Shimmy your way through the metaverse
by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk
[UPDATED: Ayumi's Jiggletastic video added after the jump]
Open source advocates are pointing to the newest feature of the Emerald Life viewer as proof positive that open source software makes life better for everyone.
The latest version of the Emerald viewer includes the ability for female avatars to jiggle gently - along with what we understand is an interesting built-in animation override that does away with the default Linden chicken walk.While this might not be exactly what M Linden has in mind for his Immersive Workspaces vision of Second Life, the rank and file players seem more than willing to make the move - as Toxic Menges demonstrates.
Bewbies from Toxic Menges on Vimeo.
For those that prefer a fur, Winston Chandrayaa demonstrates the Emerald jiggle factor
Jiggletastic ! by Ayumi from Ayumi Shinn on Vimeo.
Ive been trying to get the physics to work but it doesnt. It is very glitchy
Posted by: Miss Jay | October 16, 2009 at 02:14 AM
I looked very closely but could see only a small amount of jiggle. Perhaps there is a slider that can be adjusted from "firm" to "floppy"?
Posted by: Obvious Schism | October 16, 2009 at 06:34 AM
Also, I posted the following in an earlier thread http://foo.secondlifeherald.com/slh/2009/10/metaverse-glitterati-swarm-post-6-party.html but I think that thread is pretty much dead now. So because this is such an important issue, then I'm posting it in this thread as well:
I don't like these new icons that are attached to each comment. Aren't they supposed to be unique to each poster? Yet I get the same icon as someone called "I Agree" - but I don't agree. What's going on?
Posted by: Obvious Schism | October 16, 2009 at 08:36 AM
I love my jiggly boobs, finally the avatar doesn't look like trapped in a corset anymore. And according to some guys this is the best feature added to the viewer since 2003 :p
Getting it right takes some trial and error especially as this little feature seems to have a life on its own and activates and deactivates itself a few times at the beginning. But then... it's nice!
Posted by: Bunny Brickworks | October 16, 2009 at 09:07 AM
Awesome comparison between Vimeo and YouTube.
It's confirmed: Video sucks ass.
Oh wait, boob whats?
Wow, that this makes any kind of news says a lot about the need for more focus on real life LOL
Posted by: Ari Blackthorne | October 16, 2009 at 12:40 PM
Humanity invents awesome technology
and this is the best use some can find for it?
Posted by: corona Anatine | October 16, 2009 at 02:24 PM
Well there goes the prim nipples. Or will this new feature spell out a new debate prim nipples or boobie wiggles?
Posted by: Poe Zepp | October 16, 2009 at 07:49 PM
This is awesome, funny and hawt. Anyone who says otherwise is jealous they can't have this feature in RL viewer.
Posted by: Faye Serendipity | October 16, 2009 at 08:01 PM
Bring on them-there cha-cha bingos!
I are givin' up bein' a techno-commie for Burnin' Life 09 anysohow, so I can get me in some "playin' motorboat" behind the big tent.
Whee hoo.
Posted by: Pappy Enoch | October 16, 2009 at 09:13 PM
I looked very closely, but cant see anything jiggle at all. Maybe its because of the HORRIBLE video framerate and quality. LERN 2 VIDJOE
Posted by: rd | October 16, 2009 at 09:18 PM
Heaven help us if Miss Petunia Whats-er-name gets a hold of this! Her rack is so huge it'll cause another great San Francisco earthquake and Linden's offices will be the epicenter! Hmm, now gee... If only they could make a man's package jump and jiggle like this... Now that'd be a real innovation!
Posted by: Orion Shamroy | October 16, 2009 at 10:57 PM
Faye, the emerald viewer is compatible with the RLV api, just need to activate it.
Posted by: Jenny Thielt | October 17, 2009 at 12:10 AM
no noticable jiggle here either
Posted by: Mai Mcconnell | October 17, 2009 at 09:00 AM
ah the march of scientific progress...
Posted by: Urizenus Sklar | October 17, 2009 at 11:47 AM
a better video that doesnt suck big time like the linked one
http://vimeo.com/7057718
Posted by: somebody put something | October 17, 2009 at 04:13 PM
"Heaven help us if Miss Petunia Whats-er-name"
I have been too faint with rage to reply.
Yet.
Posted by: Miss Petunia Courtney Amaryllis Taliaferro, SL Leage of Decency | October 17, 2009 at 05:11 PM
Sigh. Guess I'll have to wait for flexible sculpted prims. (There is experimental code for that; a version of Imprudence enabled it.)
Posted by: Melissa Yeuxdoux | October 17, 2009 at 05:43 PM
It kinda makes me facepalm a bit when I notice that this feature has made such a huge effect and not some of the other ones >.> XD
But hey, glad yall like this, ++ to Danny Nolan for the ideas and codez.
Posted by: LGG | October 17, 2009 at 05:44 PM
The ass jiggle is soon behind I wonder?
Posted by: Waldo Snerd | October 18, 2009 at 07:08 PM
"Heaven help us if Miss Petunia Whats-er-name gets a hold of this! Her rack is so huge it'll cause another great San Francisco earthquake and Linden's offices will be the epicenter!"
I do not know whether I should blush or slap you, sir. Perhaps a swift kick in your "package" would suffice.
Still, if my "rack" were to cause such a seismic event, it would be a blessing for humanity that the Linden purveyors of smut in that city of sin were to sink into San Francisco Bay's frigid waters.
And NO, no matter how much my queenly form may stir your loins, I shall not join the parade of misguided harlots as a "Post Sex Girl." The demand to see me in my bloomers or even nude has, however, been great.
Fie, fie! Ladies, save the vision of paradise for your intended husbands and no others!
Posted by: Miss Petunia Courtney Amaryllis Taliaferro, SL Leage of Decency | October 18, 2009 at 07:16 PM
Ass jiggle? Ugh gawd no some of us don't like jiggly fat asses. And with T and A both jiggling it would just be too much if yah ask me. Ewwww....
Posted by: Poe Zepp | October 18, 2009 at 10:52 PM
Jiggle gently?
Bugger that, I bought her a pogo stick!
Posted by: Prof. Archie Lukas | October 20, 2009 at 11:33 AM
I'd rather be able to collaborate with business partners using text editors, spreadsheets, and web pages on prims, but I can appreciate the value of bouncing boobies. I gave the newest Emerald viewer a whirl specifically for this titillating feature and found it quirky and unrealistic. Real boobs, those yummy mounds of feminine or excessively overweight masculine flesh, do more than bounce up and down. They sway, they jiggle, they demonstrate one of the most fundamental features of physical reality -- inertia -- with delightful grace. But this first effort of the Emerald team replaces the plastic mannequin rigidity of old with ... boobies on hinges. Go into the Appearance Editor and give the breast buoyancy slider a little twiddle. Go on. See them go up and down? Up and down? Up and-- alright, knock it off, ya pervert. The point I'm making is that's all this is.
Seriously, stop playing with buoyancy now.
Anyway, I appreciate the effort as the first stab that it is, but what we really need if we're serious about this, is rigged boobies with attachment points on the nipples. Prudishly pretending people prefer pre-pubescent profiles protected by prohibited prurience ... only frustrates matters. Rigged boobies will give animators an excuse to reinvent their inventories with fresh material, and arouse the SL economy. Even the RL market in hand lotion will likely see an increase.
Now that I've gotten that off my chest, I'd like to point out that I stepped back from the .950 release to the .904 version because -- by a queer turn of SL physics -- bouncing boobies isn't compatible with sound in Linux clients.
Posted by: Sethok | October 20, 2009 at 11:26 PM
"by a queer turn of SL physics -- bouncing boobies isn't compatible with sound in Linux clients"
Ok, so when do we get the sound of bouncing bewbs?
Posted by: Obvious Schism | October 21, 2009 at 08:45 AM
OKAY,
So everyone has said theirs wont work or they cant get it blah blah..
No one has explained how to do it! or how to get them!
someone please help.
ive downloaded the newest Emerald Viewer on my Mac OSX
Posted by: Someone | October 23, 2009 at 11:17 PM
it works fine for me, you need to go preferences, then go to emerald its there somewhere and you can change the level of jigglynes etc XD I think by default its turned off.
Posted by: seenbag | November 01, 2009 at 07:59 PM
From a personal pc with Emerald viewer on activating enhanced avatar physics.
Edit/Preference/Emerald/Page 2 tab/Effects tab...then check the box next to "Enable enhanced physics on avatars breasts.
Tweak to your own desires.
Posted by: My | November 15, 2009 at 09:09 AM
I am getting no jiggle at all and my boobs are disappearing with every log in!
Posted by: shak | December 28, 2009 at 10:18 PM