Max – New Open Source Mesh Avatar – Resources
The GitHub “RuthAndRoth” GitHub organization is an online community dedicated to the creation and sharing of mesh avatars for virtual worlds and which are efficient to use. An aim has been to provide...
View ArticleSecond Life – Halloween 2023 – Voodoo In New Orleans
The haunted wastelands of New Orleans. Warning: magic and hoodoo remain here, even after the people are gone! Enjoy yourself at the theme park, tour the Garden District, party on Bourbon Street, solve...
View ArticleHistory of the Development of Max
Preparation for Panel Session at OpenSimulalator Community Conference 2023: Max – New Free Mesh bodies for OpenSim Avatar – History of the project, current Ruth2 and Roth2 avatars, testing models,...
View ArticleMax – Open Source Mesh Avatars – Resources
The GitHub “RuthAndRoth” GitHub organization is an online community dedicated to the creation and sharing of mesh avatars for virtual worlds and which are efficient to use. An aim has been to provide...
View ArticleSupercar at Norse Auk in Second Life
Supercar 3D model in Second Life at Norse Auk… using the Linden Lab 7.0.1 Physically Based Rendering (PBR) Viewer. Not bad for a model originally made in 1998....
View ArticleSecond Life Ice Skating 2023
FlyGearZ Ice Skating Lakes Updated for 2023 by Jenna Dirval and her Team http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/FlyGearZ/7/215/26 As in 2022, Flyte, Tyme and adjacent regions have a wonderful skating...
View ArticleAurelia’s Region in Second Life
Aurelia’s region in Second Life is a wonderful atmospheric build by JuicyBomb (Gorgeous Aurelia in Second Life, @gogolita on Twitter/X). Build by @Sparkle Skye who dropped in to say hello....
View ArticleVirtual World Vehicle Scripting System
Cuga Rajal provides the Supercar vehicle Scripting System for Second Life and OpenSimulator. Current version: Supercar Plus 2.0.4, July 24, 2023. GitGHub Source:...
View ArticleSecond Life – Winter Wonderland 2023
Annually Second Life hosts “Winter Wonderland” regions with ice skating, sledding, snow scenes and fireworks. This year the environment was built with Physically-Based Rendering “Materials” (PBR) to...
View ArticleSledging in Second Life 2023
Pick up a sledge and take to the Sled Run on Winter Wonderland in Second Life (2023)… http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Winter%20Wonderland%203/163/71/92
View ArticleHippiestock Festival 2024 in Second Life
Visit the “Hippiestock” Festival in Second Life in January 2024… a lovely watercolour style region themed like the famous Woodstock Festival from 1969. The watercolour trees and leaves are a nice...
View ArticleFirestorm PBR Alpha Tests for VR Mod
This is an experiment by @Sgeo to test Firestorm VR Mod 7.1.2.72850 PBR Alpha Test version to check whether the VR Mod approach works – and the good new is that it does. The above images are all taken...
View ArticleMirrors in Second Life
With the introduction of Physically-Based Rendering (PBR) glTF materials support in Second Life viewers, the development of a “Mirror” reflection capability that is high enough quality and updates in...
View ArticleLeonardo.ai for Avatar Realistic Image Generation
Gogo of Juicy Bomb made one of her useful tutorials on how to use Leonardo AI to turn Second Life avatar snapshots into realistic looking characters generated by AI, posting it on her Plurk Channel....
View ArticleThe Nature Collective in Second Life
Following a snapshot posted by @Wurfi on Twitter/X I thought “The Nature Collective” virtual world build by Emm Vintner and her team on Gealain region in Second Life would be worth exploring....
View ArticleWebRTC – Resources
There is a proposal to replace Vivox voice with open-source WebRTC facilities. This blog post provides links and resources related to the use of WebRTC in Second Life and potentially in OpenSim....
View ArticleFirestorm VR Mod 6.6.17
Download link: https://github.com/humbletim/firestorm-gha/releases/ Firestorm VR Mod 6.6.17.70368 is the final Pre-PBR (Pre Physically Based Rendering) Viewer. Firestorm VR Mod is a version of the...
View ArticleAurelias Fables in Second Life
A Second Life build by JuicyBomb (GoGo) and her collaborators. This is an update on an area I previously visited in Winter (see this blog post). https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Aurelias/96/170/28
View ArticleSnowy Valley Cafe in Second Life
Visit the Snowy Valley Cafe in the Sansara Snowlands regions, a build by Sashe Silver. http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nakiska/25/164/57 You can travel there via the Okemo, Nakiska, and Southern...
View ArticleConvai Characters for Virtual Worlds
Enable virtual world and game characters with human-like conversation capabilities. They can be integrated into various platforms including Unity, Roblox and Second Life. On some platforms Ready Player...
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