#PHOENIX VIEWER UPDATE#

#PHOENIX VIEWER UPDATE#

вЂњThe Virtual Reality viewer will continue to work within OpenSim and Aurora based grids, however we hope to update the viewer to address a number of technical advancements that are presently happening in virtual worlds.

вЂњI am excited to have the opportunity to fork this highly popular viewer for virtual worlds users who use it and desire to continue to use it.вЂќ, said, Virtual Reality owner and CEO, Sonic Boom Drillion. Virtual Reality is pleased to announce that it will continue development, maintenance, and improvement of the Phoenix V1 viewer, which will be re-branded as the Virtual Reality Viewer. Though this may seem like a dark day for people who use and enjoy the Phoenix viewer, this cloud has a silver lining. Lyon stated that support for the viewer will be dropped to provide development and support focus on their Phoenix-Firestorm viewer. made an announcement that on Saturday, December 15, the Phoenix development team would no longer support the V1-based Phoenix virtual worlds viewer that has had a significant following of users in virtual worlds such as Second Life and OS Grid. Over the past week the Jessica Lyon, Project Manager of the The Phoenix Firestorm Project, Inc. In a blog post dated 29th December, 2012, Virtual Reaility, the new developers for Phoenix state: While this signals the end-of-line for Phoenix where Second Life is concerned, it appears that efforts are underway to attempt to continue Phoenix development for the OpenSim / Aurora environment, under new leadership and a new brand name. As of January 1st, 2013, the Phoenix Firestorm team ceased support of the Phoenix viewer, bring a close to all further work on that viewer on their part.