Category Archives: Second Life

Ruth2 Mesh Clothing in Second Life

Posted on October 14, 2020 by bat

Now that Ruth2 v4 is release (see this blog post), it may be time to explore some of the clothing options available for her. Ruth2 is a low-poly open source mesh avatar for OpenSimulator and Second Life. There are a … Continue reading →

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Second Life Book Club – Larry Niven

Posted on September 2, 2020 by bat

Second Life Book Club – Larry Niven in Conversation with Draxtor https://secondlife.com/destination/second-life-book-club Wednesday 2nd September 2020 (12pm PST) Recording: Drax Files #271 Larry Niven in [Glorious] Conversation Original Live Stream: http://youtu.be/ANrwqUlICaA https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/BookClub%20Island/128/115/23/ Draxtor’s Slides for the event Ringworld Cast of … Continue reading →

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Second Life – Cloud Uplift – Testing

Posted on August 13, 2020 by bat

Linden Lab are moving Second Life from their own servers onto the Amazon Cloud – a process known as “Cloud Uplift”. This will take place over an extended period during 2020. Some regions are already operating “In the Cloud” on … Continue reading →

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GenCon – Online

Posted on July 24, 2020 by bat

GenCon (https://www.gencon.com/) is a (normally physical) convention for tabletop gamers (like Duungeons & Dragons) with extensions to all sort of other role play games. It has been running since 1968 when it started in Lake Geneva, Winconsin, USA, and is … Continue reading →

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Firestorm VR Mod 6.3.9 and 6.4.5

Posted on June 4, 2020 by bat

Firestorm 6.4.5.60799 with OpenSimulator viewer is a Beta test viewer which includes support for EEP (the Environmental Enhancement Project) and support for the Chrome Embedded Framework Live Video Streaming features in Second Life and OpenSim. VR Mode in this new … Continue reading →

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Roth2 v2

Posted on May 24, 2020 by bat

Roth2 v2 Revision 2020-05-24 Based on Blender Mesh from https://github.com/RuthAndRoth/Roth2 (was DRAFT8_4) Use a viewer which supports Bakes on Mesh, e.g. Firestorm. Roth2 is a low-poly mesh body specifically designed for OpenSimulator and which can also be used in Second … Continue reading →

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Second Life – Voice Echo Canyon

Posted on April 14, 2020 by bat

A common issue in teleconferencing is testing your headset and microphone to make sure its working, and not giving feedback to others (something often only YOU cannot hear). As more people engage in teleconferencing and virtual world systems voice testing … Continue reading →

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Supercar in Second Life – Anaglyph 3D

Posted on April 13, 2020 by bat

Kirstens Viewer for Second Life can render the view in Anaglyph 3D for Red/Cyan 3D Glasses… for more details and download links see this blog post. So its a good excuse to take the 3D model of Supercar for another … Continue reading →

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Kirstens Viewer Update with Anaglyph 3D

Posted on April 11, 2020 by bat

Back in 2011, Kirstens Viewer for Second Life added an Anaglyph 3D view capability which could be seen with red/cyan 3D glasses. See this blog post. It was updated to the latest Second Life features in 2017. See this further … Continue reading →

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Virtual World Best Practice in Education 2020

Posted on March 26, 2020 by bat

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Supercar in Second Life

Posted on February 24, 2020 by bat

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SpeedLight – Resources

Posted on February 3, 2020 by bat

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Second Life – Houseboat – Winter 2019

Posted on December 5, 2019 by bat

My Houseboat on the Bellisseria continent in Second Life now has its Winter decorations in place… 360° Snapshot Viewer 6.2.4.529111 (Updated July 16, 2019) The 360 Snapshot Viewer 6.2.4.529111 saves the output as a standard equirectangular JPEG so it can … Continue reading →

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Singularity Viewer – Resources

Posted on November 29, 2019 by bat

Singularity Viewer is an open-source virtual world viewer for Second Life and OpenSim. It uses the “V1-Style” User Interface Viewer combined with the latest Second Life changes and features. The latest (Beta) versions support Bakes on Mesh. http://www.singularityviewer.org/ Singularity Downloads … Continue reading →

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Firestorm VR Mod 6.3.3

Posted on November 28, 2019 by bat

A later version of Firestorm VR Mod 6.3.9 is available. See this blog post. On 28-Nov-2019 Peter Kappler provided an update to his Firestorm VR Mod Viewer at https://gsgrid.de/firestorm-vr-mod/ – go there to download the latest version and for usage … Continue reading →

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Cool VL Viewer – Resources

Posted on November 27, 2019 by bat

This blog post is to provide resources and access links for the Cool VL Viewer for Second Life and OpenSim. The latest version is “Cool VL Viewer v1.26.24.1, 64 bits, Nov 23 2019 09:42:01” and supports Bakes on Mesh (BoM). … Continue reading →

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Ruth2 and Roth2 Statistics

Posted on October 21, 2019 by bat

Ruth2 and Roth2 are low-poly mesh avatar bodies, specifically designed for Opensimulator and second Life. They are built to use standard Second Life UV maps using scratch-built open source mesh bodies by Shin Ingen with other open source contributions from … Continue reading →

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Halloween in Second Life 2019

Posted on October 8, 2019 by bat

Halloween has arrived on the houseboat on the Bellisseria continent in Second Life (Ai Pad) courtesy of some Halloween decorations, pumpkins and light sets provided by Linden Lab.

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Firestorm VR 6.2.4

Posted on September 27, 2019 by bat

Update: 28-Nov-2019: Peter Kappler now has a home page for Firestorm VR Mod at https://gsgrid.de/firestorm-vr-mod/ – go there for the latest version and information. The version of the Firestorm viewer on which the latest Firestorm VR Mod 6.3.3.58049 is based … Continue reading →

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Ai Austin Mk 2

Posted on September 2, 2019 by bat

A bit of a refresh of the Ai Austin avatar which I have been using in Second Life and OpenSim since 2006… Ai Austin Mk. 1 Ai’s original skin was a gift back in 2006 from a fellow educator who … Continue reading →

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Bakes on Mesh – Early Days

Posted on August 28, 2019 by bat

Update: 28-Nov-2019: This is an archive of the original “Bakes on Mesh – Resources” post.. which has now been updated to reflect the up to date position. New post here. Most viewers now also support Bakes on Mesh and some, … Continue reading →

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Social VR using Firestorm VR

Posted on August 14, 2019 by bat

As noted before in this blog post Peter Kappler has created a VR version of the Firestorm virtual world viewer (based on version 6.0.1.57000). If the graphics settings, draw distance and scene complexity allow it, this can work very well … Continue reading →

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Firestorm VR – Resources

Posted on August 12, 2019 by bat

Update 23-Sep-2019: Peter Kappler has provided an updated version of Firestorm VR compiled for Second Life and OpenSim which should fix the “black screen” issue mentioned below for at least some HMDs. More information, download links and tips are provided … Continue reading →

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Second Life – Relay for Life 2019

Posted on June 30, 2019 by bat

A Relay for Life event in Second Life took place on 30th June 2019 in the Blake Sea sailing area – “Raft Up 2019” – with the audience able to observe the activities from a floating grandstand… Blake Sea – … Continue reading →

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Vue Balloon over Bellisseria

Posted on May 23, 2019 by bat

I previously tried the Michie Marine Balloon from Balloon from Michie Yokosuka on the Second Life Marketplace over the New Linden Homes Bellisseria Continent in Second Life. Some snapshots are in this previous Blog Post. A balloon like this was … Continue reading →

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Sailboat around Bellisseria

Posted on April 27, 2019 by bat

Time to take the Bandit 50 Sailboat (from The Mesh Shop) out for a more extensive run down the West Coast of Bellisseria, the New Linden Homes Bellisseria Continent in Second Life. Sailing with the Ruth 2.0 open source low-poly … Continue reading →

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Speedboats around Bellisseria

Posted on April 26, 2019 by bat

Having tried a range of aerial vehicles and a yacht in the New Linden Homes Bellisseria Continent in Second Life, I explored some other vehicles. I found several nice speedboats in the Second Life Marketplace from Michie Yokosuka – Michie … Continue reading →

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Balloon over Bellisseria

Posted on April 25, 2019 by bat

Having tried a helicopter over the New Linden Homes Bellisseria Continent in Second Life, I explored some other vehicles from the same creator. I found a lovely free balloon on the Second Life Marketplace from Michie Yokosuka – a Michie … Continue reading →

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Helicopter over Bellisseria

Posted on April 25, 2019 by bat

There are a number of people travelling by helicopter over the New Linden Homes Bellisseria Continent in Second Life. So I thought I would try one out. I found a lovely free one on the Second Life Marketplace from Michie … Continue reading →

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Supercar over Bellisseria

Posted on April 24, 2019 by bat

The new airstrips, boat rez zones and car rez zones have now appeared on and around Bellisseria continent, the location of the New Linden Homes in Second Life. Daniel Voyager – Blog Post 24-Apr-2019 – Airstrip, Boat and Car Rez … Continue reading →

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