A while back, Linden Lab's Philip Rosedale announced a new Second Life viewer development project. That project ultimately grew along lines similar to that of third-party viewer project, Imprudence, breaking down many barriers to user contributions, and adopting a more agile methodology. After only a couple of release-candidates, the result is already available.
One of the biggest developments you might see in the Snowglobe viewer is that the map is now an order of magnitude faster to load, rather than taking several fractions of forever, as is traditional.
At GDC 2024, Convai showed off a new AI NPC demo made with Unity. They also announced new features and partnerships with game developers.
Online life sim Second Life is removing gacha mechanics later this month, citing a "changing regulatory climate" as its reason for banning the surprise mechanics
Do that with Marvel Avengers and every other Gacha game and the wold would be great.
So, what games are you not allowed to stream on Twitch?
As they should be. There's no need for these kinds of games. It's just prurient nonsense.
