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 user to add a web page directly onto the face of a prim. It was introduced along with the Viewer2,…
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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 worlds, such as Second Life and its future iteration, Project Sansar. Keep in mind as you read, that I am…
Read MoreThe Torch Top 5 – April 4th
5) “TV-licence” extends in many countries Sweden was one of the first countries to do it and now more countries follow. UK is about to do it as well. We’re talking about extending the “TV-licence”, the fee put on every television owner in a country to fund the public service…
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Vote 4 Love
What’s special this valentines season? Love. What’s special for Feb 2014? Love. What’s special in Love? Every moment. I conducted a poll asking people “What do you vote for: Virtual or Real Love?” Here are the few answers that I got. Virtual or not, distant or near, love is a…
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A Stroll Through the 2013 RFL Christmas Expo – Part 4
As I continued to walk the cobbled streets of the Peace sim at the 2013 RFLChristmas Expo, I was again struck by the number of great stores occupying this space. Many are well known to me, such as Evie’s Closet and Aphrodite Shop. Oh, and in case you don’t know…
Read MoreThe Torch Top 5 – 25/11-2013
1) Both Sony and Microsoft break milestone sales Sony Playstation 4 launched the second week of November and the Microsoft Xbox One in the third week. Both consoles sold over one million in less than 24 hours of their respective launches. However, day-after-the-launch reports indicated that several of the Sony…
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Nekos in Real Life, SL’s NekoZone and InFuZion, and a talk with Fox Daviau
This weeks Virtual World article will be a bit of a whooper, touching not only virtual worlds but some of it’s transition into real life. This week, we’re taking a look at NekoZone, owned by Fox Daviau, and touch a bit about neko in general. Neko, for those who are…
Read MoreBurn2 and Burning Man – What is it all about?
Many of you have probably heard about Burning Man or Burn2 and I bet quite a few of you wonder what it really is. I know I did, so I did some research into this event. Burning Man is an annual festival held in the Black Rock Desert, a 40…
Read MoreSecond Life News: Linden Labs Offers New Prices For Education & Nonprofits Institutions
Linden Labs have announced an update to their pricing for Educational and nonprofits Institutions. The news came via Second Life’s Community blog, this week (July 24th 2013). In the early days of Second Life, it was a prime location for Education and Non Profit institutions offering a way for users…
Read MoreSecond Life Server Update
If you are a part of Second Life, you’ll need to update your viewers this week. Earlier this week Linden Labs began to the changes for their project Sunshine. It allows avatars to load quicker, according to the Second Life Community Website: Project Sunshine stands up a Texture Compositing server…
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