The advent of Bakes on Mesh has led to some interesting developments in the mesh body market in Second Life. I have written about a…
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Second Life Region Statistics – September 2020 Update
As of Monday 21st September 2020 these are the latest grid region numbers for the size of the Second Life main grid. For the past…
YOU ARE INVITED TO A PAJAMA PARTY SPONSORED BY THE SL ENQUIRER @ CLUB LANAI SAT. SEPT 26TH 12PM-4PM SLT
You are cordially invited to a pajama Party in Lanai’s Bedroom sponsored by The SL Enquirer! Located above CLUB LANAI. With all the Karens,…
Epic Invests in Core to Expand Unreal’s Metaverse Potential — And Increase Its Competitive Advantage Against Apple
I’ve previously called Core, the new Unreal-based, user-generated game development platform from startup Manticore, as a kind of Fortnite-meets-ROBLOX concoction. So I wasn’t surprised at…
Is the Ideal Metaverse a Network of Linked Places, or a Seamless World?
Continuing his blog series on what he’s learned as a lead developer/consultant at Oculus, Eve Online, and of course Linden Lab, Jim “Babbage” Purbrick has…
Virtual World Fire Photographed in Memorial to Real World Wildfires That Devastated the West Coast
Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting Eoleon Elcano posted “World on Fire” when wildfires were spreading throughout the…
Pandemic Diary: September 21st, 2020
DespairImage by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay I don’t know about you, but I woke up this Monday morning feeling exhausted. Between the pandemic, Trump, and…
The Lindens Are Coming! The Lindens Are Coming! To The 2020 SL Renaissance Festival
The Lindens are Coming to the 2020 SL Renaissance Festival! They bring fabulous booty from foreign shores and are challenging the Champions of the Medieval…
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN: RL DEATHS IMPACT IN SL – JOSH (THOMAS1 BELLIC) REPORTING
Benjamin Franklin once said “In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” While there is no evidence that Old Ben…
Content Creator Goldmine: Studio Ghibli Releases Hundreds of Movie Images for Free Use, Including Stills from Miyazaki’s Masterpiece Spirited Away
If you’re reading this blog you’re probably both a virtual world content creator on some level and a fan of Studio Ghibli films, so this…
This Artist Uses Second Life Screenshots to Tell Whimsical Stories of Robots
Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting “Nannybot Portrait” is a striking picture of Nannybot with a bird. Created…
Second Life Average Logged In Users Peaked Between March And May 2020 During Lockdown – Wave 1
Average logged in users increases during lock down – Source Looking back at the last 12 months since September 2019 in terms of Second Life…
The Moles Add New Train Tracks – September 2020 Update
A new railway tunnel The Moles are now extending the log homes train track futher eastwards from SSPE1460 to SSPE1162. There are new signal points…
Club Lanai Music for the week of September 20th 2020
Wednesday 23rd September DJ Flame from the Netherlands12PM – 2PM SLTFreeStyleHost Destiny DJ Raven from France2PM – 4 PM SLTAcid HouseHost Katalina ———————————————————- Thursday…