tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041624883246722973.post5460704832897297337..comments2022-11-11T04:13:56.292-08:00Comments on In a Strange Land: Some Martian Musings: Why I'm Not Visiting Blue Mars YetIggy Ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10834075825456226770noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041624883246722973.post-58070625000386818922010-10-04T05:39:00.128-07:002010-10-04T05:39:00.128-07:00Josue, see Dale's link with first-hand experie...Josue, see Dale's link with first-hand experience in BM. I hope that server-side rendering will make it work not only on Macs but on your high-end Windows system.<br /><br />It's worth noting that Hamlet Au had to buy a new Alienware laptop for his gig.<br /><br />I'll quote a student from last fall, a tech-savvy kid who said that virtual worlds as they now exist would <b>never</b> catch on with his generation:<br /><br />"Note everyone can afford an Alienware desktop."<br /><br />Or laptop. Avatar Reality, Linden Lab, and OpenSim hosts need to keep that in mind if they want any retention of Millennials. If it won't run on wireless handheld devices, it may as well not exist.<br /><br />Why is the industry lacking that vision?Iggy Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10834075825456226770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041624883246722973.post-22547206232834106152010-10-04T03:13:11.269-07:002010-10-04T03:13:11.269-07:00I have tried Blue Mars. With a top ed PC that runs...I have tried Blue Mars. With a top ed PC that runs SL flawlessly on all the highest settings, I struggle on anything beyond the medium settings on Blue Mars.<br /><br />Not everyone had a high end PC... so I really think Blue Mars is alienating a lot of users.<br /><br />Of course, SL takes a good machine to run it brilliantly, but at least even those with a low end machine CAN run SL, even if they can't enjoy Windlight!Josue Habanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05206950192230375996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041624883246722973.post-71570559465577871602010-09-10T08:34:42.486-07:002010-09-10T08:34:42.486-07:00Thank you, Dale, for the clear-eyed points about &...Thank you, Dale, for the clear-eyed points about "server-side rendering.<br /><br />As a Rhetorician first and techie second, I'm sorry to say that "cloud" is so much more evocative and simple.<br /><br />Such computing will be necessary if ANY of these providers want the sorts of customers I teach. Mainstream adoption will hinge on something as simple to use as a browser, albeit one with a plug-in. Very few students or faculty will put up with downloading a large client for SL or Blue Mars or OpenSim.Iggy Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10834075825456226770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041624883246722973.post-47189666755932126102010-09-10T08:07:42.034-07:002010-09-10T08:07:42.034-07:00Some comments on how soon I would guess you'll...Some comments on how soon I would guess you'll see the magical "cloud" (i.e. server-rendered) access to Blue Mars (or anything else in the consumer VW space) <a href="http://daleinnis.wordpress.com/2010/09/09/blue-mars-again/" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Dale Innishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02771522211082181738noreply@blogger.com