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Austin Tate
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Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Virtual Worlds. 📌 Edinburgh, Scotland.
Firestorm VR Mod 7.2.2 for @SecondLife and @OpenSim is now available thanks to the @PhoenixViewerSL team release, Peter Kappler's VR Mods, @Sgeo HMD auto settings and Debug Settings by @Humbletim. More information and download link at blog.inf.ed.ac.uk/atate/firest...
November 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
September 22, 2024 at 8:56 PM
OAR Converter by Fumi Iseki and colleagues now supports glTF export for use in Unity and UnrealEngine... blog.inf.ed.ac.uk/atate/2024/0...
OAR Converter with glTF | Austin Tate's Blog
blog.inf.ed.ac.uk
September 22, 2024 at 8:56 PM
Firestorm VR Mod 7.1.9 for @SecondLife and @OpenSim now available thanks to the @PhoenixViewerSL release, Peter Kappler's VR Mod addon and the GitHub Actions (GHA) by @humbletim. This is the first #Firestorm #VR Mod PBR release. More info and download via blog.inf.ed.ac.uk/atate/firest...
June 25, 2024 at 8:35 AM
Reposted by Austin Tate
Coming Soon to Second Life - Mirrors, PBR Terrain, and 2K textures! second.life/technews032824
Mirrors, PBR Terrain, and 2K textures
Second Life is getting some new, exciting features that will make the world look even better. Mirrors are arriving soon! While we love the realistic reflections PBR materials enable, mirrors take refl...
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March 28, 2024 at 10:10 PM
Firestorm VR Mod 6.6.17 for @SecondLife and @OpenSim is now available thanks to the @PhoenixViewerSL Firestorm viewer team release, Peter Kappler's VR Mod additions and the GitHub Actions (GHA) by Humbletim and Thoys. This is the final Pre-PBR release. Download link at github.com/humbletim/fi...
March 17, 2024 at 9:27 PM
Reposted by Austin Tate
Hello Bluesky! If you're looking for a PBR viewer for #SecondLife , we've got you covered!

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February 9, 2024 at 4:55 PM
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Blogged:

2023 week #48: #SL TPVD meeting summary + PBR Update - wp.me/pxezy-zrL - #SecondLife
December 2, 2023 at 5:01 PM
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Happy Halloween from the Lindens and Moles! 🎃👻
Dive into the Halloween spirit with the liveliest community in the metaverse. Trick or treat yourself in Second Life!
➡️ second.life/halloween2023
October 20, 2023 at 4:14 PM
Reposted by Austin Tate
NFTs are officially dead.

95% of NFTs are estimated to be literally worthless, with pieces from top collections mostly worth $5-$10.

Roughly 25 million people are sat on dead assets, thanks to celebrity endorsements. The speculative bubble has popped:

markets.businessinsider.com/news/currenc...
September 21, 2023 at 9:11 AM
PBR materials in #OpenSim using #Firestorm viewer 0.7.0.0 alpha test version blog.inf.ed.ac.uk/atate/2023/0...
September 20, 2023 at 6:20 PM
Follow on to Ruth2 and Roth2 open source mesh avatars for virtual worlds... Max, Maxine and Maxwell. blog.inf.ed.ac.uk/atate/
September 20, 2023 at 6:14 PM
Setting up... Hello (Blue Sky) World!
September 20, 2023 at 3:19 PM