Linden Labs new virtual world.

[Kawyn Galaxy]

If I may. This comes in conjunction with the announcement that linden Lab is making Second life" Oculus rift" compatible and the release of Items such at The new 3 d Amazon Phone. To my knowledge there is no software that would allow both the 3 d world of Oculus rift and 2nd life to sit side by side on the same "exact software platform".
SECOND LIFE IS 11 years old and code is still present from 11 years ago.
The recent failure which resulted in second life log in from occurring and the near panic that a code error from some 10 years ago which limited the number( Assigned numbers) of log ins shook up Linden lab a bit and resulted in an apology.
We had 11 year old technology and code out there supporting not only our presence but our new content. Its becoming harder and harder To support new things on the old platform. Look how long it took to implement the sunshine project/
Of course linden lab "should" work on a new Second life, before this one crashes beyond repair. It does not say close content forever but clearly content will be closed during development which could be a year or more.( that is while developing they dont want to have to release code to firestorm and others lest there shinny new second life might be stolen away before its ever released./They are after all in competition with other Buisinesses.
Once released i am sure ( since their intent is to h ave more development they will allow developers to make content)and other viewers to participate. During that that time only they will know what they are doing. This is to be expected.

Speculation of Doom is unfounded as this could extend second life virtual life for another decade or more.
That Linden Lab is IN full development mode should encourage folk that its going to be around for a very long time.
There will always be original second life. I am sure. But they want a world that actualy works and is not in danger of failing technology wise. The technology in this development may in time be used on second life platform as well/If it is cross compatible) That is innovations. Wait and see.