2016 viewer release summaries: week 42

Posted on by Inara Pey

Updates for the week ending Sunday, October 23rd

This summary is published every Monday, and is a list of SL viewer / client releases (official and TPV) made during the previous week. When reading it, please note:

  • It is based on my Current Viewer Releases Page, a list of all Second Life viewers and clients that are in popular use (and of which I am aware), and which are recognised as adhering to the TPV Policy. This page includes comprehensive links to download pages, blog notes, release notes, etc., as well as links to any / all reviews of specific viewers / clients made within this blog
  • By its nature, this summary presented here will always be in arrears, please refer to the Current Viewer Release Page for more up-to-date information.

Official LL Viewers

  • Current Release version: 4.1.1.320331 (dated dated October 4th), promoted October 10th – no change
  • Release channel cohorts (please see my notes on manually installing RC viewer versions if you wish to install any release candidate(s) yourself):
    • Project Bento  RC (avatar skeleton extensions), updated to version 5.0.0.320815 on October 20th – parity with release viewer, minor fixes
    • Maintenance RC viewer updated to version 4.1.2.320804 on October 20th – parity with release viewer
  • Project viewers:
    • No updates.

LL Viewer Resources

Third-party Viewers

V4-style

V1-style

  • Cool VL viewer Stable branch updated to version 1.26.18.29 and the Experimental branch updated to version 1.26.19.31, both on October 22nd (release notes).

Mobile / Other Clients

Additional TPV Resources

Related Links

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Eclectic virtual world blogger with a focus on Second Life, VR, virtual environments and technology.