The Return of The Lumiya Viewer?

 

 Some residents may remember the Lumiya Viewer, a third-party viewer that allowed access to Second Life through tablets and cellphones, and following the shutting down of SL GO for a time it was the only way to do so. But some time after the Newser wrote about it in March 2016, updates for it stopped, and it was eventually dropped from the Lab's list of approved viewers. 

 

After that, nothing more would we heard about the viewer until a few days ago on Friday September 12, a user on Reddit calling himself Kaleon stated he was "the last member of Alina 's staff," hadn't been in contact with her for years, and was working on restoring the Lumiya viewer. But he needed help.

 

 As the last member of Alina 's staff, and not having been in contact with her for nearly a decade, I am working on reverse engineering and opening up Lumiya Viewer to be worked on in a public GitHub. I am looking for coders, app builders and more to help with this task.

 

Kaleon would say, "This is a decompile that's been worked over with AI and tools to get it semi-functional. It is nowhere near ready to run, or use, and has a LOT of work that's needed done to get it ready." 

 

Daniel Voyager would guess the new Lumiya would be ready sometime in 2026. 

 

Sources: Daniel Voyager's blog, Reddit

 

Bixyl Shuftan

 

Cartoon of The Day: Not So Smartphone

 

 

 Taken at the Happy Vixen. Smartphones can be useful, but their AI sometimes has much to be desired.

By Bixyl Shuftan

RFL Track Sneak Peek: Public Phone

 

In a sign of the times, over a week ago New York City took down the last of it's public phones. In an age where most everyone has a cell phone or smartphone, pay phones seem like relics (or a reminder of how old some of us are). But looks like this team is still giving residents the option to call in.

Stay tuned for more updates.
 

Cartoon of the Day: ET Not Phoning Home

Taken at "The Pen" in Bay City

By Bixyl Shuftan