{"id":3417,"date":"2013-11-24T22:42:32","date_gmt":"2013-11-24T22:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=3417"},"modified":"2013-11-24T22:42:32","modified_gmt":"2013-11-24T22:42:32","slug":"rome-coming-to-versu-but-when-will-versu-come-to-the-android-or-second-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=3417","title":{"rendered":"Rome Coming To Versu But When Will Versu Come To The Android Or Second Life?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emily Short has a teaser on her blog for a new Versu title : Coming To Versu<\/a>. All the teaser contains is an image and the word “Rome<\/em>“. Now as we all know, Rome wasn’t built in a day, nor was the Versu port to Android. On that blog post someone asks:<\/p>\n

“How\u2019s the Android port coming along by the way? =)<\/em>”<\/p>\n

Emily replies: “I\u2019m afraid I\u2019m not in a position to announce a date on that. I hear you, though.<\/em>”<\/p>\n

Versu<\/a>, if you’re unfamiliar with it, is Linden Lab’s interactive fiction product. There are plans to allow user generated content on the platform so it’s definitely worth keeping an eye on.<\/p>\n

Linden Lab don’t seem to advertise Versu that well, which is not going to surprise long term Second Life users. There’s surely scope for an official Versu blog of sorts to keep people updated. I’m also surprised that Linden Lab don’t use Second Life to promote Versu.<\/p>\n

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I’m sure versions of Versu products could be ported to LSL to work in Second Life, this would have potential to allow people to create better works of written material in Second Life full stop. Current techniques involve use of notecards, images or media on a prim, none of which do true justice to the written word.<\/p>\n

A nice reading system within Second Life is far from a priority, but it would have potential to add some oomph to Second Life in terms of storytelling and on top of telling the story in words, Second Life can also be used to tell the story in 3D, so there’s certainly a potential for added richness.<\/p>\n

However, as I said, hardly a priority. In the meantime I’ll just have to keep an eye on Emily’s blog.<\/p>\n

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