the issues in Second Life are being addressed in Sansar and its marketplace.
I'll need to have another look around Space. Been in a couple of times. It will be an interesting one to keep an eye on, though the one thing I really really like about SL (and Inworldz) is their global map with maritime areas. I'm inclined to think Sansar might not be like this, based on what I've heard.
I'd like to see a virtual world with a sea depth far greater than 20 metres (can't recall if Inworldz has the same depth as SL). Would be great for underwater building, realistic deep water marine landscapes, and underwater cities.
NWN Open Form: Say Anything About Any Virtual World
NWN is on a brief hiatus today, so the microphone is yours -- post opinions, events, pics, videos, etc. in Comments, include links whenever possible for possible highlighting later! And as always, self-promotion is always encouraged (long as you're promoting something cool).
Can someone tell Linden Lab that it's summer now! I wonder if their idea of summer is September. Or maybe next year.
Wonder what they will be offering with the subscription package. There would have to be some decent bait.
Subscription Fees for Sansar Will Be Optional, Linden Lab Clarifies
Update to yesterday's post citing Kotaku that Sansar may have a subscription fee for access -- Linden Lab spokesman Peter Gray posted a clarification in Comments: You will be able to access Sansar for free. There will also be subscription packages available, and the details of those offerings...
Love her short hair. It's nice to see people who are still using standard avis or heads promoting their favourite stuff. I don't think she needs a mesh head. Her head looks nice as it is.
That second video is hilarious.
SLer YouTuber Maddie Wyatt Charmingly YouTubes as Her SL Avatar
Maddie Wyatt has a fun YouTube channel that's a bit different from other SL YouTubers focused on unboxing virtual items or virtual fashion per se, since she more or less shoots her videos in character as her avatar. "It's roleplay-based instead of a shopping vlog, Maddie is her character," as f...
Wonder what small subscription amounts to. Personally I wouldn't mind a small amount, but they could mean a small amount every month, which then adds up. Especially if you're still active in SL (not to mention any other grids). I just want to get in and have a look around, especially to see how good it is without a headset since I won't be using one for health and $ reasons. But I'm half expecting them to push the opening back again.
That Egyptian tomb looks fabulous.
Sansar May Launch With "Small Subscription" Fee, Kotaku Reports UPDATE, 6/23: Basic Access Free, Subscriptions Optional, Linden Lab Clarifies
Update, 6/23: Linden Lab clarifies that Sansar subscriptions will be optional. Cecilia D'Anastasio has written a lot of great, provocative stories incorporating Second Life (such as this deeply dark one), so I'm impressed that she's impressed by her "Hands-On With Sansar, The New Second Life"....
Jewel - just noticed the landmark for your artwork inworld. I will check that out!
Cajsa’s Choices: The Second Life Art Nouveau of Jewel Appletor
"Friends" by Jewel Appletor Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting When I look at Jewel Appletor’s SL images of Flickr, I am reminded of illustrations you might find in turn of the last century’s books, fashion and fiction illustrations that are r...
Great piece, Casja! And those are beautiful images. Great backstory too with the real life changes Second Life brought.
Cajsa’s Choices: The Second Life Art Nouveau of Jewel Appletor
"Friends" by Jewel Appletor Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting When I look at Jewel Appletor’s SL images of Flickr, I am reminded of illustrations you might find in turn of the last century’s books, fashion and fiction illustrations that are r...
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