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SL Survey: What's the MOST You Would Pay to Regularly Stream Firestorm on a Browser, to Get High Quality Graphics on Even Low-End Laptops & Smartphones / Tablets?

https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2025/03/sl-firestorm-streaming-survey.html

Published: March 14, 2025 22:22

Loading… Project Zero now has a Firestorm option, so you can stream Second Life on a browser using the virtual world's most popular viewer, with an introductory discount price of 5 hours for L$250: Go here quickly to get the...

BREAKING: Linden Lab Updates Second Life's Official Flickr Group to Leverage ONLY User-Made Images/Video for Future Marketing, Chair Confirms

https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2025/03/sl-advertising-no-ai.html

Published: March 14, 2025 15:45

The description and rules to Linden Lab's official Flickr group for Second Life images were recently updated to emphasize that user-made images and video uploaded there may be used in future ad campaigns for Second Life: By submitting your photos...

Watch: Upcoming Firestorm Viewer Comes With Powerful On-Screen Avatar Poser Feature

https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2025/03/firestorm-sl-avatar-poser-beta.html

Published: March 13, 2025 22:48

Courtesy Spooky Pumpkins, owner of the Wraith brand in SL (socials & links here), watch this seriously cool new feature for Firestorm, now available in preview. Explains Spooky: "If you use their poser, you'll now see a gizmo on each...

Cajsa's Choices: Tooku Fadlan's Totally Fantastic Second Life Photos

https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2025/03/tooku-fadlan-sl-flickr.html

Published: March 13, 2025 19:50

Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting Tooku Fadlan shot this amazing pic at Luane’s World, a popular photo destination. [SLurl teleport link here] The sunshine beating down on the meadow suggests a hot...

What Went Wrong With Horizon Worlds? Former Meta Devs Share Surprising Insights -- And a Solution to Still Save It

https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2025/03/horizon-worlds-meta-why-failed.html

Published: March 12, 2025 19:38

Originally published on my Patreon After writing about Meta’s highly misguided $50 million bounty for developers to create content in Horizon Worlds, a former software engineer at Horizon Worlds reached out to me. They had read my latest book, where...

Favorite Photos from a Whole Huge Flickr Group Shooting Midnight in Paris... in Second Life

https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2025/03/midnight-in-paris-sl-flickr.html

Published: March 12, 2025 18:23

Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting “Midnight in Paris” by Pedro may be the name of this gorgeous, exciting picture of the Eiffel Tower but it’s also the name of the Second Life...

Linden Lab Hiring Director of Strategic Insights to Help Grow Second Life; Chair Oberwager Shares Some Background

https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2025/03/linden-lab-virtual-world-director-job-for-hire.html

Published: March 11, 2025 21:16

Linden Lab is now hiring a senior level director in charge of strategic insights: We are looking for an experienced and analytical professional with deep expertise in leveraging advanced analytics to drive strategic business initiatives and operational…

Cajsa's Choices: Great Avatar Group Photos & Powerful Illustrated Poem by Jane Bang

https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2025/03/jane-bang-sl-flickr.html

Published: March 11, 2025 19:16

Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting Jane Bang celebrated her birthday playing Mario Kart with friends. It’s been over five years since I last featured Jane and she is still hanging with friends...

Anti-AI Backlash in Second Life is Out of Control (Comment of the Week)

https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2025/03/ai-backlash-second-life.html

Published: March 10, 2025 22:50

There's been a good discussion in last week's post about SL creators debating whether they should use gen AI in their content, with a pro-AI position from "SatanicPanic": 1.If someone prefers not to use a ConvAI bot, they are entirely...

Top 5 Posts Including an Early Look at Nyric a New Gen AI-Amplified Sandbox World, and the Problem With Advertising Second Life With Gen AI

https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2025/03/sl-ai-nyric-gen-ai-flow.html

Published: March 10, 2025 19:23

Seven Spectacular Second Life Artists on Primfeed to Follow The Official Star Trek Experience in Second Life Was Cancelled Long Ago, But SL's Cosplay Community Has Lived Long & Prospered Without It Since Oscar-winning Flow Was Made on a Low...