Day: September 7, 2026

2026 SL viewer release summaries week #36

Posted on by Inara Pey
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Updates from the week through to Sunday, September 6, 2026

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.
  • Outside of the Official viewer, and as a rule, alpha / beta / nightly or release candidate viewer builds are not included; although on occasions, exceptions might be made.

Official LL Viewers

  • Default viewer  26.3 – 26.3.0.31203661088, August 10, promoted August 17 – quality of life improvements; performance improvements; bug fixes – No Change.
  • Second Life Lua Editor Alpha viewer 26.3.0.32302693173, August 21 – No Change.
  • Second Life Chat Modernization viewer 26.3.0.33643480083, September 4 – NEW.
    • Recent conversations follow you seamlessly: a direct message you receive on SL Mobile can also be available when you return to desktop, and vice versa; Recent direct message history will be available on logging-in; existing desktop chat logs are preserved – previously saved local history isn’t being replaced or removed; conversation history feels continuous: on desktop, your existing local history and newer message history are brought together into a single conversation.

LL Viewer Resources

Third-party Viewers

V7-style

  • Kirstens Viewer S24 DX Pre-Alpha 03 – September 5 – release notes.

V1-style

  • Cool VL viewer Stable: 1.32.4.45; Experimental 1.32.5.15:  September 5 – release notes.

Mobile / Other Clients

  • No updates.

Additional TPV Resources

Related Links

An artist’s Fragments of life in Second Life

Posted on by Inara Pey
Centre for the Arts, September 2026: JaiRus Bly – Fragments

JaiRus Bly is a Second Life photographer-artist who recently invited me to pop along to the opening of his latest exhibition, hosted at the Centre for the Arts in SL. Sadly, I was unable to make the opening itself, but I did make sure to hop along as soon as time permitted.

The exhibition – entitled Fragments – is housed within a skybox gallery at the Centre for Arts, and whilst small in terms of the number of images, it is very well themed and captivating in its content.

Fragments is perhaps best encapsulated in JaiRus’ own words:

I am drawn to atmosphere, cinematic light, shadows, solitude, beauty, mystery, and the emotions hidden beneath the surface. My images often explore the space between reality and imagination, using Second Life as a canvas where I can create scenes and stories that exist beyond the limits of the real world.
For me, photography is not simply about how an image looks. It is about how it feels.

– JaiRus Bly, discussing his work

Centre for the Arts, September 2026: JaiRus Bly – Fragments

So it is that the exhibition presents 12 images, the majority of them avatar-centric, each one framed as a moment in time; a fragment, if you will, of life – or perhaps a life, depending on your response to each of them.

As moments of a life, they are not necessarily connected in terms of whose life they might come from outside of the artist’s avatar generally being the focus – although I suspect they might be seen by some purely as expressions of the artist’s own thoughts and feelings simply because they use his avatar as the primary subject.

Centre for the Arts, September 2026: JaiRus Bly – Fragments

But as moments of life I would argue they have a power connect more deeply to each of us; the emotions, feelings, outlook and attitude they express resonating more strongly when seen in terms of our own lives, outlook and emotions. Whichever way one views them however, the richness of the emotional narrative within each piece is inescapable. These are images with a voice all their own, simply asking for us to stop by each and listen to what it has to say.

Coupled with a masterful use of technique and use of either monochrome or colour to further define the moods and sensitivity of each piece, Fragments is a visually engaging, through-provoking collection.

Centre for the Arts, September 2026: JaiRus Bly – Fragments

Slurl Details

  • Fragments, Centre for the Arts (Waterstone, rated Moderate)