New tools are being introduced to Second Life. They are really exciting. One is sculpties, which uses an image map's colors as the coordinates for a mesh (I'm in love). The other is Voice, which allows people to talk to each other in Second Life, if they have a headset. Jamie and I tried it, and it is a completely different experience than the usual.
Some people are suspicious of these new tools.
I'm all for these new developments. Voice may create a subdivision, but I don't necessarily think that it will be a stratification. It's more of a diversification. Besides, anyone who's tried VoiceBeta realizes what happens once your typing fingers are free; your avatar comes to life. It can move around and communicate simultaneous. It's a lot of fun and will be really useful for in-world interactions.
I just learned about Sculpted Prims this morning. What a weird baby! They are no more intuitive than the tools that LL (Linden Labs) has already provided, though. No worries to the existing SL (Second Life) builders. In fact, I think it is a boon to them, another tool in their box.
Voice and Sculpted Prims shouls be very exciting tools for us to use on Wolverine Island.
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