Guku Aabye Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 (edited) I heard that voice chat was always in Second Life in the beginning of launch. But I heard that Linden Labs couldn't get it working back then. Is this true or not true? Would anyone know the actual date when voice chat came into Second Life? Edited February 25 by Guku Aabye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolig Loon Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Shortly after I arrived in 2007. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingrid Ingersoll Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 2 hours ago, Guku Aabye said: I heard that voice chat was always in Second Life in the beginning of launch. But I heard that Linden Labs couldn't get it working back then. Is this true or not true? Would anyone know the actual date when voice chat came into Second Life? I can't rememeber exactly but it was a sad day for a ton of people catfishing in sl. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chic Aeon Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Goggle thinks 2008. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BilliJo Aldrin Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 28 minutes ago, Ingrid Ingersoll said: I can't rememeber exactly but it was a sad day for a ton of people catfishing in sl. And people don't catfish now because... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingrid Ingersoll Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 6 minutes ago, BilliJo Aldrin said: And people don't catfish now because... more than ever. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmoe Whitfield Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 looking like 15 years ago, as torley did a video on it 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guku Aabye Posted February 26 Author Share Posted February 26 1 hour ago, bigmoe Whitfield said: looking like 15 years ago, as torley did a video on it TY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolig Loon Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 To check my memory, I poked around and found that there is a document in the JIRA dated September 20, 2007 that apparently contains the documentation for Vivox - SL Voice. That fits my recollection that Voice became available within months after I joined in early 2007. I'm sure there are other historical trails to follow, but that's the best I've found so far. My guess is that Torley's tutorial video was probably put together over the following months. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guku Aabye Posted February 26 Author Share Posted February 26 6 minutes ago, Rolig Loon said: To check my memory, I poked around and found that there is a document in the JIRA dated September 20, 2007 that apparently contains the documentation for Vivox - SL Voice. That fits my recollection that Voice became available within months after I joined in early 2007. I'm sure there are other historical trails to follow, but that's the best I've found so far. My guess is that Torley's tutorial video was probably put together over the following months. Oh ok. TY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowan Amore Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/integrated-voice-coming-to-second-life/ 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guku Aabye Posted February 26 Author Share Posted February 26 9 minutes ago, Rowan Amore said: https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/integrated-voice-coming-to-second-life/ TY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guku Aabye Posted February 26 Author Share Posted February 26 I have no idea why someone would say voice chat was always in Second Life at the beginning of Launch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BilliJo Aldrin Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 9 hours ago, Ingrid Ingersoll said: more than ever. if its more than ever now, how exactly did adding voice stop catfishing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qie Niangao Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 8 hours ago, Guku Aabye said: I have no idea why someone would say voice chat was always in Second Life at the beginning of Launch. and why would say "Linden Labs couldn't get it working back then" as if it works now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 32 minutes ago, Qie Niangao said: and why would say "Linden Labs couldn't get it working back then" as if it works now? Cynics: "Second Life has voice?!" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guku Aabye Posted February 26 Author Share Posted February 26 4 hours ago, Qie Niangao said: and why would say "Linden Labs couldn't get it working back then" as if it works now? Not sure. But that is what I heard and was asking here on the forums if anyone knew. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henri Beauchamp Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 The first voice viewer was v1.18.2.0. Looking at my archives (*), LL's sources timestamp for this viewer version is 10 August 2007. Since sources were released together with the binaries, the latter have likely been released on this day. (*) I was already developing my private viewer builds based on LL's sources with a set of individual patches added. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guku Aabye Posted February 27 Author Share Posted February 27 2 hours ago, Henri Beauchamp said: The first voice viewer was v1.18.2.0. Looking at my archives (*), LL's sources timestamp for this viewer version is 10 August 2007. Since sources were released together with the binaries, the latter have likely been released on this day. (*) I was already developing my private viewer builds based on LL's sources with a set of individual patches added. TY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prokofy Neva Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 On 2/25/2024 at 4:21 PM, Guku Aabye said: I heard that voice chat was always in Second Life in the beginning of launch. But I heard that Linden Labs couldn't get it working back then. Is this true or not true? Would anyone know the actual date when voice chat came into Second Life? If was most definitely not at the very beginning in 2004-2005. They began developing it later -- I believe by 2006 when they began to feel the pressure of all those businesses and people who hate to type -- and yes, like all things, it didn't work so well at the beginning. It was a third party which they may have bought out, not sure. There was a very bright highschool boy named Jesse who worked on the beta testing of it, who sadly was killed in a RL car accident. And Joe Linden, who I used to call the only adult in the room as he was an older man, supervised Voice but he died in RL of a natural causes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciaran Laval Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 On 2/25/2024 at 9:21 PM, Guku Aabye said: I heard that voice chat was always in Second Life in the beginning of launch. But I heard that Linden Labs couldn't get it working back then. Is this true or not true? Would anyone know the actual date when voice chat came into Second Life? Voice was introduced in 2007 and it wasn't exactly welcomed with open arms, there were concerns that it would kill roleplaying, for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PheebyKatz Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 On 2/26/2024 at 3:53 AM, BilliJo Aldrin said: if its more than ever now, how exactly did adding voice stop catfishing? Heck, it created a market for voice changing services! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guku Aabye Posted February 28 Author Share Posted February 28 7 hours ago, Ciaran Laval said: Voice was introduced in 2007 and it wasn't exactly welcomed with open arms, there were concerns that it would kill roleplaying, for example. ok. TY 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartholomew Gallacher Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Somewhere during 2007. I still remember being on the beta grid back then, I've never seen so many Lindens at the same place and same time ever after this again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Please don't time-travel to before when voice chat existed, and cause shenanigans! (Unless you already did, in that case I suppose you will have to..) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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