Vivienne Schell
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"Sansar" means "World" in hindu (Indian language) and "Marten" in turkish language, and who knows what else. However, if it´s truly related to the so called next generation platform they pretend to develop, why the hell can´t they pick up some truly next generation name instead?
Ah well , anything is better as "SL 2.0".
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True. And it somehow sounds piratish, like "Sansibar". This certainly proves what we ever suspected: The origin of the LL source code is stolen from some caribbian natives, and Phil Linden is the alt of Johnny Depp!
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Well, maybe they dropped the final "A" (from Sansara) because they must lose some weight for keeping the sinking ship floating?
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Ther are none and never were and never will be because there is no "SL2" in the plans. Except in the minds of some people who are not employed, related or whatsoever to Linden Lab.
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Coby Foden wrote:Ichi Rexen wrote:Just wondering if anyone has any updates. We had the announcment and i was present at the later firestorm meeting with the lindens but since then i have heard nothing. Mostly whispers and un confirmed rumours. Would be nice if they kept us updated to some extent as some of us (ME...) are excited for this new world!
Maybe the original plan is still in effect? Alpha and beta phases in 2015, and then the release of the 'final' version somewhere in 2016.If so then there are nothing more to tell at this stage. Or should Linden Lab announce every month:Month 1: Yes, we're still on schedule. We implemented this and that.Month 2: Yes, we're still on schedule. Adding new features going on.Month 3: Yes, we're still on schedule. More new features were added.Month 4: Yes, we're still on schedule. Again more features were added....... and so on until it's finally released?Yes. Either you go public or not. Someone decided to go public. Phil got at least THIS right, while Altberg did not. His wishiwashi maybe maybe not whatsoever pseudo announcements are only annoying.
Coby Foden wroteIf something goes terribly wrong and they decide to abandon the Next Generation Platform project they surely will make an announcement about it.:If you go pseudo public the way Linden Lab does, then "something going terribly wrong" is even more deadly for a business company as if f.e. Phil´s HiFi would become delayed or even failed, because Phil never made some wishiwashi promises as Linden Lab did - It´s all transparent.
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Remember that Phil still is on the Linden Lab board. Mitch Kapor was one of the founding fathers of Linden Lab as well, so no surprise and nothing new at all. But....if HiFi is what Linden Lab is up to, then there will still be a looooooong way to go.
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Nova Convair wrote:The CPU and GPU load will always be low since SL is not able to make use of modern hardware but not that low as in your case.
That´s not true. Second Life is fueled by OpenGL, and that´s what almost every professional 3D-modelling suite on planet earth uses for rendering. It´s the industry standard.
Most Windoze based games might use Direct-X, of course, but this isn´t better as OpenGL. So, who told you that "SL is not able to make use of modern hardware"? Some self declared "3D specialists"?
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I run a GTX 970 and get up to 60 fps even in supercrowded regions, with maximum prefs (ultra). The bottleneck must be something else, it certainly is not the GPU or the SL viewer/server per se.
I´d first try to do a CLEAN viewer install, as described at the Firestorm website. Maybe some old prefs slow down your performance.
Probably you should reinstall your drivers, which often are the reason for performance drops.
Another good idea is going for a 64-bit system and viewer, because the 32-bit OS cannot handle the available memory as well as a 64-bit one can. 32-bit systems/viewers and big inventories are not really compatible. No problems anymore here with 64-bit OS/64-bit Firestorm and 8 GIG RAM.
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SL is exactly what you, me and any other person wants it to be, within the technical limitations. But if you lack imagination, communication abilities, curiousty, the ability to learn skills, a certain degree of creativity and if are not able to develop some kind of sense for black humor paired with explorer mentality, and if you do not appreciate some kind of "digital art brute" it´s not for you. There are enough alternatives, which are targeted onto the pure consumer crowd, where everything is nice, tidy, clean and will not disturb your prrecious bodily waves. Even within Second Life, ironically. There´s simply more in the picture than meets the eye.
Regarding this article: It´s only a reflection of the average newbie experience, unfortunately. But on the other hand "business" journalists writing on subcultures or artwork aren´t a serious source of information.
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I guess that the Linden employees were not available when the SLgo officials tried to call them up. They all were too busy with reading children and family entertainment lecture to be prepared for the next generation 13+ rated VR.
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Amethyst Jetaime wrote:BTW, you can't take your inventory with you to the open sim grids you named. So that eliminates them if inventory were so important to someoneOh, really?:manlol:
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Anything which is NOT related to a company named Linden Lab.
"New" platform? Pff...new boss, same as the old boss.
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Canoro Philipp wrote:they want to make a fresh start with everything that made SL as beloved as it is despite its problems.
That´s true, and what causes the most trouble in Second Life? People! Unfortunately they skip what truly makes SL as beloved as it is: Inventory.
So logic tells me that they want a "Not Second LIfe" thingy without people.
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LlewLlwyd wrote:Canoro Philipp wrote:lets see if another platfom provides with more freedom to express our creativity.
DIGITAL WORLDis what SL2 is called on the video that has been deliberately leaked by the LL "Marketing" department, which suggests that it will provide the creativity to build things suitable only for children.***No, I am NOT going to tell you where to find it, other than suggesting you try looking on an LL shill's blog***Tell me why I am not surprised.
:smileyvery-happy:
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Amethyst Jetaime wrote:Competition for SL would be another virtual world that offers the freedoms that SL does.
Well, we have OSgrid, InWorldz and the like, which offer the same "freedoms" as SL does. Even in a technical sense. They even have sex and all this.
Face it, the major reasons for Seconde Life survival are.
1. Inventory: Someone who aquired or built or paid for and collected some beloved stuff over a certain period of time will not simply jump off for another place, even if the "other" place would offer the same "freedom".
2. Someone who learned the hard core complicated handling of a totally borked application will not simply jump off for another place even if the "other" place would offer a much better designed interface. Not without the inventory.
3. Someone who anticipates Second Life bugs, crashes, griefing overpricing whatever else SL disasters as being normal part of the experience would be totally bored in a seamlessly flowing environment where everything would work as expected and promised. Even if the inventory would be transferable.
4. Sex, communities, distant virtual friends and relationships and all the rest. But even this requires at least a hugger attachment. Inventory.
"Freedom" is relative and does not mean anything in this context. Inventory is THE essential survival kit for Second life.
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Canoro Philipp wrote:Second Life is still here after 10 years, and thats because there is nothing better at what it does than SL.
That´s not the result Linden Lab genius, but only and only the result of what Second Life users (still) beat out of this piece of bits and bytes.
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Canoro Philipp wrote:the development of the next virtual world is very advanced by now..
Oh, is it? Who told you that? Judging by Altberg interviews and LL announcements it´s pretty clear what the people behind all this do NOT want (another Second Life), but what they want and actually have right now seems to be HUGE ?
Ah yes, I forgot. Of course they want these imaginary millions of fresh customers who never heard of the notorious Linden Lab mismanagement. Too bad for them that there is the internet.
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Amethyst Jetaime wrote:Finally what competition are you referring to? SL has none to date.
Eh, I can think of a million less expensive, less troublesome and more enjoyable methods to kill some time. And obviously about 99,99999999 percent of the world population is of the same opinion. No competition, eh?
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KarenMichelle Lane wrote:The takeaway might be to make sure that the new vision of SL to come may be more accessible to the intended audience.
Umm, so you think that the intended audience for the, as you call it, "new vision of SL" (I cannot see any visionary aspects in Altbergs announcements regarding the "new platform" at all). is the same intended audience as Linden Lab has now? Or do you mean the average people using average home equipment (which fails while trying to display SL shadows)? What exactly do you mean by "intended audience and by "vision" in that context?
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Well, I guess that Sony quietly wanted to tell Linden Lab custiomers that they are better off by purchasing a 64 bit, 8 GIG mem PC with an ultrafast GPU. That´s all. I doubt that Mr. Altbergs public enthusiasm over the supposed to be SL replacement product (which has no name yet, but probably a rendering engine or something) was taken in account at Sony HQ. And what kind of Linden Lab "PR image" could be damaged? Is there any "PR image" leftwhich could be damaged more as it already is?
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Must be my mesh body.
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Beer isn´t "Alcohol", it´s food.
neVer mInd The Lindens - Here ArE
ThE LinDens !
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DRINKS? WHAT DriNKS ?
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God, no, underpaid.
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New GTX 970 graphics card yet very mediocre performance
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40 fps still is too slow for a 970 GTX. I suspect that there is some hardware bottleneck, like the CPU, lack of memory, your network card or whatsoever.