..read more

This has not gotten a lot of attention and I for one think it needs to get more eyes on it. Being able to just make plug-ins for a viewer and not having to compile an entire viewer when I want to make cool stuff for my viewer is going to be awesome. Coming soon: client-side scripting with Lua ..read more

Hovering on log in - Second Life feedback Looks like a server bug. Linden Lab is "continuing to investigate this issue:" Second Life Status Welcome to Second Life's home for real-time and historical data on system performance. status.secondlifegrid.net ..read more

I have added a VirtualVerse hangout featuring a giant pool, sauna, hot tub and bar. I will have future events there as well. Feel free to make use of it anytime. Mavericks It is also listed in Find, and I sent out the landmark to the in world group (and the old SLU group ..read more

There is an VirtualVerse group in SL - this is the direct link to it: secondlife:///app/group/acc2a83f-6a38-2415-734a-c062dee829bf/about It has been a bit dormant of late but I am going to be making more use of it. Hope to see you in it ..read more

From the LL blog: With the advances in GLTF PBR Materials and upcoming Terrain materials, we know it is time to increase the texture size limit to 2K (2048x2048 pixels). We are approaching this change carefully, and are still weighing pricing options for images larger than the current max size. 2K textures will allow artists to add significantly more detail to their creations and do things like efficiently consolidate more UV surface area onto a... Coming Soon ..read more

I was looking through some lists of metaverse platforms in 2024, and very rarely was Second Life listed among them. Why is that? It has arguably been "the metaverse" for 21 years. It meets all of the requirements (though so many of these new platforms seem crypto based, but the L$ is its own currency as well), but it gets overlooked. I know it is past its hype days, but it still surprised me not to see it more in discussions of metaverse platforms ..read more

Hello, I am looking to improve the quality of my builds, and a part of that is making my builds more accessible to blind people. I have some ideas like incorporating more sound to go with the models that are present- birdsong for forests, splashes when people through water, etc, but I largely wondered how is it that blind people navigate builds? I was talking to someone who seemed to think that blind people used a viewer that read the name and description of nearby objects and this how... How do blind people use Second Life and Opensim ..read more

Official Statement From Executive Chairman Brad Oberwager I want to take this opportunity to speak directly to the Second Life community. Thank you for being part of this wonderful world and giving us the time to carefully assess our situation after we became the subject of a blog post that has the potential to cause harm to our dedicated community memb... community.secondlife.com ..read more

[insert complaint about Linden Lab] [insert emoji ..read more