Inara Pey | Living in a Modem World – Second Life, virtual worlds and virtual reality
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As Inara Pey, I’ve been blogging about my SL times since the end of 2007. You’ll find a mix of news, reviews, commentary and opinions.
Inara Pey | Living in a Modem World – Second Life, virtual worlds and virtual reality
17h ago
We’re fast approaching the end of April 2024, and I’m still playing catch-up on blogging (house renovations are SO much fun… or so some say!); so before the month goes *poof* in its entirety, I’m going to use this piece to squeeze three exhibitions into the one article. My apologies to the artists for doing ..read more
Inara Pey | Living in a Modem World – Second Life, virtual worlds and virtual reality
2d ago
The following notes were taken from the Tuesday, April 23rd, 2024 Simulator User Group (SUG) meeting. They form a summary of the items discussed, and are not intended to be a full transcript, and were taken from my chat log and the video by Pantera – my thanks to her as always for providing it ..read more
Inara Pey | Living in a Modem World – Second Life, virtual worlds and virtual reality
2d ago
It has been announced that Tilia.io, the all-in-one payments platform established by Linden Lab in 2019 and the power behind the Linden Dollar (as well as supporting a number of other platforms and virtual environments), is to be acquired by Singapore-based business-2-business (B2B) payments infrastructure firm Thunes. The acquisition of Tilia will be for an ..read more
Inara Pey | Living in a Modem World – Second Life, virtual worlds and virtual reality
2d ago
Updates from the week through to Sunday, April 21st, 2024 This summary is generally published every Monday, and is a list of SL viewer / client releases (official and TPV) made during the previous week. When reading it, please note: It is based on my Current Viewer Releases Page, a list of all Second Life ..read more
Inara Pey | Living in a Modem World – Second Life, virtual worlds and virtual reality
3d ago
In May 2020 I visited a region design by Jade Koltai which – as with her work with the much-missed Serene Footman – was based on a real world location: the Hotel De Salto, Columbia. It was a fascinating visualisation of a place with an equally fascinating history, some of which I touched upon when ..read more
Inara Pey | Living in a Modem World – Second Life, virtual worlds and virtual reality
3d ago
NASA’s ambitious plan to fly a robotic vehicle on a moon of another world is to go ahead after receiving official confirmation in April 2024. With its cost now set at some US $3.35 billion, double its initial price estimates – largely the result of the COVID pandemic derailing the vehicle development process in 2020/21 ..read more
Inara Pey | Living in a Modem World – Second Life, virtual worlds and virtual reality
5d ago
The following notes were taken from my audio recording and chat log transcript of the Content Creation User Group (CCUG) meeting held on Thursday, April 18th, 2024. Meeting Purpose The CCUG meeting is for discussion of work related to content creation in Second Life, including current and upcoming LL projects, and encompasses requests or comments ..read more
Inara Pey | Living in a Modem World – Second Life, virtual worlds and virtual reality
5d ago
On Friday, April 19th, Linden Lab issued a pre-recorded segment of Lab Gab, intended to provide updates on various technical projects currently in progress – notably the SL Mobile app – and to provide a modest degree of update on policy matters in the wake of allegations levelled publicly and pseudonymously against the company and ..read more
Inara Pey | Living in a Modem World – Second Life, virtual worlds and virtual reality
1w ago
Kerupa Flow returns to Nitroglobus Roof Gallery through April and early May 2024 with a new 2D and 3D art exhibition entitled Cage. I’ve followed Kerupa since 2015, and have always been fascinated by her art, incorporating as it just multiple techniques and approaches, with her work with a digital tablet and pen being particularly striking ..read more
Inara Pey | Living in a Modem World – Second Life, virtual worlds and virtual reality
1w ago
The following notes were taken from the Tuesday, April 16th, 2024 Simulator User Group (SUG) meeting. They form a summary of the items discussed, and are not intended to be a full transcript, and were taken from my chat log and the video by Pantera – my thanks to her as always for providing it ..read more