Second Life Mobile Viewer Now Available to All

 

Yesterday, it was announced that the mobile viewer for Second Life was openly available to all with an account. 

The news was posted on the Second Life Youtube channel, which had a link to the SL mobile app page at (https://www.secondlife.com/mobile). The viewer is listed as in open beta, and on a phone one can be reminded of any messages they receive. 

The mobile viewer was first made available in December 2023 to Premium Plus residents, or rather they could apply to be put on a list to be approved to use it, as an "open alpha," cautioned it was still very buggy. In June, it was made available to all Premium-Plus and Premium residents as an "early beta."

For fans of the Firestorm Viewer, they have no plans to start work on their own version of the mobile viewer. There is an alternative, the Speedlight Viewer, but it is simpler and when the Newser last checked it out, it didn't have all the options of the official mobile app.

Once again, you can download the mobile app at: https://www.secondlife.com/mobile

Bixyl Shuftan

Game Review: Wildstar's Open Beta

Earlier this month, the Wildstar MMO by NCSoft was up in Open Beta and free to play for anyone whom downloaded the game. Among those giving the game a try was Nydia Tungsten. So how did she like it? She had a few things to say about this sci-fi multiplayer game.

Read Nydia's story in Other Grids and MMOs.

Gamer Weekend

Besides Second Life, there was a bit going on in online games last weekend.

The "War Thunder" multiplayer online game has gotten attention for being an air combat game with players in planes bombing enemy tanks and AA positions, as well as scrapping against each other. On May 15, they had their "Update 1.41," which released their open beta for the tank action. So far, only Russian and German tanks are available for research, and there's just one beginning tank for each.

It was also the last few days for the "Wildstar" Open Beta. This space-themed MMO in development had been talked about by a few friends of mine. In the game, players choose one of two factions, the Exiles and the Dominion, one of eight races (four for each faction), one of six classes of character (warrior, medic, engineer, etc.), and one of four paths (soldier, scientists, explorer, settler). After your introduction on your faction's spaceship, players go down to the planet Nexus where the action takes place.

The game had a bit of a cartoony feel compared to "World of Warcraft." But it wasn't kiddie stuff with some of the language. I got to level eight for one character of each faction (Chua and Aurin), in which the plot gave each faction a reason for hating the other. It wasn't perfect as bugs slowed down the action sometimes, but I thought the game was worth keeping an eye on.

So what have my neighbors in Second Life been up to when not in Second Life? The "Furry Gamers" from HV Community have taken interest in a new one from Steam: Space Engineers. In this game, players mine asteroids to build stations and ships, and can either cooperate, or fight one another. There have been some fun short films of what happens when ships ram one another.

Well, all for now. More from the gaming front soon.

Bixyl Shuftan

Image credit: warthunder.com