10-17-2003 20:49
Second Life will be offline Tuesday, October 21, from 6AM PDT to at least 6PM PDT, so we can update the software.

Keep an eye out for version 1.1:

* Instantly find the people and places you're looking for with improved mapping and directories

* Call your property your own, for private personal use or profit with controls that let you charge for access or ban all together

* Join together in groups, neighborhood or otherwise, and own land together -- with all the new land control capabilities and permissions of single property owners

* Enjoy an even more visually rich 3D environment, with more shading, depth, texture, and shininess from new bump mapping and environment mapping, and more realistic special effects. including smoke, explosions, fountains, exhaust, and fireworks through new, advanced particle systems

* Move freely around the rapidly-expanding world, using new teleport hubs, or Telehubs

* Experience the driver's view in your vehicles with a new vehicle camera view that allows you a driver's-eye perspective

* And create your own Second Life movies: your own theatrical masterpiece
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