So today upon doing my daily email check I noticed a new one from Second Life, it looks like some exciting changes are in the works for this new along with added support from our friends at Linden Lab.<\/p>\n
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Dear Second Life Residents,<\/p>\n
It\u2019s been an exciting summer at Linden Lab. Second Life celebrated its 14th anniversary, and shortly thereafter we also opened Sansar’s creator beta to the world. In addition, we are thrilled to announce a set of investments into Second Life and its communities that will include enhancements to our engineering support, customer support, billing systems and upgrades, and customer acquisition outreach. In all, we\u2019ve budgeted many millions (USD, not L$…) in the coming year to make SL even better, and we\u2019ll keep everyone up to date on improvements as they roll out (or sooner).<\/p>\n
This summer\u2019s milestones have given us all another opportunity to reflect on just how strong the Second Life community is, what an incredible history SL has had so far, and what an amazing future lies ahead for the virtual world and its Residents.<\/p>\n
For more than 14 years, you\u2019ve created memorable experiences, diverse communities, close relationships, thriving economies, engaging art, exciting events, and amazing creations of all kinds. You\u2019ve made the world, and we\u2019re proud to provide the platform and tools that help you to do so. We at Linden continue to be impressed by what we witness from Residents every day, and we want you to know that we share that commitment to and love for Second Life.
\nHere are a few of the things you can look forward to soon:<\/p>\n\u2022 We are hard at work upgrading all of the SL infrastructure and moving it to the cloud, which will bring a wealth of opportunities to Residents near and far, and allow us, among many other things, to make SL more performant for Residents across the world from us. It may also allow us to introduce new products with more flexible pricing.
\n\u2022 We\u2019re working on several features to increase the value of Premium subscriptions. Most recently we gave Premium members priority access to near-full events, and shortly, we\u2019ll be ready to unveil another bit of exciting news for subscribers.
\n\u2022 We’re building out a series of great extensions to Windlight (code name: EEP!), which will give value, flexibility, and new marketability to land, and will make Windlight settings tradeable assets.
\n\u2022 We have an extension to the animation system in the works (code name: Animesh) that will allow non-avatar objects to use more powerful and efficient skeletal animations the way avatars can today, and even more changes planned for creators and merchants later in the year.
\n\u2022 We\u2019ve also got new experiences and events coming. An exciting new grid-wide gaming experience is coming soon! The team can\u2019t wait to share the details with you in just a few days. Also in the works for this fall is an updated Halloween Haunted Tour, with new spooktacular events to celebrate. Not to mention, we\u2019re turning 15 next year – SL15B, baby! That\u2019s an incredible milestone and we are looking forward to collaborating with you to produce an amazing celebration.<\/p>\nLong live Second Life and long live the creative process in the amazing worlds that you’ve trail-blazed! Thank you for filling SL with your creations and communities all of these past 14+ years, and here\u2019s to many, many more together.<\/p>\n
Best,
\nEbbe Linden, CEO & the Second Life Team<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"So today upon doing my daily email check I noticed a new one from Second Life, it looks like some exciting changes are in the works for this new along with added support from our friends at Linden Lab. Dear Second Life Residents, It\u2019s been an exciting summer at Linden Lab. Second Life celebrated … Continue reading