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Second Life – Duet Using Suno.ai
https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Yawgoo/84/96/2992 An installation by technorabbit in Second Life. Replicants Duet between Deckard and Rachel inspired by Bladerunner Information from YouTube...
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Second Life – glTF Import Progress
Linden Lab is in the process of adding glTF 3D model support to Second Life, starting initially with PBR materials and moving on to full glTF (and .glb) scene, mesh nodes (including hierarches),...
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Firestorm VR Mod 7.1.9
Firestorm VR Mod 7.1.9.74745 is the first PBR (Physically Based Rendering) VR Mod viewer release. Firestorm VR Mod is a version of the popular Firestorm Viewer for Second Life and OpenSimulator with...
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Second Life Mobile
On 25-Jun-2024 the Second Life Mobile app, which has been under development using the Unity platform by Linden Lab for over a year, became available to Premium Second Life users as part of the Beta...
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Firestorm SgeoMinVR 7.1.9
This blog post provides links and resources related to Firestorm SgeoMinVR which is still undergoing testing and revision. The standard Firestorm VR Mod 7.1.9 can be found via this blog post. @Sgeo on...
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HG Safari Blog – Ai Austin Interview
This blog post gives the information provided as a basis for a blog post by Thirza Ember on the HG Safari Blog. An interview on the OSGrid regions of RuthAndRoth, Black Rock and Space City was held on...
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NASA Lunar Gateway in Second Life
On 15-Aug-2024 NASA 3D Resources released a 3D model of the Lunar gateway in the glTF (.glb) format along with a near Moon environment surround. See https://nasa3d.arc.nasa.gov/detail/gateway The glTF...
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Firestorm VR Mod
Firestorm VR Mod is a version of the popular Firestorm Viewer for Second Life and OpenSimulator with modifications to provide VR capabilities for VR Head Mounted Displays (HMDs) via SteamVR. This is...
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Firestorm VR Mod 7.1.10
7.1.10 is still in preparation and testing. Public download is not yet available. Firestorm VR Mod 7.1.10.75913 is the first VR Mod viewer release with support for the WebRTC voice services which will...
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OAR Converter with glTF
OAR Converter can take an OpenSimulator Archive (OAR) and from it create textures, meshes and terrain suitable to import into a Unity or Unreal Engine scene. It can use Collada (DAE), OBJ or glTF...
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NotebookLM – on Firestorm VR Mod
NotebookLM by Google (https://notebooklm.google.com/) is an AI-powered research and writing assistant that works with a number of the information sources that you upload or provide URLs for. A sample...
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Autumn in Second Life
Autumn has arrived in Second Life and the Fall colours are out on many regions. E.g. on Luanes World, Le Monde Perdu – Autumn 2024 http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Le%20Monde%20Perdu/187/185/23
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Second Life – Halloween 2024 – Voodoo In New Orleans
Welcome to the macabre and realistic world of New Orleans by “A Halloween Experience” group in Second Life. https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Wandering%20New%20York/46/139/23
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Firestorm VR Mod 7.1.11
Firestorm VR Mod 7.1.11.76496 release has support for the WebRTC voice services which will be the default in future in Second Life. Vivox voice is still available on regions which use that (including...
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Second Life – Winter 2024
Annually Second Life hosts a number of Winter themed regions with ice skating, skiing, sledding, snow scenes and fireworks. https://secondlife.com/destinations/winter Adagio’s Winterland Lake...
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Second Life in a Web Browser
Project Zero from Linden Lab is an early experiment with providing access to Second Life via a web browser using streaming technology. Limited initial access for testing is available via...
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Ray Gun
My favourite SciFi ray gun is Dr. Grordbort’s Righteous Bison Ray Gun, at one time sold as “replicas” by Weta Workshop. Seen here in use by Art3mis in a “Readyverse” virtual world experience based on...
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Second Life – glTF Mesh Uploader Tests
This blog post is to provide resources used in testing glTF Mesh capabilities in Second Life. This is to be done via an extension of the Collada (.dae) mesh uploader. The glTF after import will be...
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Ringworld Environment in Second Life
The “Ringworld” of science fiction writer Larry Niven is an artificial habitat that completely encircles its star – with a surface area about three million times that of the Earth. Having been built by...
View ArticleAvaLab Avatar Exporter
https://www.avalab.org/avatar_exporter/ The AvaLab Avatar Exporter is a free add-on built by Gaia Clary to support Linden Lab in testing glTF rigged mesh and avatar uploads. It exports your rigged mesh...
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Second Life – glTF – 2001
As part of testing Second Life glTF Mesh capabilities in the first glTF “Test Project Viewer” from Linden Lab – Second Life Test 7.1.14.15364143480 I uploaded a glTF export of the 2001 Station and...
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Second Life – glTF – Pisten Bully 300
As part of testing Second Life glTF Mesh capabilities in the first glTF “Test Project Viewer” from Linden Lab – Second Life Test 7.1.14.15364143480 I uploaded a glTF export of the Pisten Bully using...
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Second Life – glTF – Batmobile
As part of testing Second Life glTF Mesh capabilities in the first glTF “Test Project Viewer” from Linden Lab – Second Life Test 7.1.14.15364143480 I uploaded a glTF export of the 1966 Batmobile using...
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Second Life – glTF – Sintel Avatar
As part of testing Second Life glTF Mesh capabilities in the first glTF “Test Project Viewer” from Linden Lab – Second Life Project Gltf Mesh Import 7.1.14.15397877115. The Open Source Blender Project...
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Second Life – glTF – Supercar
The “Supercar” mesh model is an interesting example of a reasonably large complex mesh that cannot be uploaded in a single part. The 3D models of Gerry Anderson’s Supercar and Black Rock Laboratory...
View ArticleSecond Life – glTF Mesh – June 2025
After many months of development and testing, Linden Lab released the first public facing “Project Viewer” to support glTF mesh upload to Second Life… Second Life Project glTF Mesh Import –...
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Second Life – Snow Zones
A nice snow zone themed area in Second Life is in the Appalachia and Shasta regions… http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Appalachia/78/172/94
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Ready Player Me Avatars in Second Life (Onigiri and glTF)
This blog post describes a process to take Ready Player Me (https://readyplayer.me) avatars via Blender to use in Second Life via glTF import of rigged avatar meshes which is supported in Second Life...
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Firestorm VR Mod 7.1.13
I N P R E P A R A T I O N Firestorm VR Mod 7.1.13.78266 release has support for the WebRTC voice services which will be the default in future in Second Life. Vivox voice is still available on regions...
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Second Life – glTF – Oil Rig
As part of testing Second Life glTF Mesh capabilities in the Second Life Gltf Mesh Import viewer from Linden Lab – Second Life Project Gltf Mesh Import 7.1.14.15726311294 I uploaded a glTF export of...
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