On 10/30/07, Tony B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > FWIW I've never been able to run SL at anything better than slideshow > frame > rates, despite having a good gaming machine that has no trouble with any > of > the latest gaming challenges. Online virtual worlds are nothing new, but > SL > is a poor implementation of it, despite all the press it generates on slow > news days.
Are you on dial-up? That will slow down your access to online capabilities. Even using the Linux client (not really supported, yet), moving through Second Life and interacting with people was smoother than some games on the Windows PC. On 10/30/07, David Turk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > In conjunction with my posting yesterday about finding companies that > can > > create programs & software for an interactive exhibit-does anyone have > > experience with using Second Life as a platform? It seems like an ideal > > fit; we would just need to find developers to design what we need > > (apparently, Linden Labs doesn't offer this service itself). tia. There is an article on Wikipedia about businesses on Second Life: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Businesses_and_Organizations_in_Second_Life I don't have any experience with any of them, so I can't recommend any. -- John DeCarlo, My Views Are My Own ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
