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POPSHow to Stay Online While AFK In Second Life Information and examples for defeating the auto-logout when idle for too long in the Second Life Platform. Includes four different ways of achieving this, from using 3rd party macro programs (scripts provided) to directly editing variables used by the SL Client.
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POPSHow to Reduce Client Side Lag in Second Life No one likes lag, whether it be local, server side or something faulting in the middle, choppy, laggy worlds hardly seem like the metaverse of Snow Crash. In this article are examples of features which can be disabled or turned down resulting in high FPS, along with how to ignore lesser material types using the debug menus.
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POPSHow To Stream Audio in Second Life Information and guides for the novice interested in learning about and getting started with streaming audio inside the world of Second Life. Includes starter list of public audio streams, software to use for your own streaming, and troubleshooting tips.
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POPSOld School ANSI Like Art In Second Life
Sometimes what is old and lame can be new and cool again. In digital worlds the practice of retro, iconic, art styles which greatly mirror classic ANSI Art can be seen dotting mapped landscapes when seen from a great distance above. Presented for your enjoyment is a collection of such artwork and snarky messages as seen on wide view maps from the net's most popular virtual world. clip: Now let’s fast-forward to the present of home connections measured in Mbps, social media filled buzz words and every other grandma being wired. Chunky EGA graphics being a thing of the past but retro having a following, G4’s Code Monkey television show a good example of how strong and large the fan base still is, but what good is such an art for in today’s interactive digital media? Something so dated it derives attention from it’s ability to standout from the smooth anti-aliased images our eyes are now accustomed to. How about within the over-hyped realm of Second Life and other 3pointD worlds.
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POPSViews From an OpenSim Open Source Grid Thanks to an ambitious group of hackers, alternatives to Second Life's Main Grid are already coming online. OpenSim born from the Open Source Grid Project is one of a few private grids. Checkout some screen shots and sign-in for yourself to the possible future of the Second Life Platform.
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POPSMy Metaverse Can Beat Up Your Metaverse… Can’t We All Just Multiverse Along? For those keeping score, Google is gearing up to pwn the Virtual World market, while the Japanese are building their own private garden and China is getting ready to enter the third dimension even if it does require them to practice self-censorship to get there. Listening to the buzz surrounding these events, one would think we’re looking at a death match. But rather than a victor arising from the rumble, why can’t they all just get along?
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POPSDon’t Forget to Advertise Your Virtual Location on That Old Web Thing While the still most popular virtual world, Second Life, continues to thrive, not all support services receive much use as they should. Virtual world oriented search engines and directories require those in a 3D environment to step back over the line of virtual reality immersion. Is it worth it for much more powerful, but far less results, search abilities? Includes submission information and overviews of top traffic providing SL oriented SEs and directories.
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POPSRockMe. Online Music Festival
This is Me.dium's Dudeofmusic blog. I had a chance to chat with him, Rose Hill Drive's Jake Sproul and the the CTO of Pandora internet radio, Tom Conrad. I love Pandora and apparently, they love Me.dium. Me.dium's a browser add-on that allows you to see other people that are online the same time you are. It's hard to explain but it is a surreal experience. Within the browser client there is a chat box and a interactive "world" where you can see what sites other users are on and jump around from site to site with them... all while chatting together. RockMe. (http://rockme.dium.com/) is an event that harness Me.dium, allowing users to discover, meet and share their favorite artists. Get the browser add-on, http://me.dium.com/tutorial Interact with who's on your blog with the Me.dium widget: http://rockme.dium.com/ What will the browser applications of the future do?! Teleport me into the computer where I can visit my Second Life home as me, and leave my avatar in the invento
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POPSGraffiti on Secondlife? Aha. But... Oh yeah, and don't leave spray where you shouldn't, or deface anybody's land. If you do, they'll return the spray prims, and you'll end up with 50+ of them in your lost and found. That'll teach you. that's not fair! *g
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