On Saturday March 21, it was noticed that Sansar didn't have Linden Lab mentioned as an owner, but Wookey. But there was no announcement from the Lab right away. On Tuesday, there was finally a press release from them about the sale.
Linden Lab has had some inquiries from the public and media about the
current happenings of Sansar. We are very excited to witness the
unfolding of Sansar getting a fresh opportunity to thrive under the
ownership of Wookey Project Corp., a San Francisco-based technology
company that has assumed all operations without any interruption to
operations or the Sansar community. We are proud to have given birth to this amazing platform for creativity and live events, and encourage our community to continue the process of supporting Sansar as it shifts to new ownership. We’ve assembled a quick FAQ to address key inquiries about this transition.
There was little information that wasn't already known, though of the people still on the Sansar team, "As for Linden Lab, many members of the Sansar team formerly employed by Linden Lab are staying with Sansar as employees under its new ownership."
On the Sansar blog, they tried their best to make the change look like good news.
Together, we’re turning a page on Sansar’s most dynamic chapter yet, and we’re excited to take you with us. We’re also grateful to Linden Lab for their many years of support, and we look forward to building on the work we started there.
What does this mean for you? More of the amazing events you know and love! More cosplay karaoke, more zero-gravity game nights, more of the massive interstellar shows that Sansar’s known for - thousands joining from anywhere in the world for one-of-a-kind live performances. You can also expect more features for meeting, socializing and hanging out with friends from around the world. Possibly even more ways to experience Sansar across different devices (more on this in weeks to come!). Nothing will change in your day-to-day.
Considering Wookey is a much smaller company than Linden Lab, and Sansar has a much smaller user base than Second Life, it's difficult to imagine them doing much of anything revolutionary in regards to virtual words in the future. Much has been spoken about if Sansar, which has been estimated to have cost the Lab 50-60 million dollars to develop, should never have been tried, or if they should have tried but their mistake was not having been smarter about it. But in any event, it is now no longer part of Linden Lab except as a chapter in it's history.
Source: New World Notes
Bixyl Shuftan
What they SHOULD be putting limited resources to, is creating SL2. SL2 must be the same as the current grid with every item and every gizmo already created inside it. And it must add:
ReplyDelete* Ability to have many more people
* Lower cost
* The ability of a sim to keep control of exitting items until next sim accepts handoff
* backwards compatibility with existing viewers
Today is a golden opportunity for LL. They can advertise the existance of SL to the world and show how you can travel and party without leaving home. Also cutting some prices and giving former owners a "Come Home" package where they get the same land again without any reconnection fee, will get some of those LL has driven out to come back again.
The current world situation is an opportunity for LL. They must not blow this one.