Corporate Stupidity Or What?
You should check Gwyn's writing about future of the metaverse and Intergrid. It deals mostly with the current state of and what big companies wish and plan with our little toy:
Instead of an “unified metaverse”, they’re using the name ambiguously as a more fancy synonym of “virtual world”. The industry players wish to address a different target — games for teens — and are reluctant in accepting an “unified” environment. Each company wishes to have their own virtual universe and aggressively compete with the others.
Server Code And The Community
Few days ago Ari Blacktorne stated usual SL™ problems and asked for a replacement, for a new virtual world:
It already is public knowledge that the server and viewer code is such a spaghetti mess that to 'fix' it, they'd have to start over practically from scratch - and that won't happen.
I think there is a group that works on the new grid's architecture, but that is not why I am writing this. Something else kicked this train of thought. Read more…
Strike
In the case you haven't noticed, there was a three days SLbloggers strike that ended today. It was provoked by Linden Lab's new trademark lunacy which, have you ever doubt, had all kind of reactions, mostly negative ones. Strike itself, have you ever doubt, was controversal too. One of the posts, published during the strike was Galatea Gynoid's:
Now, normally LL can't say anything without legions of self-styled critics going out of their way to bend every possible word in the worst possible way to make it sound like something bad is occurring, and acting all alarmist to see who they can get fired up about nothing much. It is the path of the drama queen, and I got sick of it while I was still in high school, so I tend to just ignore it.
While I haven't seen anything good coming from the strike, my high school days made me staying silent during those three days. Yes, my high school thought me lazyness and not breaking the protests if I am not explicitly against them.
Polyamory Goes Official?
I was in a late-night email check, not planning to rezz nor to mind any second life business tonight, but one group notice pointed to JIRA asking for enabling multiple partners. Officially recognized polyamory!
Well, polyamory is always a lovely issue. One of those that can keep me out of bed (hmm, that sounds strange now) for a bit more tonight. Read more…
Is The Second Life™ The Next Web?
No, it isn't. I know that so many residents feels so hyped with it to declare the Second Life™ the next big thing and the next step that will replace the web as we know it. I can agree that virtual environments are possibly the next big thing. There is a lot to be discovered about them. There is a lot for us to learn, lot of things to do. Second life does change our feel of the Internet and communication. But it is not going to become a replacement.
Avatar Is Not A God
I always thought it's not necessary to go in details and explain what avatar is, what is the origin and the meaning of the word. People are using avatars not only in virtual worlds, they were introduced in web forums more than a decade ago. But, during Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet hearing about virtual worlds, one of the representatives said:
It [avatar] is either a Hindy or Buddhist name for God, I don't know if you knew that, which always gives me some concern about virtual realities and how they are nice but they do portray things that aren't real and I don't think anybody percieve us as God.
Well, it might be better to sort some things out now. Read more…
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