Second Life to Get New Lighting From Windward
Posted Monday, May 21st, 2007, at 10:44 am Eastern by Mark Wallace
Linden Lab has bought Windward Mark, a company that creates realistic lighting and cloud systems for 3D online environments, according to a story in the Boston Globe. (The purchase was made for an undisclosed sum.) The company is apparently already at work adding their code to LL’s software. “Users should see a major improvement in visual quality within several weeks,” according to the article. I imagine this will be a contentious move in some quarters. There are many people who don’t very much love Second Life’s current lighting systems — but there are many as well who will question why money and effort are being used to improve lighting instead of hiring more talent to stabilize the underlying platform. Let the debate continue.
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Oooh… contentious statment at the end there, MW! LOL
Actually, I agree. Bring on some stability and scalability first, and fix some of those bugs that have apparently been there since the dinosaurs walked the Earth. Havok 4 would be nice too.
Stability? But you can’t see stability in screenshots that will be published in the press!
[…] Viele Leute sind ja unzufrieden mit dem derzeit in Second Life implementierten Beleuchtungssystem, aber wie man bei 3pointD.com und auf dem Linden Lab Blog hört, soll sich dies bald ändern. So hat Linden Lab wohl Windward Mark gekauft, eine Firma, die auf realistische Beleuchtungsmodelle spezialisiert sind und die anscheinend schon dabei sind, ihren Code in den Second Life-Client einfliessen zu lassen. […]
[…] 3pointD.com reports Second Life will receive a visual upgrade soon: nicer lighting and skies. Sounds promising! Check the site of software creator Windward Mark (just bought by Linden Labs). It has tons of screenshots and a movie of Nimble. […]