August 16, 2016 – Daniel Voyager

On Monday 15th August Linden Lab announced that the new Second Life Marketplace Search went live and the new search comes with a “learning algorithm that will further improve search results with time – the more it’s used, the better it performs”.

In the new search “you can use boolean operators in search (AND, OR, NOT) for more specific searches”. The new system should now be faster and more robust than ever before when searching for stuff.

Try out the new Second Life Marketplace Search here – https://marketplace.secondlife.com

What do you think about the new Second Life Marketplace search ?

Ebbe Altberg has confirmed in a recent interview with Donnie SC Lygonis about a week ago that Project Sansar will be open “to the world” in January 2017. It’s great to hear that we now know the actual month for the opening of Project Sansar and that close to 5, 000 people have signed up so far to get access.

Ebbe Altberg mentioned in the interview that a few months ago those that tested Project Sansar gave it a high discomfort rating. Today there is a low discomfort rating and people now have a good experience.

Ebbe Altberg mentioned that Project Sansar will be around for decades once it opens to the public. The lab are adding more users to test Project Sansar in the months ahead and invitations are being sent out.

Listen to the full podcast here (48 minutes & 45 seconds) > Episode 7, Ebbe Altberg, Virtual Reality Snowball Champion.