Day: December 4, 2023

2023 SL viewer release summaries week #48

Posted on by Inara Pey
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Updates from the week through to Sunday, December 3rd, 2023

This summary is generally 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.
  • Note that for purposes of length, TPV test viewers, preview / beta viewers / nightly builds are generally not recorded in these summaries.

Official LL Viewers

  • Release viewer: version 7.0.1.6894459864,the glTF / PBR Materials viewer, issued November 17, promoted November 28 – NEW.
  • Release channel cohorts (please see my notes on manually installing RC viewer versions if you wish to install any release candidate(s) yourself).
  • Project viewers:
    • No updates.

LL Viewer Resources

Third-party Viewers

V6-style

  • Alchemy – GLTF PBR 7.1.1.2251 (Beta build) November 30 (Beta build, but listed here due to the official release of PBR Materials in SL) – download and release notes.
  • Black Dragon updated to version 5.0 (PBR) on December 2 – release notes.
  • Firestorm updated to version 6.6.16.70339 (non-PBR) on November 29 – release notes; my overview.

V1-style

  • Cool VL viewer updated to version 1.32.0.0 (Stable) (PBR) on December 2 – release notes.

Mobile / Other Clients

  • No updates.

Additional TPV Resources

Related Links