Overview of the most popular third party viewers for accessing Second Life & OpenSim, including Imprudence aka Kokua, Hippo, Kirsten's Viewer, Phoenix, Radegast, Pocket Metaverse, and Mobile Grid.

1. Alternative Viewers For Second Life & OpenSim Chris Collins (SL: Fleep Tuque) Project Manager, University of Cincinnati SL Project Second Life Ambassador, Ohio Learning Network fleep.tuque@gmail.com | fleeptuque.com December 2010

2. The “Viewer” is the window through which we experience the virtual environment. It frames our experience and constrains our interactions.

3. Change the window, change the view – change the experience!

4. New users start with LL’s official viewer Experienced users often migrate to alternative viewers..

5. Alternative viewers give users more options and are often developed to cater to certain types of users/activities – movie makers, photographers, role players, mobile, etc. http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Third_Party_Viewer_Directory

8. Well known developers with excellent reputation for quality/security

9. Easy configuration for grid hoppers

10. Stable, familiar 1.23 based interface (v2 features soon)* Changing name to Kokua viewer

14. Default viewer for many other grids

15. Fairly stable, but no updates since April 2010

16. Used primarily by grid hoppers

20. High end graphics features for movie makers and photographers

21. Hybrid 1.23 + v2 Features

26. Hybrid 1.23 + v2 Features

32. Works on many older machines, no graphics

37. See friends online, chat and IM, teleport with world map, view profiles, basic functions.

38. Optimized for iPad and iPhone 4 use

42. See friends online, chat and IM, teleport with world map, view profiles, basic functions.

43. Two versions with basic and pro features

44. Basic - $250L/month Pro - $450L/month or$4500L/year ~ $15USD

48. Experienced SL users should explore and try third party viewers (TPVs) to see what’s possible. Many TPVs make grid-hopping much easier. Building and special use cases often better served by TPVs.

49. Caveats: Always check to make sure a TPV is registered with Linden Lab. Be wary of TPVs that do not disclose developers and data policies. NEVER use your SL password with a TPV website.

50. Alternative Viewers For Second Life & OpenSim Image credits: Title slide: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jetsetwilly/2581863218/ Stone Window: http://www.flickr.com/photos/freebird4/219077035/ Radegast: http://radegastclient.org/wiki/Screenshots Pocket Metaverse: http://www.pocketmetaverse.com/product/ Mobile Grid: http://www.mobilegridclient.com/ Chris Collins (SL: Fleep Tuque) Project Manager, University of Cincinnati SL Project Second Life Ambassador, Ohio Learning Network fleep.tuque@gmail.com | fleeptuque.com December 2010