Comments on: Blue Mars: Second Life With Pro-Level Content http://gigaom.com/2008/02/19/blue-mars-second-life-with-pro-level-content/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:36:02 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Muziekfreak1980 miles http://gigaom.com/2008/02/19/blue-mars-second-life-with-pro-level-content/#comment-985499 Muziekfreak1980 miles Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:19:32 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11548#comment-985499 <p>Ok after 1 hour being in blue mars, i crashed minimal so thats pretty good. The entire interface lacks the precision and easy of navigating im used to secondlife so maybe prejudgemental but its the best comparing to a similar program.</p> <p>Ppl say secondlife is death, it is not the case there still new avs coming in everday (and not all alts thank you very much) Pros and cons as i see them compared to the populair world of secondlife.</p> <p>Cons</p> <p>There is no economy, or way to create content. Very hard to control your avatar (mouseclick on screen common!)</p> <p>Pros</p> <p>Irt looks insanely good graphic wise. But thats just the thing its the only thing that seems to be positive here. Its sluggish ( and no i have a real high spec laptop with 1gig nvidea card NON SHARED memory)</p> <p>Its slowpaced the way av moves has nothing to do with graphics, because reaction time and fps are well above 20fps. So thats not the problem ..</p> <p>Overall</p> <p>Grpahics are way awesome really nice. But i think the need to improve ALLOT will the ever exceed secondlife.</p> Ok after 1 hour being in blue mars, i crashed minimal so thats pretty good. The entire interface lacks the precision and easy of navigating im used to secondlife so maybe prejudgemental but its the best comparing to a similar program.

Ppl say secondlife is death, it is not the case there still new avs coming in everday (and not all alts thank you very much) Pros and cons as i see them compared to the populair world of secondlife.

Cons

There is no economy, or way to create content. Very hard to control your avatar (mouseclick on screen common!)

Pros

Irt looks insanely good graphic wise. But thats just the thing its the only thing that seems to be positive here. Its sluggish ( and no i have a real high spec laptop with 1gig nvidea card NON SHARED memory)

Its slowpaced the way av moves has nothing to do with graphics, because reaction time and fps are well above 20fps. So thats not the problem ..

Overall

Grpahics are way awesome really nice. But i think the need to improve ALLOT will the ever exceed secondlife.

]]> By: Muziekfreak1980 miles http://gigaom.com/2008/02/19/blue-mars-second-life-with-pro-level-content/#comment-985491 Muziekfreak1980 miles Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:42:41 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11548#comment-985491 <p>Im a die hard secondlifer i own sim, shops the works. So i just installed the viewer..</p> <p>First of all BAD POINT</p> <p>1,3 gigabyte download of a viewer..for me 50mbitline even no fun to download. Let alone for the less fortunate ppl.</p> <p>Then the installation take twice as long (insanely slow)</p> <p>Then ve read that contentcreating in Blue Mars is VERY limited as in none. Not so weird i would not be suprised if LL then will wakeup for concept thiefry (and right the are) it looks great of the pic. But my HUMBLE opinion is thats the need to make a better viewer and way faster download.</p> <p>Because most wont even touch it because of just that annoying fact.</p> Im a die hard secondlifer i own sim, shops the works. So i just installed the viewer..

First of all BAD POINT

1,3 gigabyte download of a viewer..for me 50mbitline even no fun to download. Let alone for the less fortunate ppl.

Then the installation take twice as long (insanely slow)

Then ve read that contentcreating in Blue Mars is VERY limited as in none. Not so weird i would not be suprised if LL then will wakeup for concept thiefry (and right the are) it looks great of the pic. But my HUMBLE opinion is thats the need to make a better viewer and way faster download.

Because most wont even touch it because of just that annoying fact.

]]> By: Mark C http://gigaom.com/2008/02/19/blue-mars-second-life-with-pro-level-content/#comment-974312 Mark C Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:29:44 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11548#comment-974312 <p>Sounds a lot like what Kaneva has been trying (and <em>utterly</em> failing) to do for years with the Star Platform they keep promising to release to other developers. So far, after four or five years, they've managed to create a little mall, a third-rate city and a lame Turner/CNN presence. And that's using professional developers who actually created the platform.</p> <p>I hope Blue Mars' platform/tools turn out to be more useful.</p> Sounds a lot like what Kaneva has been trying (and utterly failing) to do for years with the Star Platform they keep promising to release to other developers. So far, after four or five years, they’ve managed to create a little mall, a third-rate city and a lame Turner/CNN presence. And that’s using professional developers who actually created the platform.

I hope Blue Mars’ platform/tools turn out to be more useful.

]]> By: Geo Meek http://gigaom.com/2008/02/19/blue-mars-second-life-with-pro-level-content/#comment-973435 Geo Meek Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:58:20 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11548#comment-973435 <p>I got the call and downloaded something like a Gig or vary close to it, never got it working, the overhead is way to high for most people to use. Time to go back to school Blu Mars.</p> I got the call and downloaded something like a Gig or vary close to it, never got it working, the overhead is way to high for most people to use. Time to go back to school Blu Mars.

]]> By: Virtual world http://gigaom.com/2008/02/19/blue-mars-second-life-with-pro-level-content/#comment-972540 Virtual world Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:33:00 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11548#comment-972540 <p>This seems like an interesting platform to watch. Questions remains who is going to make all that content to put in there, that is really a big question mark. It takes huge amounts of time and skill to produce content so I wonder who is going to make all of that.</p> This seems like an interesting platform to watch. Questions remains who is going to make all that content to put in there, that is really a big question mark. It takes huge amounts of time and skill to produce content so I wonder who is going to make all of that.

]]> By: Alexis Stapovic http://gigaom.com/2008/02/19/blue-mars-second-life-with-pro-level-content/#comment-971992 Alexis Stapovic Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:58:31 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11548#comment-971992 <p>holy cow., i got onto the beta test for blue mars. my dear god it makes my computer lag. it runs so so so slowly. and my computer isnt opld. AND i have a giant whopping internet connestion.</p> <p>The avatar facial graphics(skins) could use some serious work.. the lips are scary. the fluidity of the animation is nice. im not even getting into the hair other than to say NO. Once the lag gets worked out i can see this being a very very beautiful platform, though lack of user generated content is depressing</p> holy cow., i got onto the beta test for blue mars. my dear god it makes my computer lag. it runs so so so slowly. and my computer isnt opld. AND i have a giant whopping internet connestion.

The avatar facial graphics(skins) could use some serious work.. the lips are scary. the fluidity of the animation is nice. im not even getting into the hair other than to say NO. Once the lag gets worked out i can see this being a very very beautiful platform, though lack of user generated content is depressing

]]> By: SLENZ Update, No 133, September 01, 2009 « Second Life Education in New Zealand http://gigaom.com/2008/02/19/blue-mars-second-life-with-pro-level-content/#comment-970964 SLENZ Update, No 133, September 01, 2009 « Second Life Education in New Zealand Tue, 01 Sep 2009 04:30:22 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11548#comment-970964 <p>[...] Mars 2150, which  describes itself as the third generation of virtual worlds (also here) and like Linden Labs is based in San Francisco,  has already secured joint ventures with numerous [...]</p> [...] Mars 2150, which  describes itself as the third generation of virtual worlds (also here) and like Linden Labs is based in San Francisco,  has already secured joint ventures with numerous [...]

]]> By: Neo Smirnov http://gigaom.com/2008/02/19/blue-mars-second-life-with-pro-level-content/#comment-970706 Neo Smirnov Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:51:20 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11548#comment-970706 <p>This seems an amazing accomplishment. I am nosing around the net and reading all i can about this project untill my email comes to enable me to try the beta on this project. Keep up the pounding on getting the beta out and here's to the future ;-)</p> This seems an amazing accomplishment. I am nosing around the net and reading all i can about this project untill my email comes to enable me to try the beta on this project. Keep up the pounding on getting the beta out and here’s to the future ;-)

]]> By: olive farmer http://gigaom.com/2008/02/19/blue-mars-second-life-with-pro-level-content/#comment-967378 olive farmer Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:10:58 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11548#comment-967378 <p>i hope the truth hurts my friend and i have been trying to download blue mars2150 since july 2009 and we still get leave your e-mail and we will get in touch well i think you are a load of hot air and if and when it ever comes out i hope u all enjoy it but as for me i will make sure everyone i meet will know that you are great comedians and liars</p> i hope the truth hurts my friend and i have been trying to download blue mars2150 since july 2009 and we still get leave your e-mail and we will get in touch well i think you are a load of hot air and if and when it ever comes out i hope u all enjoy it but as for me i will make sure everyone i meet will know that you are great comedians and liars

]]> By: Iria http://gigaom.com/2008/02/19/blue-mars-second-life-with-pro-level-content/#comment-954893 Iria Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:24:25 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11548#comment-954893 <p>Virtual worlds can be a lot of fun. We've enjoyed our visits to Second Life and look forward to exploring Blue Mars 2150. Keeping eyes on the news and the possibility of a compatible business model for our work.</p> Virtual worlds can be a lot of fun. We’ve enjoyed our visits to Second Life and look forward to exploring Blue Mars 2150. Keeping eyes on the news and the possibility of a compatible business model for our work.

]]> By: Ted http://gigaom.com/2008/02/19/blue-mars-second-life-with-pro-level-content/#comment-938445 Ted Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:55:28 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11548#comment-938445 <p>One thing about open source... just because you can build a copy of an original idea doesn't make it legal.</p> One thing about open source… just because you can build a copy of an original idea doesn’t make it legal.

]]> By: Bob http://gigaom.com/2008/02/19/blue-mars-second-life-with-pro-level-content/#comment-936782 Bob Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:13:26 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11548#comment-936782 <p>Henk Rogers... Oh you mean the guy that tried to shut down all the open source clones of Tetris with baseless legal threats?</p> <p>I'll be running right over to work with that guy. He seems like a real class act.</p> Henk Rogers… Oh you mean the guy that tried to shut down all the open source clones of Tetris with baseless legal threats?

I’ll be running right over to work with that guy. He seems like a real class act.

]]> By: shedevilll http://gigaom.com/2008/02/19/blue-mars-second-life-with-pro-level-content/#comment-934883 shedevilll Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:35:51 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11548#comment-934883 <p>I see that the games is for vista will I be able to play without vista ??</p> I see that the games is for vista will I be able to play without vista ??

]]> By: slbosphorus http://gigaom.com/2008/02/19/blue-mars-second-life-with-pro-level-content/#comment-881804 slbosphorus Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:21:16 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11548#comment-881804 <p>when is it coming out?</p> when is it coming out?

]]> By: The Clarion Workshop at UCSD » Movement in virtual reality spaces… http://gigaom.com/2008/02/19/blue-mars-second-life-with-pro-level-content/#comment-877302 The Clarion Workshop at UCSD » Movement in virtual reality spaces… Wed, 07 May 2008 20:07:28 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11548#comment-877302 <p>[...] one in the pipeline appears to be Avatar Reality’s serendipitously named Blue Mars, blogged here and here this past February after being previewed at GDC [...]</p> [...] one in the pipeline appears to be Avatar Reality’s serendipitously named Blue Mars, blogged here and here this past February after being previewed at GDC [...]

]]> By: Lauren M http://gigaom.com/2008/02/19/blue-mars-second-life-with-pro-level-content/#comment-876695 Lauren M Sat, 03 May 2008 20:59:38 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11548#comment-876695 <p>OMG I KNOW BLUE MARS PEOPLE!! its sooo cool! ive seen it! im soooo excited for it to come out!! :)</p> OMG I KNOW BLUE MARS PEOPLE!! its sooo cool! ive seen it! im soooo excited for it to come out!! :)

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