Second Life blogfather Wagner James Au weighs in on Viewer 2.0 He loves it — or at least he loves parts of it — but he says it won’t drive Second Life mainstream adoption. He’s right. Read James’s ...

Outsiders will be able to modify the viewer software; Linden Lab plans to follow suit with the server software, too. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, ...

In a profound affirmation of community commitment, Linden Lab has released the source code of its Second Life Viewer under the open-source GPL license. The Viewer, which enables denizens of Linden's ...

Recent months have not been wholly kind to Second Life, and those circumstances don't seem finished just yet. The Emerald client, one of the most popular third-party viewers -- estimated to be used by ...

Linden Labs, creators of the hugely popular 3D virtual world Second Life, released the software last week as free and open source under the GNU General Public License (GPL) v2. Currently only the ...

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Linden Lab, creator of the virtual world Second Life, and IBM have demonstrated virtual world interoperability by teleporting avatars between the Second Life Preview Grid and an OpenSim virtual world ...

Linden Lab, which develops and operates Second Life introduced a new beta version of its desktop viewer software on Tuesday, the first big upgrade in many years. Will the new software help bring about ...

Second Life is an online virtual world populated by avatars, where "residents" can socialize, network, play and build copyrighted creations like new fashions, artwork and software applications. Akin ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Linden Lab on Monday released as open-source software the viewer used to access Second Life and plans to follow suit with the server software that ...

Linden Lab on Monday released as open-source software the viewer used to access Second Life and plans to follow suit with the server software that powers the company's virtual realm. The initial move ...