{"id":4275,"date":"2018-02-25T21:00:55","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T03:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.zoha-islands.com\/?page_id=4275"},"modified":"2018-02-25T21:00:55","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T03:00:55","slug":"virtual-world-developers-visit-to-linden-lab-hints-at-big-updates-to-sansar-and-second-life-coming-soon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/zoha-islands.com\/blog\/virtual-world-developers-visit-to-linden-lab-hints-at-big-updates-to-sansar-and-second-life-coming-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual World Developer’s Visit To Linden Lab Hints At Big Updates To Sansar And Second Life Coming Soon"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Will Burns<\/a>, Vice-Chair for IEEE’s Virtual Worlds Standard Group, recently stopped by Linden Lab’s headquarters in San Francisco for a visit, had a good long chat with CEO Ebbe Altberg (pictured here with mandatory hoodie, next to Will with bonus Deadpool T-shirt) and got a tour of upcoming Sansar content. What exactly Will saw in Sansar he cannot say, since he signed an NDA at the door, but reading between the lines of what he reported afterward, it looks like Sansar and Second Life will see some pretty big updates soon (or soon-ish).<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m not telling anyone what they\u2019re doing exactly,” as he puts it to me, “but rest assured\u00a0they didn\u2019t drop the ball with\u00a0Ready Player One<\/em><\/a>. It\u2019s really mind-blowing. I think people will be in awe and pleasantly surprised.”<\/p>\n

Will is a longtime Second Life user and content creator, where he’s known as “Aeonix Aeon”. And having gotten this first-hand, full-blow demo of upcoming Sansar content at Linden Lab, sees the two this way:<\/p>\n

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“When I want high-end mind blowing, I\u2019d dip into Sansar with a headset for a half hour. Then come back to Second Life for the rest of the evening.\u00a0<\/span>Best way I can find an analogy for SL users is this: Imagine Sansar is Disneyland. Second Life is the everyday after that. You pop off with the family and friends to Disney for a fun afternoon or vacation, then come home. In the same manner, Sansar is Second Life\u2019s Disneyland. It\u2019s fun, impressive with the right hardware, and mind blowing. Then you come home and while home isn\u2019t as exciting or high end packed with thrills and wow factor, it\u2019s home and you spend most of your time there. Each has a legit purpose.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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“Now, could I see everyone running out to get a headset for this? Of course not. It\u2019s still niche audience at best. But I definitely recommend a proper engagement with it if you get a chance.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Long as you keep in mind it\u2019s Disneyland to SL, it\u2019ll make sense.”<\/span><\/div>\n

Other dedicated SLers\u00a0have made the theme park\/home analogy for Sansar<\/a>. Speaking of which, here’s the notes Will posted to a private Facebook group after his\u00a0visit to Linden Lab which hint at updates for both:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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  1. Unlimited groups. Prolly not likely. I imagine the load on servers would kill it.<\/li>\n
  2. Reducing Lag: We actually discussed a way that could help do this substantially and bring other benefits as a side effect. Can\u2019t say what, but it\u2019s on their mind (and whiteboard) now. If they actually run with it or not is a totally different story.<\/li>\n
  3. Flexi Bento: No summoning C\u2019thulu<\/li>\n
  4. Land costs: Sounds like it will be addressed. How, I\u2019m not at liberty to disclose. Be patient.<\/li>\n
  5. Inventory mess: Can\u2019t help ya there.<\/li>\n
  6. From\u00a0Wagner James Au\u2019s post concerning\u00a0Ready Player One<\/em><\/a>: Prepare to be amazed.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Ebbe showed me around, we hung out, then he strapped me into an Oculus Rift for a private demo of Sansar. Some was user-generated scenes, others were scenes made by Linden Lab. \u00a0Of the latter, I have this to say: Sansar is actually incredibly impressive so far. Still couldn\u2019t deal with the headset longer than twenty minutes. Still has a ways to go for desktop users. For short term experiences, treat it like a theme park. Second Life is still my choice for longer term engagement. When I want to be blown away for half hour, Sansar is where it\u2019s at.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

    Wildly speculating from those notes, I would not at all be surprised if Second Life users see, say, a playable version of the OASIS from\u00a0Ready Player One<\/em>deployed in Sansar. (Spielberg and author Ernest Cline wouldn’t do an in-person visit<\/a>\u00a0just to see an Intel cross-promotion demo., would they?) But we shall see!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Credit: New World Notes Will Burns, Vice-Chair for IEEE’s Virtual Worlds Standard Group, recently stopped by Linden Lab’s headquarters in San Francisco for a visit, had a good long chat with CEO Ebbe Altberg (pictured here with mandatory hoodie, next to Will with bonus Deadpool T-shirt) and got a tour of upcoming Sansar content. What … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4276,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zoha-islands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4275"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zoha-islands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zoha-islands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zoha-islands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zoha-islands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/zoha-islands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zoha-islands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zoha-islands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}