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"This capability was deployed to the Main Grid Release Candidate (RC) regions, which account for ~30% of the entire grid, on Wednesday, November 2nd. If all goes well, the capability will be available grid-wide after the deployments of Tuesday, November 8th, 2022." Read more on the blog.

"/SecondLife, the largest SL-related subreddit, recently grew past 10,000 subscribers." Read more on the blog.

"To this end, the Last Names Suggestions form has been created, allowing anyone who has a suggestion for a potential Second life Last Name to submit it to the Lab for consideration. When doing so, there are a couple of caveats to note:" Read more on the blog.

"The journey of NatureCon has been a huge adventure for everyone from the beginning on. First, it was just a random morning-coffee-talk between Soul and me about tech conferences and natural spaces within Second Life. But within less than an hour, these two topics have been combined to brainstorm an event idea: NatureCon was born." Read more on the blog.

"DR Ferry Services (DRFS) is an official NatureCon 2022 collaborator and will be offering a special service for the event. From August 18-31, visitors will be able to travel to the convention site by ferry." Read more on the blog.

"One of the most popular third-party viewers for accessing this platform is Firestorm. In this article, we will explore the current update of Firestorm to Physical Based Rendering (PBR) and the latest news regarding the development team." Read more on the blog.

"Many of us already know that Second Life has started an important migration to Amazon Web Service." Read more on the blog.

"So it’s another year and another pair of birthdays, physical and virtual – although I admit as the time passes, I get more and more envious of my avatar’s youth; she remains eternally young, trim and fit. Me? While I admit to still being vain enough to work out and maintain something of a trim figure (home rowing machines and exercise mats are both a godsend and a means of home torture), I have to admit that each year I find the back complaining a little more, the feet and knees getting more resentful when I go for walks or spend 20 minutes on the rowing machine…

However, be that as it may, December 5th saw my avatar reach 17 years of age."

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"In case you missed it over the holidays, the New York Times' story on the use of contemporary art displayed in major opera houses casually mentions that "the Chinese-born multimedia artist Cao Fei is showing a female avatar — a dystopian, pale-white head so imposing that signs have been put up all over the [Vienna] opera house to alert spectators to its presence." That avatar is actually China Tracy from Second Life -- she still has an active account in SL, look her up! -- who's been showing up in Cao Fei's art projects since 2007" Read more on the blog.

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"Discover the game-changing features of Inventory Item Preview and Single Folder View, designed to revolutionize inventory management. Streamline your workflow, save time, and boost productivity with these powerful tools. Explore how these features enhance efficiency, simplify organization, and provide real-time insights. Upgrade your inventory management game and stay ahead of the competition." Read more on the blog.

"Today I was lucky enough to be online when in the Bellisserian Inworld Group (Bellisseria Citizens), people start talking about the final open of the new Linden Homes theme demo area.
I could teleport there and see with my eyes this new European style. I knew that some of the creators of this theme are German." Read more on the blog.

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During the recent Dunk & Hug a Linden event on Friday 12th February 2021 Patch Linden says they may reveal the next Linden Home theme #8 at this year’s SL18B event. Check out this video of the event and skip to approximately 5 minutes / 30 seconds to hear what Patch had to say. Second Life 18th official birthday starts 23rd June 2021. The lab are now planning for the birthday and more will be announced in the months ahead." Read more on the blog.

"It’s the shopping event of the year that we all wait for and Seraphim is ready for you!" Read more on the blog.

"At long last, physically based rendering (i.e. PBR, i.e. reflective surfaces and such) are officially part of Second Life, integrated into the latest update to the official viewer. To see the PBR effect in all its glory first-hand, click here to teleport to the Rumpus sandbox regions." Read more on the blog

"We wouldn't usually publish on a public holiday. Instead, we'd give our journalists and photographers a break and let them spend time with their loved ones. This year, however, we decided to celebrate the Gazette's very first holiday season with a special edition. We hope you enjoy it! All of us at the BBB would like to wish you and your families the happiest of holidays and the most fortunate of New Years." Read more on the blog.

"In total we had 2,337 of which only 5 respondents didn’t wear a mesh head at all. Not unexpectedly the vast majority of respondents were female avatars." Read more on the blog.

"The 2023 Relay For Life of Second Life season dates have officially been released for next year. The theme for 2023 is Hope Floats. Relay For Life is the “signature event of the American Cancer Society in Second Life and has been active, and continually growing in Second Life since 2005”." Read more on the blog.

"Linden Lab only recently announced its Puppetry Project, enabling real time control of Second Life avatars through webcams and other movement tracking devices. But unsurprisingly, while the project is very much in Alpha, hardcore SLers are already unpacking and setting it up." Read more on the blog.

"Just like the start of that movie, those three words can make your day. And now, you can actually send and receive mail almost anywhere in SL." Read more on the blog.

"In early July 2023 the SpeedLight team announced via Discord channel that they are experimenting with removing the online time limitation for all users. The SpeedLight team are excited to push the boundaries of the server capabilities and accommodate a larger number of Second Life residents online." Read more on the blog.

" I've been variously dreaming of and promising local mesh for a few years now; it has always been near the top of the TODO list without making it there. Now, finally, and due primarily to the efforts of Vaalith Jinn, who wrote the underlying mechanics for local mesh we are ready to unveil local mesh to the creator community. If Vaalith's name has a familiar ring to it then that may be because Vaalith was the originator of the current local textures feature we've all enjoyed for years." Read more on the blog.

"A few months ago I posted a couple of blogs calling upon the mesh body makers to give us more options of low render overhead bodies. Demonstrating (in extreme terms) the true cost of those individual "alpha-cut" segments on your body, and your poorly optimised rigged hair. By way of illustration here is a couple of screenshots." Read more on the blog.

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