A Second Look At Voice In Second Life
 

*Source: Information Week (http://www.informationweek.com/blog/...KH0CJUNN2JVN)*
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Linden Lab shared some rough target dates this afternoon for deploying voice on the main grid -- it's coming up soon. Also: I've had an opportunity to play with voice some more over the past week, and I continue to be extremely impressed.

I talked this afternoon with Joe Miller, vice president for platforms and technology development for Linden Lab. He told me that June 6 is when Linden Lab will start its first, beta deployment of voice on a small part of the main area of Second Life -- called the "main grid." At that point, voice in Second Life will be feature-complete. They're still rolling out features for the beta.

Right now, voice is available on the "beta grid" -- a portion of Second Life where Linden Lab does its first-stage beta of new features.

Beginning with the deployment that starts June 6, voice users will need to run a beta version of the Second Life client, called a "First Look" client.

The grid will be lit up for voice in the order that the sims came online -- oldest areas first, newest areas last. The plan is for the entire grid to be lit up for voice in 30 days.

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