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1 month ago
in Linden Lab instigate price rises: backlash plus on The Metaverse Journal
hey Diag, The other complexity for LLs server pricing is Supply & Demand & Scalability.
I have a very limited grasp on networking and all that stuff, but if they dropped server prices down to say... $150/month (which would be profitable based on your pricing for a "high-tier" or class 5 or 6) per region, takeup on these regions would be incredibly massive and the whole thing would presumably collapse under its own weight.
Begs the need for solid inter-grid teleportation to enable and man & his dog to simply host their own region/grid privately and link it to a central grid, (kinda like what they do with ummmm, the internet, hehe)
Would be a pretty cool model to allow any ISP to rent out a server of varying configurations and pricing and simply connect them to the LL grid for some kind of fee in a similar fashion to the way the Internet works in general.
Might enable variations like 1024x1024 regions with 50,000 prims running smoothly with 200ish avatars hosted on a single quad core machine. Actually i'd be surprised if someone hasn't already done that.
It'll be funny looking back in 5-10 years at our measly 256x256 regions. Reminds me of 1.44mb floppy drives.
I have a very limited grasp on networking and all that stuff, but if they dropped server prices down to say... $150/month (which would be profitable based on your pricing for a "high-tier" or class 5 or 6) per region, takeup on these regions would be incredibly massive and the whole thing would presumably collapse under its own weight.
Begs the need for solid inter-grid teleportation to enable and man & his dog to simply host their own region/grid privately and link it to a central grid, (kinda like what they do with ummmm, the internet, hehe)
Would be a pretty cool model to allow any ISP to rent out a server of varying configurations and pricing and simply connect them to the LL grid for some kind of fee in a similar fashion to the way the Internet works in general.
Might enable variations like 1024x1024 regions with 50,000 prims running smoothly with 200ish avatars hosted on a single quad core machine. Actually i'd be surprised if someone hasn't already done that.
It'll be funny looking back in 5-10 years at our measly 256x256 regions. Reminds me of 1.44mb floppy drives.
1 month ago
in The world’s most successful virtual world: Nintendo Wii on The Metaverse Journal
hey Lowell, you'll be interested to hear that MIcrosoft is releasing an update next month to the Xbox 360 dashboard that totally redesigns it to be a much more avatar centric experience.
Not the worst bandwagon to jump onto. Should be interesting.
Not the worst bandwagon to jump onto. Should be interesting.
2 months ago
in Openlife: the momentum builds on The Metaverse Journal
i spy a something made by Gumby...
hehehe
hehehe
12 months ago
in SydSim - is that progress? on The Metaverse Journal
/me likes to go base jumping off the tall buildings in Sydsim :)
Don't fret Lowell; it'll come good ;)
Don't fret Lowell; it'll come good ;)