one new platform feature that still seems really important to deploy given the rising use of SL for education and collaboration, and that is being able to browse the web easily from in-world
We aren’t there yet in terms of the interface for virtual worlds. There is now a small new internal team doing nothing else
keep opening SL up
Virtual worlds, in their broadest form, will be more pervasive that the web, and that means that their systems will need to be open: extended and operated by many people and companies, not just us.
I'm going to check out Emerald. Have used Meerkat and it's buggy, Hippo can be annoying... Emerald, like Meerkat, allows download of full permission assets from SL and upload to compatible platforms...