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May 30, 2017 Best of Brake Check Gone Wrong (Insurance Scam) & Instant Karma 2019 Road Rage, Crashes Compilation - Duration: 15:20. Dashcam Lessons Recommended for you. Jan 04, 2017 Most viewers are simpy derivatives of the LL viewer. Many of the 'features' in third party viewers are actually available to everyone, but are simply exposed in an easier to access setting than you might find in the default viewer. Some viewers do seem to perform better of individual machines, so it can be in your interest to try a variety.
Firestorm LinksContacts.Support Email: admin at phoenixviewer dot comSecond Life Contact: Phoenix/Firestorm Viewer Support groupSecond Life Location:Platforms: Windows MacOS LinuxDescriptionFirestorm is a community development project headed by The Phoenix Firestorm Project Incorporated as an alternative viewer for Second Life. Our primary goal is to improve the user experience with new features while extending usability, functionality and flexibility of the Viewer 3 code base. Our secondary goal is to lessen the learning curve for users migrating from older V1 viewers, while still being easily accessible to users of Linden Lab's latest viewer offerings. We package contributions from various community developers along with code from Linden Lab and of course ourselves to bring you a quality, feature-rich viewer experience backed up by a large volunteer support team available 24/7 in various languages. More information on support can be found from our website. Documentation here and Tutorial Videos hereFeature listAbove and beyond the standard V2 features like multi attachments/tattoo layers/av physics, Media on a prim, shadow capability.
It has been a while since we wrote about third-party viewers here on The Torch. A lot of old ones have been updated and a few new ones have popped up. Here’s what’s on the menu at the moment.
Alchemy
Alchemy viewer has been around for about 2 years now. Its goal is to provide a stable high-performance experience while using the very latest technologies in Second Life. It is a cross-platform viewer, available for Windows, MacOS and Linux.
The development is led by Drake Arconis (also known inworld as Sovreign Engineer), with a small team of 4 people.
Black Dragon
Formerly known as Niran’s Viewer, this one has been around for a while. Black Dragon is aimed to bring you the most stunning and beautiful visuals Second Life can offer and does so by tweaking the graphics a removing mostly unused features. Even with the removed features, it can be a bit of a resource hog, so a good computer is recommended. This viewer is ideal for photography and machinima.
Black Dragon is developed by NiranV Dean and is currently available for Windows only.
Firestorm
Phoenix Firestorm was one of the first third-party viewers to gain mainstream traction. Firestorm is an updated version of that. Firestorm is rich in features and aims to make the Second Life experience as customizable as possible. It is available on Windows, MacOs and Linux.
Firestorm is developed by a large team of over 80 people, with 24/7 customer support available.
UKanDo
This is one of the new viewers on the list. Originally created for a small group of friends to use on a different grid, it has now been modified to work with Second Life. UKanDo is a light-weight viewer, with all the features of the standard viewers, but without most features that other third party viewer has. They have added a lot of features on their own (like a camera akin to those of third person shooters), to make the Second Life experience very different from the other viewers.
Developed by Connor Monaron, UKanDo is available on Windows only.
CtrlAltStudio
Based on the Firestorm viewer, CtrlAltStudio aims to add the (then) latest in features and technologies, such as Kinect control, stereoscopic 3D and Oculus Rift support. CtrlAltStudio is available on Windows, MacOs and Linux.
Originally maintained by Strachan Ofarrel, development on CtrlAltStudio stopped in October 2015 but is still usable.
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Kokua
This viewer aims to bring you a highly customizable UI and new features, developed by the community. Kokua was formerly known as Imprudence.
Kokua’s development is lead by Nicky Perian and it’s available on Windows, MacOs and Linux.
Catznip
Another one of the classics, Catznip has been around for quite some time. Focusing on stability, performance and a big directory of homegrown features, this viewer was long rumoured to be discontinued. With a recent update bridging a 20-month gap in differences between Catznip and the standard viewer, those rumours were put to rest.
Catznip is developed by a small team and is available on Windows and Linux.
Restrained Love Viewer
Aimed towards pleasure seekers, Restrained Love Viewer revolutionized the way we interact with Second Life. So much so that we decided to dedicate an entire article to it.
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RLV is available on Windows and MacOs.
Subset viewers
Subset viewers are viewers that omit certain aspects of the full viewer, often to fit a specific purpose. The current subset viewers are:
- Radegast: Text-based viewer for Windows and Linux
- Lumiya: 3D viewer for Android devices
- Mobile Grid Viewer: Text-based viewer for Android devices
- Pocket Metaverse: 3D viewer for iOS devices
- LittleSight: 3D viewer for Android devices
- GroupTools: Text-based viewer for Windows
All these viewers can be found in the Third Party Directory.
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