Who are Wookey, Sansar’s new owners?
When Linden Lab staff lost their “Linden status” earlier this year, a lot of people feared the worst for the virtual world Sansar, where most of this staff seemed to...
Returning to Second Life in 2020 – How to get started from scratch
I’ve been away for some time. Work and circumstance brought me to the real world for a few years. But it is now a new decade, almost exactly a decade since I first entered Second Life.
Evolution of the Chatbot
[caption id="attachment_19691" align="alignright" width="300"] "How can I annoy you today?"[/caption] The artificial assistant has been around for some time now, since the mid-90’s Clippy...
Star Trek Technology in Real Life – Warp Drive #StarTrekTember
Of the many fictional and theoretical Faster Than Light (FTL) travel methods, Warp differs in that it does not instantaneously take you to your destination. In order to travel faster...
Third Party Viewers for Second Life – An updated look
It has been a while since we wrote about third-party viewers here on The Torch. A lot of old ones have been updated and a few new ones have popped...
Zappar – The gateway to Augmented Reality
Those who have followed my articles knows that I personally thing Augmented Reality is the path to the future, rather than Full Immersion Virtual Reality. Or, to be more precise,...
Gadget Show Live – My impressions
I was at the Gadget Show Live in NEC Birmingham and got a sneak peak at some of the best technology in the world. There are way too many things...
Technologies that revolutionized Second Life – Shared Media Textures
Originally intended to replace the built-in browser in the viewer, the Shared Media Texture soon became so much more. Shared Media Textures, dubbed by users as Media Prims, allows a...
Technology that revolutionized Second Life Part 1: Third Party Viewers
Second Life today is a far cry from what it was when it first started. Updates in the technology behind the virtual world has completely transformed the way users interact...
Intellectual Property laws and Virtual Worlds
Welcome to the Future of Virtual Worlds article series. In these articles, I will try to analyze all the things that speaks for and against the success of massive virtual...