Mobile phone viewer for Second Life
November 26, 2007 9:23 pmupdate: Sun inc, which was one of the leading companies focusing on Second Life business in Japan is bankrupt. The notice about bankrupcy was posted on Sun’s website on Nov 21, stating Sun’s negative networth is at least US$5 million. (via Mindblizzard.com)
Impressive, on a FOMA SH903i - non-Japanese product information on this beast, anyone? - Kimidora runs a mobile phone Second Life client. Planned for an official release in december, it does already look impressive. Kimidora says it’s slow, even in minimal quality mode, but none the less, the viewer is already vewwy vewwy impressive.
The mobile phone viewer for Second Life was created by Sun Inc and shall be officially released on December 15th. There will be two versions:
A free, basic version of this Second Life viewer for mobile phones that allows you to browse the Second Life map, (limited?) teleport, search and walking around in-world. It could be that with the free version you’ll also get some banner ads in the future. ;)
Paying a monthly fee of 315 Yen - which is two euro’s - will get you the ability to chat, manage your inventory, change appearance, buy things and a monthly stipend of 300 L$. I think you also get a Tokyo Zero Street appartement and 3D-blog. Although I do not have the slightest clue what it is, I now want a 3D blog!!! 2D just sounds so passé. ;)
At the moment the SUN Corporation handles about 350 simultanious connections, but they are preparing for a concurrency rate of 1000 to 1500 users.
I think this is highly interesting as we all know Second Life eats bandwith & computer resources. With looking into ways of streamlining it for mobile phone use - lower specs and no high-speed internet access - either by running it through servers before delivering it to our pc’s, mobile devices and maybe someday even refrigerators or by creating clients that just ‘eat’ less interesting and promising features will appear. Because really, what’s the use of doing in-world conferences on for instance world poverty, climate changes, technology for developing countries, etc. if exactly those people can not get in?
Although Google Translate Japanese should improve too then! ;) I apoligise, but I can not state that I’m 100% of the information on this mobile phone Second Life client is correct. Geeh, sometimes I really wish for being a Japanese speaking gadget freak. *sobs*
As usual, I bring the paw to the hat and bow to Nock.
18 Responses to “Mobile phone viewer for Second Life”
Awesome! I plan to start this on the iPhone and iPod Touch once I get my own and learn how to create applications for it and how to use the built in graphics card (DUH, what did you think did all the flipping animations? Pretty weird, but even that 6.5mm thin iPod Nano 3rd gen has a graphics card…).
nononono…no! dK is not going to put herself in the pocket of her human. No way.
@Dan: Rofl, I guess not enough room for Dan in her human’s pocket? If the human does put you in her pocket, cut your way out! Eh, who cares if a few keys fall out while you escape? :-P
Dandellion, why not? It should be warm and cosy there. But as long as you feel fine residing on the human’s desk, it’s ok. =)
That is the straight way to full-time addiction.
Full-time addiction is for softies. I say 2-3 avatars - and RL on that!!!
Oh, I told “RL on that” to my human. But I would never agree on two more avatars. I could became jealous.
Esse, I agree with you, besides the amount of the avatars. I think the ideal take on life in general, is a First Life addiction, a Second Life addiction and a coffee addiction combined with some sleep.
LMAO², Dandellion. If you ever feel jealous or abandoned, I’ll lend you my humans shoulder to cry on? (It’s not that soft, but we’re working on that!)
PS. Am I the only one curious about what a 3D blog is? I always knew podcasts weren’t the next best thing!!! ;)
I don’t have a clue… but it smells like very cheap marketing for something that we have for years, but haven’t thought of a fancy name for it.
“PS. Am I the only one curious about what a 3D blog is? ”
No you’re not :) Almost considering to buy a new mobile, only to see what that might be :P
Thank you very much for this initiative. At last - a solution!
We would love to talk with the developers.
Have so many clients that would like to participate in virtual worlds and we have been unable to bring them in until now (maybe)…
Hope this brings us closer!
Alanagh, it’s not me you should thank (and contact) but the Japanese people who made it: Sun Inc.
Thank you for referring… :))
Nock was as nice as to translate the information graphic to English:
[…] wonder if theirs will be faster/better/whatever than Sun Inc’s mobile client for Second Life. Wait and see? Or Smiley, can you go snoop around at their labs? […]
[…] only serious competitor of Vollee at the moment is Sun Inc’s mobile client for Second Life, which seems like a bootstrap in comparison to what Vollee is […]
[…] virtual worlds pops up every now and again on the radar. For example companies like Vollee and Sun have developed applications allowing Second Life on a phone. That’s all well and good […]
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