Scylla Rhiadra

It could still be quite easily gamed using map views and such. I'm not sure how radar works on blocked avatars either. Someone unaware that they are being stalked is unlikely to make use of other means to check for the presence of the stalker, whereas the stalker knows what they are doing. I certainly agree that there are harms that could be avoided enabling oneself to be derendered by others, but consider some of the uses to which that might be put. Imagine a snapshot of someone in an adult region for instance unknowing standing beside a naked child avatar, for instance. Yes, the snap would have to be taken by someone else -- an alt perhaps -- but that kind of thing could be all too easily managed.

Unfortunately, as obviously beneficial as this might be, it would be a tool that would undoubtedly be used for harassment, griefing, and most especially stalking. I think the half-facetious "pushing" thing that some have mentioned would only be the tip of iceberg. Years ago I produced a guide for noob women in SL that was (indeed, still is in a few places) available in-world, and that featured a very prominent section on this subject. I should probably update it, as it's now more than 12 years out of date.

Ok, I THINK view angle is in the Machinima sidebar under "Camera," nearish the bottom. Field of View, f-number, and Focal length are in the same sidebar, a bit higher up, under "Depth of Field."

EDIT DUH. Sorry. You're talking about BD. I actually do have that info somewhere, but not on this computer. Sorry!

I'll concur with Charalyne: I like your slightly geeky avatar a lot. And this is a GREAT pic! Such a lovely photo of both of you! The angle and composition is great! Of course it's ok! It's a wonderful pic of you! Lunaea is right about the eyes! Beautiful. For some reason, I associate your pics with this range of tones, Walelu. Sort of warm and exotic.

I am not going to argue with Taya: she's a professional and, in my experience, knows whereof she speaks. I absolutely do not. However, Myra Wildmist did a super series in Kultivate on simulating different lens types a number of years ago. This is what she says: My default setting for most of my pics simulates a medium telephoto lens (70-135mm).

The genocidal speciesism on display in this thread is matched only by the equally virulent and misogynist attacks upon very large breasts. Can't we all just get along? Can't we stand, hand-in-handpaw, nipple to nipple, and work together to confront the real threat??? You know what I'm talking about. Yeah, you do. Animesh ****s. They're everywhere. And they're starting to scare me.

No they wouldn't.

Yes! And it has a really busy and very eclectic schedule of DJ sets, pretty much every night of the week I think. It's not "packed" in the way that Fogbound is, but it's pretty popular, and it's a good, friendly, chatty crowd whenever I'm there. The selection of music is pretty eclectic too. When did it close? I started going there in 2013 -- and then again when I came back at the end of 2018.

Not far off, Lindal. Maddy usually does her windowsill gifting in-world, but I'll sometimes get offerings on Discord as well. Below is a sample. Sometimes she leaves good stuff . . . and sometimes she leaves derelict vehicles.

There are at least three different common forms of teleportation 1) a "SLURL," which looks like a web address (a "URL"). SLURL will look like this: "http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon Oxbridge/98/178/27/". Click on it in an IM or group notice will teleport you to that place 2) A "Landmark," which is a descriptive pop-up or box that will tell you a bit about the place (usually), and has a "teleport" button 3) a teleport pad or object in-world that you either touch (click) or sit on -- it will TP you to the announced destination. Sometimes it will give you a menu of destinations to choose from You can make your own Landmarks (in the "World" menu) if you are at the place you want to remember and return to, or you can be given them by people in-world. Double-clicking on the world map will also TP you to that place (be a little careful about where it is taking you!). And, as I mentioned, people can send you TP requests, or SLURLs in their IMs to you More information here:

Great pic, Taya! Very stylish! I love the pose!

Style! Fascinate-Her. (Man Style)

WHYYYYYYYY?????

I have a good friend who DJs regularly on Friday nights. He has no host to help him, and so he takes on those duties himself . . . and then some. He participates in open chat, telling stories and prompting people to tell theirs. And, because there are generally more women then men, he undertakes to dance for 20 or 30 mins each with the women who don't have dance partners, sort of rotating through the single women in the crowd. All this while managing the stream. He doesn't get especially large crowds: 15 people would be a pretty "good" night, and that undoubtedly helps. I go pretty much every Friday night. I am not, to be honest, into the music he plays at all, which tends to be "mellow" folk / soft jazz with, occasionally, a bizarrely Scandinavian inflection. (Finnish tango bands, and Swedish covers of the Beatles, and an abomination called "The Minnesota Tango," which he plays every show.) And I suspect that most of his regulars are not especially into the music either. HE is the appeal: he works tirelessly to make the evening a fun communal experience. His efforts to ensure that all the single women get a dance, and his funny, kind, gentle chatter are what make the evening, because they transform the place from a dance floor full of individuals into a friendly community. And the result is that his regulars are very regular, know and like each other, and socialize outside of Friday nights. It's not just about the music, and it's certainly not about the tips. It's about the community he's built.

Maybe! But I'd rather waste a few minutes feeding a fairly harmless troll (if that's what they are) than not helping someone who is genuinely looking for it.

I should also have mentioned Media Studies. Duh. Digital Humanities is fascinating, and far reaching -- it differs from Media Studies in that its focus is not upon analyzing digital media from a humanistic perspective, but rather in how digital technologies can be enabled as tools for the humanist. A lot (although not all of it) is about building digital tools, so most digital humanists have a fairly extensive background in code as well. Some of the earliest academic / educational innovators in SL were digital humanists, actually. Even more of them were library and information studies people.

I think it's an important part of the puzzle generally. Someone needs to be thinking about this sort of thing, not merely from a "Can it be done?" perspective, but also from a "SHOULD it be done? And what will the impacts be if it is?" point-of-view. There's an entire interdisciplinary field called the Digital Humanities that looks at this sort of thing, and other related issues. Also, as I mentioned, Posthumanist studies. And library and information studies, which is quasi-humanities, has focused a lot on it as well.

There's clearly a bit of a language issue here. And, yes, a great many people spend their first little while in SL speeding through stuff, and running around like a chicken with their head cut off. I did a bit of that myself, at first, although I was fortunate enough to have people in-world I already knew to help me.

I actually provided you this information yesterday, on the previous page, but . . . The Maturity Ratings system: Adult, Moderate, and General -- it determines what you can or cannot do in a particular place. You can filter the content visible to you using this system. How to mute and block people

I don't think they can get back there once they leave, can they? But they will find tutorials at Caledon Oxbridge @Jankanke, teleport here, using this link: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Caledon Oxbridge/92/198/28

Drivable cars aren't generally animesh -- at least, I don't know of any that are (perhaps someone here can correct me). You can find these on the Marketplace, to which I gave the link above. The descriptions should indicate if they are just static props, or can be driven. Some cars may be "wearable": that is, you don't need to "rez" it to drive it, but can wear it. Filter the results to "vehicle," on the left hand side of the page. You'll find a really wide range of prices, from the surprisingly cheap to the very expensive. I'd make sure you get one that specifies that it is made of mesh. https://marketplace.secondlife.com/products/search?search[category_id]=20&search[keywords]=car+AND+mesh&search[maturity][]=General&search[maturity][]=Moderate&search[maturity][]=Adult&search[page]=1&search[per_page]=96&search[sort]=_score_desc

What kind of animesh are you interested in? Animals? Attachments? NPCs? If you can be more specific, we might be able to help. Also, you might search the online Marketplace. https://marketplace.secondlife.com/

Aw, thanks Krystina! I am emphatically not an expert, just an interested amateur. And I come at this mostly from a particularly humanist perspective -- what I know about internet architecture would fit inside a fortune cookie! But it's a fascinating subject!

I don't want to speak for the OP -- I have no idea what their level of familiarity or understanding may be. But I think a great many companies are intrigued by the possibilities of the metaverse, for a variety of different reasons. And a great many others are just responding to the current hype. No one wants to be "left behind" -- the corporate world is strewn with the corpses of companies who didn't get online quickly enough, understand the importance of streaming, etc., etc. High Fidelity was mostly focused, so far as I have ever been able to figure out, upon the idea of virtual spaces for meetings, conferences, education, and so forth. So, yes, that's one particular use for it, and one that has been underlined by the shift towards working from home effected by the pandemic. Meta's marketing has touched upon this use, but I think its main view is towards the metaverse as a kind of 3D social media platform, with games and so forth. The largely unspoken assumption (in public, anyway) is also that it will generate oodles of income from data harvesting and marketing. I think that most companies and organizations looking at the metaverse now are, to be honest, pretty unclear on the whole concept, and don't actually yet have a very good idea of how it might be useful to them. These are all first tentative toes-in-the-water, to get a sense of what might be possible. They are grappling with the fact that no one yet knows what this will actually look like.