Reader Recommendations Whoever Linden Lab hires to fix its first-time user experience, they may want to take a look at what New World Notes readers recommend: Optimize the first-time orientation for low-end computers. Ideally it should look halfway decent on even a PC/Mac laptop with no 3D card. More from Yves Firlan: Update the default … Continue reading
Be the First to See WAARHEID and Meet the Cast on Lab Gab We’re excited to announce that Second Life and Film Threat are partnering for the world premiere of WAARHEID, the sequel to STÖMOL, an award-winning feature-length sci-fi movie shot entirely in Second Life by machinima creator Huckleberry Hax! Watch it live … Continue reading
Ben Franklin opined that nothing is certain except death and taxes. I would add “aging eyesight” because it affects everyone eventually, diminishing the pleasure and productivity of computing. Various adaptive technologies are available to compensate for loss of visual acuity. Some are built into Windows. But these options all have limitations, and using them in … Continue reading
SL Christmas Expo 2022 Is Fast Approaching The 12th annual Second Life Christmas Expo for 2022 will open to the public next week on Friday 2nd December through until Sunday 11th December 2022. The SL Christmas Expo 2022 theme is The Magic of Holiday Stories. The SL Christmas Expo regions have arrived on the grid and … Continue reading
Dive into a world of new possibilities at Leviathan Bay in Second Life, where a city once thriving, was hit with a mysterious disaster and is now flooded and taken over by sea life! Ziekling Bunnyhug started this community over 8 years ago and tells us more about it in her own words: “Our community … Continue reading
When IBM’s Metaverse Campus Was Flooded With a Labor Union Protesters Including a Large Angry Banana I recently chatted with Samantha Cole of Vice for her article “The Corporate Metaverse Can’t Compete” and am kicking myself for forgetting to mention the wackiest example of emergent social behavior in a corporate-sponsored metaverse experience — that time … Continue reading