Enhancing Second Life
As you probably know, Centric’s in Second Life. What you might not know is how deeply we’re involved in the world. As one of a handful of full-service Second Life developers, we’ve added new clients, new sponsors, and new international initiatives.
But today, let’s announce Second Talk.
Second Talk brings free, easily accessible voice chat to Second Life. Wear a Second Talk headset and it’ll automatically scan for other users in the area, let you choose one or more people to talk to, and connect you via Skype.
No, it’s not the magical fully-integrated voice application we’re all working towards, but it’s a useful enhancement to Second Life. Now, you can drop into a club and see instantly who wants to talk. Hand our Second Talk headsets at a business meeting and get things done faster.
Second Talk isn’t tied to a base station, and, since it uses Skype, it’s completely free to use. We’re starting out with a free public beta, so anyone who wants to try it out can drop into our office and pick up their own headsets.
So yes, that’s the theme of the day. Enhancing Second Life. Second Talk is a start–and a work in progress. Now that the client is open source, we’ll be working on that angle, too.
Watch this space for more Second Life enhancements–coming soon!
More information on Second Talk is available at www.secondtalk.com.
