The patch below is meant for the singularity viewer and turns the viewer into a godlike client with the ability to export most assets from either second life or opensim. Advanced second life residents may want to experiment with different viewers, including our latest release candidate of the sl viewer. Please join our discord or our in world group alchemy viewer for community provided support. Second life is a virtual world wherein different users around the world gather, interact and create their own virtual territory. For second life to run even reasonably well, you need to understand that a laptop even a really good one with a wireless connection simply isnt good enough to run sl. Hybrid second life viewers based on linden lab official sources and renderpipeline aimed specifically at high end users, film makers and photography. Jul 06, 2017 linden lab incorporates technology from havok into the second life viewer to provide certain advanced features. Singularity is an opensource project powered entirely by volunteer force and willpower.
Linden lab incorporates technology from havok into the second life viewer to provide certain advanced features. In addition to this the background updater, metrics and crashlogger systems have also been disabled by default. Second life launched in 2003, second life is a virtual world where social interaction, art and commerce thrive. Kirstens viewer has a brand new update you can download here for. If youre an experienced resident, then download one of the latest release candidate or project sl viewers and let us know what you think. Fifteen alternate second life viewers avatarplanet blog. Excellent graphics, and my laptop can keep up, although if i crank it to the max, the fps can suffer and it does get a bit warm.
Download second life viewer get together with people from all over the world and explore, chat and have meetings in a fully 3d environment. Launched in 2003, second life is a virtual world where social interaction, art and commerce thrive. The standard viewer for second life is called the second life viewer, and the primary third party viewer is called firestorm. The average number of downloads were 6,000 to 8,000 per month.
The picture on the right is the logo of one of them, the meerkat viewer. Hkpolyu in second life tips for beginner to reach virtual polyu. The second life wiki lists the following alternate viewers, and has download links for each of them. Around a decade ago, a popular third party viewer tpv among second life photographers was kirstens viewer, produced by kirstenlee. Kirstens viewer clients have the same functionality as second life viewers in this regard.
Back in 2011, kirstens viewer for second life added an anaglyph 3d view. The imprudence blog in a post by jacek antonelli states the only real change is the removal of the ability to download textures from second life using export. Kirstens viewer, which displays second life in 3d, gets major update. Many thanks for your time and consideration, best wishes. Second life viewer alternatives and similar software. It was updated to the latest second life features in 2017. Exodus viewer is a new flavour to the second life viewer 3 series, geared towards the combat community, roleplayers and photography or machinima.
Kirstenlee explained the changes in this viewer on her blog. The patch modifies the singularity viewer so that the builtin, clientside, shallow security is disabled. If you look at kirsten s viewer, it is using the same code base or old engine as all other viewers but distributes all the files the official viewer comes with. Kirstenlee viewer developmentdownloads ended second life. See this blog post kirstens viewer has now been updated by kirstenlee cinquetti to include recent second life capabilities such as the enhanced bento mesh avatar skeleton and still includes the 3d anaglyph view capability. To explore, communicate, and connect in second life, youll need to download our 3d browsing software, or what we call the sl viewer. Singularity viewer is an exciting client for second life and opensim, which strives to combine the beloved look and feel of viewer 1. Developer linden lab created a platform that allows residents to build all in world content, including clothes, simple homes or massive cities. Firestorm viewer the phoenix firestorm project inc. Explore 4 apps like second life viewer, all suggested and ranked by the alternativeto user community. Rokuro lathe sculpt maker link sculptypaint link sculptyspace v02a 1 mb zip by sculpty carver.
Second life in anaglyph 3d using kirstens viewer austin. The second life viewer enables users to interact with each other through their avatars. Some of the viewers workflows are cumbersome for some residents and this has hurt viewer adoption. Sculptyspace will show you exactly how your sculpties will appear in secondlife even at different levels of. Fullfunction viewers for normal sl use, including mesh uploading. Those making machinima certainly want to check out the version s20 build 15 and newer ones. This is the best viewer i have ever used, hands down. Apr 11, 2020 it was updated to the latest second life features in 2017. Jun 03, 2011 a few days ago kirstens viewer released a new build which has 3d capabilites. View the profiles of people named kirsten s viewer. Opensource created custom viewers for virtual worlds like secondlife.
Im back lol after a very hectic weekend, so i figured i may as well start out with a plug for kirsten s newest build. Simple reason for that, save bandwidth and download time. It is similar to the official viewer in most respects, and adheres tightly to ll coding standards,and ll source code. At the time, it pushed hard to make the graphical appearance of sl rich and deep. Yes this viewer uses the v2 interface, but kirsten makes it look good and functional. Kirstenlee cinquetti blog about kirstens viewer secondlife and other technologies including games and hardware. The program lies within games, more precisely simulation. Dec 01, 2010 a couple of days ago i started using kirstens viewer s20 build 42 and i am so excited that i wanted to share with you guys. It is remarkable how broken the whole system linden came up with is.
Gateway helpers provide a welcoming learning environment within general rated regions and give basic fundamental help to residents on any viewer. What second life viewer program is most suitable for small. A few days ago kirstens viewer released a new build which has 3d capabilites. Radegast a lightweight virtual word client for second life. Third party viewer directorykirstens second life wiki. The most frequent installer filenames for the software are. If youre an experienced resident, then download one of the latest release candidate or project sl viewers and let us know. The firestorm gateway is a community gateway for new residents to second life. We really can improve the second life user experience by rethinking the way our viewer works and making it and its features and functionality faster, easier, and more fun for everyone. Kirsten was for a long time the only alternative to the official viewer for people that didnt like the viewer 1 experience.
Explore 4 apps like second life viewer, all suggested and ranked by the alternativeto. Kirstens viewer has now been updated 10april2020 r1290 by kirstenlee cinquetti to use the very latest linden lab viewer code and includes experimental or development features such as legacy profiles. Windows for second life firestorm viewer the phoenix. Kirstens viewer has now been updated 10april2020 r1290 by kirstenlee cinquetti to use the very latest linden lab viewer code and includes experimental or development features such as. Join facebook to connect with kirsten s viewer and others you may know.
Not recommended to download the official viewer after your. As we recommend users to use kirsten s16 viewer than second life official viewer, you are. I was very happy to see the kirsten viewer still alive till i installed the s22. In order to enable third party viewers to provide those features, linden lab has obtained the right to sublicense this havok technology to third party viewers. Black dragon, formerly known as nirans viewer is a viewer created and designed to change the way you experience second life in a whole, starting by changing defaults, declining all sorts of bells and whistles no one needs, redesigning the user interface and trying things other viewers are too scared of. Around a decade ago, a popular third party viewer tpv among second life photographers was kirsten s viewer, produced by kirstenlee cinquetti aka skilled coder lee quick. On may 2nd, i wrote about the return of kirsten s viewer and its return to active duty. Most interesting second life viewer20101101in ascent. This software is not provided or supported by linden lab, the makers of second life. Second life forums archive what happened to kirstens viewer. This is handwritten html c20072020 henri beauchamp, optimized for the gecko engine second life is a trademark of linden.
I have been pretty excited about this and have been playing on and off with it the past few days. There have been numerous improvements and large number of bugs that have been squashed. A perpetual alphabeta viewer based on a mixture of code with experimental features aimed specifically at experienced end users, or adventurous residents. Then i noticed a huge increase of people googling how to enable 3d in kirstens viewer and. If you have second thoughts, use the official second life viewer provided by linden lab. The big changes, to me, are in the render pipeline and image decompression. Written by luminous luminos in alchemy on mon 25 july 2016. Kirstens viewer update with anaglyph 3d austin tates blog. Apr 01, 2020 singularity viewer is an exciting client for second life and opensim, which strives to combine the beloved look and feel of viewer 1.
A couple of days ago i started using kirstens viewer s20 build 42 and i am so excited that i wanted to share with you guys. Until today they failed to do so and continue to violate the gpl license terms. Second life in anaglyph 3d using kirstens viewer austin tates blog. Hybrid second life viewers based on a mixture of snowstorm and render pipeline aimed specifically at high end users, film. It was also the first tpv to experiment with analgyph 3d, far back. Legendary third party sl client with 3d glasses feature gets. You will not go astray, though shadows fall, still the stars find their way. As no dedicated support team is in place, no user support can be guaranteed. May 05, 2017 back in 2011, kirstens viewer for second life added an anaglyph 3d view capability which could be seen with redcyan 3d glasses. So you need a decent desktop with a high broadband connection and it needs to be a direct input into the computer.
Although i have not been able to get the linux version working, i am getting an amazing 2535fps average, on a 5 year old dell p4 1 gig ram, with a nvidia 8400gs 512mb video card, and. So after a rather long and drawn out beta period, we are pleased to announce the 4. The actual developer of the free program is linden lab. It seems it does not matter whether you created the texture or not. Kirstenlee who makes that viewer announced his retirement from sl compatible viewer development yesterday. There are in fact at least fifteen second life viewers other than those created by second life. Second life viewer is free game client program for the later versions of windows os, developed by linden lab. Be aware that linden lab will not respond to support requests involving thirdparty clients such as this. This is not a product by linden lab, the creators of second life, although its intended use is access of second life service. Both have gotten to be very bulky and require more than a little memory. Back in 2011, kirstens viewer for second life added an anaglyph 3d view capability which could be seen with redcyan 3d glasses.