By Gemma Cleanslate
I was happy to be
able to attend the latest Chat Lab at LEA 4 on Friday. It is good to see these
discussions continue. Saffia Widdershins and Frau Jo Yardley hosted and
presented questions that had been submitted prior to the event and then switched
to the audience questions. You will be able hear the entire conversation or read
the transcripts soon. This is just a teaser.The Lindens participating were Troy
Linden, Oz Linden and Ebbe Linden. They tried to keep the answers understandable
and not too technical although some was over my head. There were over 100
avatars at the meeting, including some other Lindens attending also: Xiola, Keira, Pete.
Saffia opened with
the announcement that there the LEA(Linden Endowment for the Arts) land grant
applications are open to creators who wish to apply.
Then they went
directly to questions. The first few were about Bento, and involved the new
processes of movements that will be up coming. Some creators are using certain
moves in very creative ways as you will see. The lab is trying to incorporate
suggestions of the residents into its development and are actually thrilled to
see the residents being so creative. It sounds all very interesting and I hope
to try the beta just to take a peek.
There was
discussion of the current viewer improvements that they are working on. Another
question was about uploading of mesh and how to make it easier to upload more
than the present 8 faces at a time.
They moved on to
Sansar and one thing I found very interesting is the goal of being able to
accommodate more than 100 avatars at bigger events and possibly concurrent across some
worlds and are hoping that by the end of this year there may be some movement in
that area. Right now the most work is going into testing for the fundamental and
basic user experience to be sure it is the best it can be. Thousands of creators
have asked to be in beta for Sansar and at this point hopefully they will be
notified and admitted in July or August . They are looking for committed users
to use the beta , and as they need to be sure the project is ready enough not to
inflict “too much pain on the first users.”
It is great to
hear the Linden Lab group so accepting to suggestions from the questioners who
have good ideas to be incorporated. That is how we solve things here says Frau
Jo.
Another
interesting question was regarding some of the avatars who are begging in groups
for 100 L for rent for example and the best way to report them. Reporting by AR
is requested, please, with all the
possible information for the Lab to be able to make a decision based on what
they are told. It is better not to flood with multiple AR’s because it slows
down the process. It is the nature of the complaint that is the issue and not
the number.
The Lab is not
ready to discuss money issues in Sansar but it looks like there will be some
form of coin like lindens but that is still ahead for decision making .One sad
thing I heard is that Mac users will have to wait until the end of the year or more before all
the doors will work. Some more linden experiences on the way but not yet ready
for prime time. There is much
information, some not understood by me, but they try hard to not make it too
technical in nature. It is good to
see the Lindens back in Second Life working and playing with the residents. It is greatly
appreciated that they are listening to the residents. The meeting with a couple
of breaks lasted for almost 1 hour and a half and it was most interesting. There
is uch more discussion that you
will want to hear for yourself. Watch for the announcement of the transcript
availability. https://labchatsl.wordpress.
Gemma Cleanslate
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