Comments on: Better Clouds, Wind Coming to Second Life http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/21/better-clouds-wind-coming-to-second-life/ Startup and Technology News Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:53:07 -0800 hourly 1 By: TechCrunch en français » Avec WindLight, SecondLife se refait une beauté http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/21/better-clouds-wind-coming-to-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-1764111 TechCrunch en français » Avec WindLight, SecondLife se refait une beauté Sat, 17 Nov 2007 07:03:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/21/better-clouds-wind-coming-to-second-life/#comment-1764111 [...] LindenLab a lancé WindLight un client SecondLife, le premier lancement important depuis l’acquisition de WindMark Interactive en Mai. [...] [...] LindenLab a lancé WindLight un client SecondLife, le premier lancement important depuis l’acquisition de WindMark Interactive en Mai. [...]

]]> By: Entropia Universe Licenses CryENGINE | Tekjuice.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/21/better-clouds-wind-coming-to-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-1533332 Entropia Universe Licenses CryENGINE | Tekjuice.com Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:09:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/21/better-clouds-wind-coming-to-second-life/#comment-1533332 [...] rendering in virtual worlds continues to gain pace. Second Life acquired Windward Mark Technology in May, delivering realistic wind and clouds to their [...] [...] rendering in virtual worlds continues to gain pace. Second Life acquired Windward Mark Technology in May, delivering realistic wind and clouds to their [...]

]]> By: Entropia Universe Licenses CryENGINE : Teknicks Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/21/better-clouds-wind-coming-to-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-1519811 Entropia Universe Licenses CryENGINE : Teknicks Blog Thu, 26 Jul 2007 03:59:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/21/better-clouds-wind-coming-to-second-life/#comment-1519811 [...] rendering in virtual worlds continues to gain pace. Second Life acquired Windward Mark Technology in May, delivering realistic wind and clouds to their [...] [...] rendering in virtual worlds continues to gain pace. Second Life acquired Windward Mark Technology in May, delivering realistic wind and clouds to their [...]

]]> By: Jimmy http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/21/better-clouds-wind-coming-to-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-1388959 Jimmy Tue, 22 May 2007 15:05:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/21/better-clouds-wind-coming-to-second-life/#comment-1388959 @ 13: My thoughts exactly. Secondlife is slow enough as it is. They should fix their performance issues first. @ 13: My thoughts exactly. Secondlife is slow enough as it is. They should fix their performance issues first.

]]> By: pallet jack http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/21/better-clouds-wind-coming-to-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-1388939 pallet jack Tue, 22 May 2007 14:50:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/21/better-clouds-wind-coming-to-second-life/#comment-1388939 Markedup : You would be doing good if ; in all your lifes work.. you made something that did half as well as SL has ... - yeah I saw the ad too - But I think the real news is the open source fact... buying a company to make them open source is an idea, an approach not thought of before ... a year or so ago Markedup : You would be doing good if ; in all your lifes work.. you made something that did half as well as SL has …

– yeah I saw the ad too – But I think the real news is the open source fact… buying a company to make them open source is an idea, an approach not thought of before … a year or so ago

]]> By: mathew http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/21/better-clouds-wind-coming-to-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-1388886 mathew Tue, 22 May 2007 14:19:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/21/better-clouds-wind-coming-to-second-life/#comment-1388886 Great, now Second Life will be even slower. Ugh. Great, now Second Life will be even slower. Ugh.

]]> By: MarkedUp http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/21/better-clouds-wind-coming-to-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-1388619 MarkedUp Tue, 22 May 2007 11:27:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/21/better-clouds-wind-coming-to-second-life/#comment-1388619 Great... as if their cruddy graphics engine wasn't embarassingly slow enough already. Still, I guess it's cheaper to simply add jazzy effects like this than to actually bother to write decent software in the first place. Great… as if their cruddy graphics engine wasn’t embarassingly slow enough already.

Still, I guess it’s cheaper to simply add jazzy effects like this than to actually bother to write decent software in the first place.

]]> By: Duncan Riley http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/21/better-clouds-wind-coming-to-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-1388440 Duncan Riley Tue, 22 May 2007 08:45:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/21/better-clouds-wind-coming-to-second-life/#comment-1388440 Jeff until you pointed it out I didn't even see the ad, and from what I can make of it it's for a PR firm that works for SL or something like that, 110% promise you that there is no editorial interference, I have zero involvement in that side of things and I've never been asked to positively review a sponsors product. Commenter No 10, no comment. People like SL, I don't mind it myself however if you read my review on Entropia Universe you'll see that I can look at SL objectively. The post is simply the facts, indeed I well and truly copped it when I made fun of SL previously, once bitten, twice shy...can't please everyone. Jeff
until you pointed it out I didn’t even see the ad, and from what I can make of it it’s for a PR firm that works for SL or something like that, 110% promise you that there is no editorial interference, I have zero involvement in that side of things and I’ve never been asked to positively review a sponsors product.

Commenter No 10, no comment. People like SL, I don’t mind it myself however if you read my review on Entropia Universe you’ll see that I can look at SL objectively. The post is simply the facts, indeed I well and truly copped it when I made fun of SL previously, once bitten, twice shy…can’t please everyone.

]]> By: maybe Mike give Duncan drugs http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/21/better-clouds-wind-coming-to-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-1388355 maybe Mike give Duncan drugs Tue, 22 May 2007 07:34:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/21/better-clouds-wind-coming-to-second-life/#comment-1388355 Clouds... Clouds... Clouds... Duncan. Are you into drugs? Clouds…
Clouds…
Clouds…

Duncan. Are you into drugs?

]]> By: Nobody Fugazi http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/21/better-clouds-wind-coming-to-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-1388280 Nobody Fugazi Tue, 22 May 2007 06:36:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/21/better-clouds-wind-coming-to-second-life/#comment-1388280 Erm. OK. So clouds. Will that stop people from losing money in what might be a flawed land sale system? No... Will it make SecondVoice more attractive because people can talk about clouds? No... Will it deal with a lack of zoning on mainland? No... However, it might be interesting to see how much this affects present builds in SL. Erm. OK. So clouds.

Will that stop people from losing money in what might be a flawed land sale system? No… Will it make SecondVoice more attractive because people can talk about clouds? No… Will it deal with a lack of zoning on mainland? No…

However, it might be interesting to see how much this affects present builds in SL.

]]> By: SL : Nishant Wise http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/21/better-clouds-wind-coming-to-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-1388252 SL : Nishant Wise Tue, 22 May 2007 06:04:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/21/better-clouds-wind-coming-to-second-life/#comment-1388252 Well, It's just a part of making the Second Life more First Life (realistic) i guess, to showcase it as a Good Investment.?? whatever!! Well,

It’s just a part of making the Second Life more First Life (realistic) i guess, to showcase it as a Good Investment.?? whatever!!

]]> By: Webomatica http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/21/better-clouds-wind-coming-to-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-1388237 Webomatica Tue, 22 May 2007 05:42:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/21/better-clouds-wind-coming-to-second-life/#comment-1388237 Sigh. I think if you took a survey of what graphics need to be improved in SL I strongly doubt the answer would be the sky. One look at the scary, amateurish Amish clown in the white T-shirt of those pictures might give you a clue as to what I'm talking about... Sigh. I think if you took a survey of what graphics need to be improved in SL I strongly doubt the answer would be the sky.

One look at the scary, amateurish Amish clown in the white T-shirt of those pictures might give you a clue as to what I’m talking about…

]]> By: Jeff Tunnell http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/21/better-clouds-wind-coming-to-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-1388205 Jeff Tunnell Tue, 22 May 2007 05:09:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/21/better-clouds-wind-coming-to-second-life/#comment-1388205 Oh wait, I see now. As soon as I posted that comment, I saw the SL ad. Way to help out your blogger cred. Oh wait, I see now. As soon as I posted that comment, I saw the SL ad. Way to help out your blogger cred.

]]> By: Jeff Tunnell http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/21/better-clouds-wind-coming-to-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-1388202 Jeff Tunnell Tue, 22 May 2007 05:04:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/21/better-clouds-wind-coming-to-second-life/#comment-1388202 Hey, the guys at Second Life farted yesterday. Is that news too? I rely on TC for a bunch of breaking tech news. This is not news. Enough about SL. Hey, the guys at Second Life farted yesterday. Is that news too? I rely on TC for a bunch of breaking tech news. This is not news. Enough about SL.

]]> By: Give me a break! http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/21/better-clouds-wind-coming-to-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-1388195 Give me a break! Tue, 22 May 2007 04:58:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/21/better-clouds-wind-coming-to-second-life/#comment-1388195 Clouds. How is that going to generate people's interest and make money on cloud technology? If you haven't seen clouds for years. Stop playing PC. Go out smell the real air!!! Clouds.

How is that going to generate people’s interest and make money on cloud technology?

If you haven’t seen clouds for years.
Stop playing PC.
Go out smell the real air!!!

]]> By: Rand Leeb-du Toit http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/21/better-clouds-wind-coming-to-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-1388192 Rand Leeb-du Toit Tue, 22 May 2007 04:49:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/21/better-clouds-wind-coming-to-second-life/#comment-1388192 I guess they didn't read the 3 rules for virtual world developers b4 inking this deal: http://yoick.tv/?p=396 Whizzbangery, indeed! I guess they didn’t read the 3 rules for virtual world developers b4 inking this deal:
http://yoick.tv/?p=396

Whizzbangery, indeed!

]]> By: Kelli http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/21/better-clouds-wind-coming-to-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-1388161 Kelli Tue, 22 May 2007 04:14:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/21/better-clouds-wind-coming-to-second-life/#comment-1388161 I guess I am missing the significance of this. High quality graphics in video games is expected and the smallest details are given high praise. But in Second Life, are they going to make the company that much more successful? I doubt it. I can't see many people thinking 'wow, look at that cloud, I must join'. Did anyone see on the NBC Nightly News piece on churches in Second Life? I thought it was going well until they showed the non-human characters, especially the middle-aged guy that's a shorts-wearing cheetah who says that this is the only church he's felt accepted in. That has to hurt. I know that virtually, anyone can be anyone/anything but that just looked silly. I guess I am missing the significance of this. High quality graphics in video games is expected and the smallest details are given high praise. But in Second Life, are they going to make the company that much more successful? I doubt it. I can’t see many people thinking ‘wow, look at that cloud, I must join’.

Did anyone see on the NBC Nightly News piece on churches in Second Life? I thought it was going well until they showed the non-human characters, especially the middle-aged guy that’s a shorts-wearing cheetah who says that this is the only church he’s felt accepted in. That has to hurt. I know that virtually, anyone can be anyone/anything but that just looked silly.

]]> By: Search Engine WEB http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/21/better-clouds-wind-coming-to-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-1388134 Search Engine WEB Tue, 22 May 2007 03:55:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/21/better-clouds-wind-coming-to-second-life/#comment-1388134 Here is a link to some of their Video downloads, pretty impressive... www.windwardmark.net/downloads.php?page=videos Here is a link to some of their Video downloads, pretty impressive…

http://www.wind...php?page=videos

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