Quick update I missed in the video: To verify your Avatar Life account, you're required to upload a real-life ID document, like a passport, driver's license, or any other government-issued ID card. Plus, the name on this document must match the name on the PayPal account you use to purchase Av$. This is a major red flag for me. Also, it seems spell check isn't on their priority list. Stay informed and cautious.
For SL I needed to provide my drivers license and a picture of me holding it before they would update my address (couldn't get into skilled gaming areas). However, I asked them not to store my ID, and they confirmed they deleted it from the help desk once I was verified.
I've never heard of this Avatarlife, thank you for profiling it. As one who is a builder in Second Life, I'm very bothered that content creations are being used seemingly without the Second Life creator's permission. So I'll not even go there even to explore. My home is in Second Life.
You're definitely not missing out, especially as a Second Life resident. Exploring Avatarlife feels quite bland in comparison to SL. The fact that both platforms are similar might explain why items from SL can be ported to Avatarlife, though I'm not entirely sure about the technical specifics. The most important thing is to stay where creativity and respect for creators' rights flourish, and that's undoubtedly Second Life.
At SL i found a lot of copybot. And whrn i was at Avatarlife, i saw they dont copy by themselves The things were brought ftom OS. I really think if you are talking so hard about Avatarlife is cause they are growing a lot. People is great there, such friendly, and the support is amazing and quick, not as SL is. We dont need pay to have good support. And Avatarlife begin 3 years ago as a betting place. They have just 1 year as social and RP place. And they are having new creators... if a creator has an account at Avatarlife, i know they take off all the copies from another OS. I suffering that... 😉 And Second Life is a crap. A lot of lag everywhere and all commercial places. The nice places for play or jhst chat with friends are gone. Is all about money, not fun. And a lot a people. like me, want fun.
@@stayingfitandfocused Well, there are many things you don't know. And I haven't seen so much claims when there are copybots within the same SL, because there are many. It seems that AVL is growing, and, in fact, today there are more creators there, and more participants every day. Do you want to see a Second Life? Well, they won't see it because it's very different in the treatment of people and users and there is friendship between the people who are there. I don't think any of you saw the beginnings of SL, otherwise you would understand a little more. And yes, there are more and more of us.
@@LauraCI What are you even on about? "And I haven't seen so much bias when there are copybots within the same SL, because there are many." - utter bull from a creators perspective. creators have been battling copybotters since SL begun. Bias against thieves? Weird reasoning you have, you sit in comments defending illegal redistribution of copyrighted content. 🥴
I do realise creators sell in different worlds, as some of the ones I know also create for the Sims. In this case though, their creations are given away for free when on Second Life they have to be purchased.
@imaginethat41 - the OpenSim grids can be personal and unique. Lke I mentioned in an earlier post, I have an old grid on my Win XP laptop. I was active in a few worlds back between 2010 - 2015. The transition to mesh was slower for the residents there, who were more comfortable with sculpties and flexiprims. But I made a few mesh avies using Avastar and MakeHuman. It was fun, creative times.
I love Avatarlife! You do not need a paid membership to get free land, you can get 1/4 SIM with 3750 prims...FREE. People in Avatarlife are very kind. Also, which was not mentioned in this video, Firestorm is compatible with Avatarlife. Also, if anyone joined back in the beginning of Secondlife, they know how things were glitchy and not as they are today. AvatarLife, yes is a new platform and growing and improving daily. I am a builder and creator in Secondlife, but have moved my items to AvatartLife and yes, my items sell. I am so glad I found Avatarlife, I rarely log into Secondlife anymore. As far as the items you find in Avatarlife, that you also see in Secondlife, they are FREE, never ever sold to make a profit. I find it amusing this video, nobody is trying to compete nor take down Secondlife. She points out the marketplace...oh I remember Secondlife's XSTREET Market, that you had to put L's into an ATM to buy from it, then you had to be sure you were online to even receive your purchase. So this video is comparing apples to oranges. This all said, whichever world you choose to be in...Remember...Always be kind!
The FREE items you are raving about are all stolen items created by people who put countless hours into them, people who create content that makes others happy for a living. Your complaints that the items in second life are not free, when we have lots of sales, gifts, hunts and giveaways is astonishing, nobody is entitled to someone else's art. You may not find value in 3D art but this work is protected by law. Ask your internet provider why they are not working for free and give you free internet access. Just because something is digital does not mean you can take it. Your complaint about spending one dollar on an item someone worked for weeks on is really truly ignorant. Maybe you should start working for free too, then you might find a shred of "kindness" in your heart for artists who work hard to make Second Life what it is. You talk of kindness but you have none for the people who made the stolen items your avatar wears.
@@benjaminben8078 no Benjamin, we are real people. It's too easy to put all AvatarLife enthousiasts in the same corner of bot accounts, bootlegs, pr,... There is actually a lot to like about AvatarLife. I don't ask you to try it, but please don't just state judging things about real people who enjoy something you clearly don't. Thank you.
sl was also like that at the beginning and had only a land and people made it happen and made it the way SL is now avatarlife is starting at the bottom also just like sl once did
Logged into SL today to find unsolicited spam about joining Avatarlife. Rather than click a dubious link, I decided to check out the website, and when that offer basically no useful information as to what the experience offered would be like, I came here to see. Hard pass. And if this Laura person trawling the comments to disparage anyone with complaints about stolen content is representative of the userbase, I seriously doubt I'm missing out. Wow.
I did not find any shops beside the ones at the back of the 'welcome' (or unwelcome lol) HUB, but I trust Alicia and the content I saw being used everywhere.
"All of the free items have been copy bottled from SL." All? That is a statement often heard but untrue. While copybotting is prevalent on all platforms, there are many original content creators on both AvatarLife and Opensim who have created things that cannot even exist on Second Life due to arbitrary and severe SL limitations (prim limits, link limits, etc). In addition, when one speaks of "copybotting" we need look no further than Second Life itself, which contains untold numbers of copybotted items-- as well as LL knowingly allowing selling of free items not created by the seller (most of which prohibit such selling). In addition to this, at least two times in SL history users experienced "perms malfunctions" which turned thousands of merchant items full perm overnight. This put some merchants out of business and flooded the SL environment with "free" items. In addition, the SL TOS now claims that Linden Lab owns the copyrights to all user creations... which has some significantly questionable legal issues. (Does a company TOS have right to override Federal law regarding creator ownership?) Copybotting can't get much worse than the company's own historic flaws and decisions. Personally, I found this video somewhat nit-picky and biased. Every grid has its pros and cons. I don't use Avatar Life myself (mainly because it doesn't employ VARs), but there's no denying its unique business model that gives way free land and encourages people to make a home on their platform.
To be fair this is something that not as many are into doing vs playing triple A games and many of the people that have interest in virtual worlds are already playing them and know of secondlife and the only possible way Avatar life could ever make it is if they try appealing to younger gen.
I am so sorry; I just realised that literally 10 minutes ago while listening to one of my videos on my phone with earphones. On my Mac it sounds fine. I'll be more mindful with future videos. Thanks for watching and the feedback.
I have been in Sl for 18 years and I left last year, SL NEVER cared for members all they think about is money, in SL if you are not a premium you are put aside, I have moved my self and my creations to Avatar life and I love it more, Staff are super helpful, Support is Fast and I have 3 Regions of my own to create and build my stuff. Thank goodness I found Avatar life.
Thank you for this video. I had an invite to join AvatarLife when I logged into SL today. The most I did was view the website and videos. I'm am not only NOT impressed, but the fact SL items are being transferred there, likely without the originators knowledge is appalling.
@@LauraCI Illegal distribution of copyright protected content is illegal distribution of copyright protected content. You must be trolling with these comments.
Got one myself when i logged SL knew the person sharing it was shady asf trying to lure claiming easy money to be made there and the fact that bootleg is just another piramid scheme for illegal activities
I hate to burst your bubble, but not all the items in SL were originally created in SL. I play the Sims 4, and many of those mesh items were Custom Content items there long before they hit SL. So unless all those content creators are also creating Custom Content for Sims 4, then either they purchased that mesh from other creators or they stole too.
I created an account in Avatar Life, I have downloaded the app, but when I try to log in it warns me that there is an error. I tried a lot to solve it but it doesn't work
I just got this today and if its just copy of sl without all the stuff think I won't even bother after watching this vid looks too cheap and am not putting my ID on a game
i got today of a griefer a link to this Avatar life whatever it is and i see it is a copy of Second Life and be surprised it exist and not got remove since it is stolen of Second Life and a trap to only get on this way your real data. Lure others to that plattform with free lands, everything has his cost and nothing is free and i choose better to pay a bit into second life and be save as to move to some plattform who did copy second life wtf! red flag for me too
This is actually just like Second Life, Just seems they have taken and stole it and some creations from creators in SL to dress it up. I'm sorry to say but that is literally an exact copy of SL being thrown at us offering things that we have to pay for. A profile costs? The hell? Yeah I am sticking to SL because I can create anything and explore everything and have a profile without paying for it!
At SL theres a lot of stolen stuffs... And if they are "stolen" things, they will have been from other grids, because the things that are there are either old things, from creators who no longer exist in SL, and EVERYTHING was brought from other grids for free, it was not copied directly from SL and taken to AVL. AVL must be growing a lot for there to be people complaining against them and not against the older grids, like Sacrarium or Osgrid, which are the ones that copy the most from SL (and where most other grids get things from).
@@LauraCI Avatar life is full of banned copybotters who are not allowed on SL. I am not aware of other grids but I was made aware of my stolen content via promotional videos by avatar life account here on youtube. Stealing is always wrong. I don't care who stole it first, if you are hosting stolen content you are guilty.
Hi @freya33 if you can identify your creations, AvatarLife is happy to take it down. We appreciate the hard work of creators like you. Being a creator myself , we are only too willing to work with creators who are passionate about creating great stuff!
I was put off Avatarlilfe almost immediately by their spamming. I just don't support anyone that uses such unethical methods of advertisiing. Something about that just doesn't look right. BTW: I couldn't watch this. That obnoxious background noise drowns out your voice.
They have a lot of fixing to do on a lot of stuff. It's okay, but the marketplace is kind of cheap looking. Like there was no real work put into it. Group pricing shows that its free to create, but when you try to it says you don't have enough money to create one. Avatars look to Spanish. No variety that I have seen as of yet.
Avatar Life is essentially and Opensim grid. I wasn't impressed with it. It's been a while since I explored Opensim grids. I still have an old version on my Win XP laptop that I sometimes check out for nostalgia of the pioneer days. There are/were good Opensim grids that had a thriving community, such as Craft Grid, which was all about free and open source creativity. There is/was also 3rd Rock Grid, which which was one of the first adopters of Opensim, next to the Opensim grid itself.
@@LauraCI - You misunderstand, I have an old version of opensimulator that I can run on my old Win XP laptop. I've been on Avatar Life on my much newer laptop that runs various Linux distros. Currently, my main internal drive is on Fedora 40 Beta, with Plasma 6, Wayland, and Hyprland. But I do use Arch, Garuda being my favorite Distro in the Arch fork of distros. ArcoLinux behind it, since both have versions of their distros with Hyprland pre-installed. I had to install Hyprland manually on Fedora, and it took about 2 tries before I got it working as well as I wanted it to. Anyways, Avatar Life is what it is. Unfortunately, many OpenSim grids are dying out. 3rd Rock Grid had to close because one maintainer left and can't be found again, and another died. The remaining maintainers don't know how to get into their server, so they decided to close it all down. 3rd Rock Grid had been one of the more active community grids since as far back as 2009.
I understand that secondlife has been a large part of your life and you have a positive associate with it, however.... I don't get the blind loyalty to a company that has done nothing significant for it's consumer base in the last 2 decades. Not to mention a company complicit with the promotion and simulation of child abuse on it's grid.
Second Life has kept advancing over the years mesh, bento anims, bento mesh, pbr, moved to a cloud, better member benefits, new linden homes.. and so many other things as well as they're always updating things! It's not blind loyalty lol and to call it such is pretty ignorant. Second Life has more content, original content, interesting places to explore, diverse communities, it's own economy, and a community that has been around for decades and growing. As far as the allegations go, no place on social media, online gaming, virtual worlds.. not any of it is "safe" and honestly never will be because any sicko can get access to a computer and the internet. The company has not been proven to be complicit in anything and there is currently an investigation that is ongoing & many questionable places have been shut down. There were no child abuse allegations there were ageplay allegations (two different things) but both very disgusting. i will add this though (there is ageplay) in Avatar Life but no one has written a huge blog about it yet.
Ohh i seen somepne make too video about avatarlife and looked worse than right now. Right Now it looks like copy paste of second life tbh and btw. nice video
Hon, Linden Research, Inc. was acquired by an investment group led by Randy Waterfield and Brad Oberwager in 2020. Closing of the acquisition was subject to regulatory approval from U.S. financial regulators regarding Tilia Inc.'s status as a licensed money transmitter, as well as other customary closing conditions. Following the closing, Mr. Waterfield and Mr. Oberwager joined the board of directors of Linden Research, Inc. Linden Lab no longer exists. Linden Research, yes. In fact, if you buy linden, you will see that Tilia is handling the money, not Linden Labs.
@@LauraCI I already know about the sale... but! Linden Lab still exists just because there was a sale does not mean it no longer exists. Tilia is a subsidiary of LL, Tilia is a financial services company that emerged from Linden Lab. The linden lab offices are still up and running lol they just helped us comply with US laws and regulations, this way we would not get shutdown... Like i said Linden Lab is still running and just because a company changes hands (as many do) does not mean it no longer exists lol. I'll say it one last time. the offices are still open, functioning websites and working employees LL is still open.
What is see here is a direct attack to Avatarlife. Based on assumptions and not directly facts. Surely there are items from other creators but then go then any opensim and you will find the same items out there for ages. Have you talked with the owners or members? No. I see lots of new creators joining that are done with Second Life due many reasons. So i assume you got paid by someone that has interest in putting AvatarLife in a bad daylight rather then knowing facts.
I haven't been sponsored or compensated by any party. An unexpected message prompted me to explore Avatarlife, touting its superiority and speed, leading me to join and investigate firsthand. My videos reflect my genuine opinions, uninfluenced by financial incentives. I'm open to reviewing products or services, though I offer no guarantees of a favourable outcome. Curiously, if Avatarlife truly excels, why resort to persistent spamming on Second Life and its Facebook groups? A genuine company would invest in legitimate advertising if necessary, rather than spam their competitors to gain attention.
@@secondlifespectrum First of all i cant agree with Spam. I like the way you compare with a grid 20 years old and one 3 years as you assume. Why compare websites where Linden has hands full with developers where avatarlife only has 1 ? Its Like comparing Apple with Pears I was born in SL in 2006 so i defo know how they started and yes for sure they have the leading role in being first with all. Does it tell you something the creator of Zyngo and famous scripters of AOS Gaming joined avatarlife. Guess all for a good reason.
@@tessdeleeuw9441 Unless i misunderstood your context and by "cant agree with spam", you mean " cant condone spam", there's threads all over reddit and everywhere about the spam they're getting inside SL and on the Facebook page. Spam isn't an opinion, it's a real thing. My apology if I misunderstood your context. As for why creators would join another platform, they see an opportunity to make more money without the rules and overhead implemented by LL and that's all there is to it. Also to mention, they can convert everything they've worked on in SL without too much work and run both with no real financial risk to themselves. The only issues I've had moving between SL and an OpenSim are with physics, not scripts. Always trace the money and you'll find the answers. That said, if you're having fun in SL or AvatarLife, great. Have fun. As for me though, even without YT videos, reddit posts, SL spam messages etc., everything about it has my gut warning me not to give them my credit card info, and I always go with my gut. 🙃
@@tessdeleeuw9441 Many creators dip their toes in many different virtual worlds and games to make more income that is not something new and does not mean they've left Second Life 😂 also just because someone has a differing opinion than your own does not mean they were paid to express that opinion. You saying that "Surely there are items from other creators but then go then any opensim and you will find the same items out there for ages" is you simply trying to condone content theft, if avatar life is so great! they should be able to mesh all of their own stuff from the ground up. They allow the theft to continue simply because they're unable to create anything unique and sustainable which is why they wont last. They will continue to attract users who just expect everything to be free in turn their world will never grow.
Will someone reimburse original creators for the stolen content that is distributed without our permission for free and for sale in the Avatarlife? I have spotted my own content in the very PROMO videos by AvatarLife. Majority of the content I have seen is stolen. I never gave permission to copybot my items and place them on their grid.
Quick update I missed in the video: To verify your Avatar Life account, you're required to upload a real-life ID document, like a passport, driver's license, or any other government-issued ID card. Plus, the name on this document must match the name on the PayPal account you use to purchase Av$. This is a major red flag for me. Also, it seems spell check isn't on their priority list. Stay informed and cautious.
Yet another good reason not to even go there to explore.
@@AthenaSchroedingerDoes SL ask us to verify any IDs? I can't remember.
@@secondlifespectrum No they do not
For SL I needed to provide my drivers license and a picture of me holding it before they would update my address (couldn't get into skilled gaming areas). However, I asked them not to store my ID, and they confirmed they deleted it from the help desk once I was verified.
@@WolfCatalystI don't remember having to provide any ID on SL, unless it depends on the country, I am not sure.
I've never heard of this Avatarlife, thank you for profiling it. As one who is a builder in Second Life, I'm very bothered that content creations are being used seemingly without the Second Life creator's permission. So I'll not even go there even to explore. My home is in Second Life.
You're definitely not missing out, especially as a Second Life resident. Exploring Avatarlife feels quite bland in comparison to SL. The fact that both platforms are similar might explain why items from SL can be ported to Avatarlife, though I'm not entirely sure about the technical specifics. The most important thing is to stay where creativity and respect for creators' rights flourish, and that's undoubtedly Second Life.
At SL i found a lot of copybot. And whrn i was at Avatarlife, i saw they dont copy by themselves The things were brought ftom OS.
I really think if you are talking so hard about Avatarlife is cause they are growing a lot. People is great there, such friendly, and the support is amazing and quick, not as SL is. We dont need pay to have good support. And Avatarlife begin 3 years ago as a betting place. They have just 1 year as social and RP place. And they are having new creators... if a creator has an account at Avatarlife, i know they take off all the copies from another OS. I suffering that... 😉
And Second Life is a crap. A lot of lag everywhere and all commercial places. The nice places for play or jhst chat with friends are gone. Is all about money, not fun. And a lot a people. like me, want fun.
didn't even know people were still in there
@@stayingfitandfocused Well, there are many things you don't know. And I haven't seen so much claims when there are copybots within the same SL, because there are many. It seems that AVL is growing, and, in fact, today there are more creators there, and more participants every day. Do you want to see a Second Life? Well, they won't see it because it's very different in the treatment of people and users and there is friendship between the people who are there.
I don't think any of you saw the beginnings of SL, otherwise you would understand a little more.
And yes, there are more and more of us.
@@LauraCI What are you even on about? "And I haven't seen so much bias when there are copybots within the same SL, because there are many." - utter bull from a creators perspective. creators have been battling copybotters since SL begun. Bias against thieves? Weird reasoning you have, you sit in comments defending illegal redistribution of copyrighted content. 🥴
Second Life does offer the source code for other worlds, most of them never take off and often creators sell on multiple worlds.
I do realise creators sell in different worlds, as some of the ones I know also create for the Sims. In this case though, their creations are given away for free when on Second Life they have to be purchased.
@imaginethat41 - the OpenSim grids can be personal and unique. Lke I mentioned in an earlier post, I have an old grid on my Win XP laptop. I was active in a few worlds back between 2010 - 2015. The transition to mesh was slower for the residents there, who were more comfortable with sculpties and flexiprims. But I made a few mesh avies using Avastar and MakeHuman. It was fun, creative times.
Where i can download avatarlife?
I love Avatarlife! You do not need a paid membership to get free land, you can get 1/4 SIM with 3750 prims...FREE. People in Avatarlife are very kind. Also, which was not mentioned in this video, Firestorm is compatible with Avatarlife. Also, if anyone joined back in the beginning of Secondlife, they know how things were glitchy and not as they are today. AvatarLife, yes is a new platform and growing and improving daily. I am a builder and creator in Secondlife, but have moved my items to AvatartLife and yes, my items sell. I am so glad I found Avatarlife, I rarely log into Secondlife anymore. As far as the items you find in Avatarlife, that you also see in Secondlife, they are FREE, never ever sold to make a profit. I find it amusing this video, nobody is trying to compete nor take down Secondlife. She points out the marketplace...oh I remember Secondlife's XSTREET Market, that you had to put L's into an ATM to buy from it, then you had to be sure you were online to even receive your purchase. So this video is comparing apples to oranges. This all said, whichever world you choose to be in...Remember...Always be kind!
The FREE items you are raving about are all stolen items created by people who put countless hours into them, people who create content that makes others happy for a living. Your complaints that the items in second life are not free, when we have lots of sales, gifts, hunts and giveaways is astonishing, nobody is entitled to someone else's art.
You may not find value in 3D art but this work is protected by law. Ask your internet provider why they are not working for free and give you free internet access. Just because something is digital does not mean you can take it.
Your complaint about spending one dollar on an item someone worked for weeks on is really truly ignorant. Maybe you should start working for free too, then you might find a shred of "kindness" in your heart for artists who work hard to make Second Life what it is. You talk of kindness but you have none for the people who made the stolen items your avatar wears.
@@freya33 these are def bot accounts to pr that bootleg verson of SL is better or to get people to join them😂
@@benjaminben8078 no Benjamin, we are real people. It's too easy to put all AvatarLife enthousiasts in the same corner of bot accounts, bootlegs, pr,... There is actually a lot to like about AvatarLife. I don't ask you to try it, but please don't just state judging things about real people who enjoy something you clearly don't. Thank you.
sl was also like that at the beginning and had only a land and people made it happen and made it the way SL is now avatarlife is starting at the bottom also just like sl once did
Logged into SL today to find unsolicited spam about joining Avatarlife. Rather than click a dubious link, I decided to check out the website, and when that offer basically no useful information as to what the experience offered would be like, I came here to see.
Hard pass. And if this Laura person trawling the comments to disparage anyone with complaints about stolen content is representative of the userbase, I seriously doubt I'm missing out. Wow.
Are the copybot items; given by avatarlife, user-uploads permitted by avatarlife, or user-uploads which avatarlife is actively trying to stop?
All of the free items have been copy bottled from SL. I found lelutka heads and mesh body’s. Doux hair and more. The free land is a fun bonus
I did not find any shops beside the ones at the back of the 'welcome' (or unwelcome lol) HUB, but I trust Alicia and the content I saw being used everywhere.
The copybot from another grids and as in SL, indeed.
@@secondlifespectrum Now theres some stores from creators there. You just dont search well...
"All of the free items have been copy bottled from SL." All? That is a statement often heard but untrue. While copybotting is prevalent on all platforms, there are many original content creators on both AvatarLife and Opensim who have created things that cannot even exist on Second Life due to arbitrary and severe SL limitations (prim limits, link limits, etc). In addition, when one speaks of "copybotting" we need look no further than Second Life itself, which contains untold numbers of copybotted items-- as well as LL knowingly allowing selling of free items not created by the seller (most of which prohibit such selling).
In addition to this, at least two times in SL history users experienced "perms malfunctions" which turned thousands of merchant items full perm overnight. This put some merchants out of business and flooded the SL environment with "free" items. In addition, the SL TOS now claims that Linden Lab owns the copyrights to all user creations... which has some significantly questionable legal issues. (Does a company TOS have right to override Federal law regarding creator ownership?) Copybotting can't get much worse than the company's own historic flaws and decisions.
Personally, I found this video somewhat nit-picky and biased. Every grid has its pros and cons. I don't use Avatar Life myself (mainly because it doesn't employ VARs), but there's no denying its unique business model that gives way free land and encourages people to make a home on their platform.
not only did secondlife start first, but it has STRONG established niche communities for roleplay that makes it hard to compete with.
To be fair this is something that not as many are into doing vs playing triple A games and many of the people that have interest in virtual worlds are already playing them and know of secondlife and the only possible way Avatar life could ever make it is if they try appealing to younger gen.
Thanks for the comparison, but the music nearly overpowers your voice, from time to time.
I am so sorry; I just realised that literally 10 minutes ago while listening to one of my videos on my phone with earphones. On my Mac it sounds fine. I'll be more mindful with future videos. Thanks for watching and the feedback.
I have been in Sl for 18 years and I left last year, SL NEVER cared for members all they think about is money, in SL if you are not a premium you are put aside, I have moved my self and my creations to Avatar life and I love it more, Staff are super helpful, Support is Fast and I have 3 Regions of my own to create and build my stuff. Thank goodness I found Avatar life.
Second Life still around????
Yes draxx. miss ya.
Yes still have people but not like the old glorious days but eh that's how life is just enjoy it while it lasts
@@benjaminben8078 dang i had NO IDEA wth? is there anyone out there who documents like the culture of SL and stuff?
@@TiaShaw. = i am in every day, the new series has premiered, book club is cooking = WHERE ARE YOU? please do consider supporting the new series?
Thank you for this video. I had an invite to join AvatarLife when I logged into SL today. The most I did was view the website and videos. I'm am not only NOT impressed, but the fact SL items are being transferred there, likely without the originators knowledge is appalling.
Thats why Avatarlife doesnt copy stuffs from SL. Just brought stuffs from other OpenSim (when Avatarlife was an open place, now they are closed).
@@LauraCI Illegal distribution of copyright protected content is illegal distribution of copyright protected content. You must be trolling with these comments.
@@freya33 HAHAHAHAHAHA and more hahahahaha
@@LauraCIThis sort of behavior doesn't exactly reflect well on the users of that platform. What are you hoping to accomplish?
Got one myself when i logged SL knew the person sharing it was shady asf trying to lure claiming easy money to be made there and the fact that bootleg is just another piramid scheme for illegal activities
I hate to burst your bubble, but not all the items in SL were originally created in SL. I play the Sims 4, and many of those mesh items were Custom Content items there long before they hit SL. So unless all those content creators are also creating Custom Content for Sims 4, then either they purchased that mesh from other creators or they stole too.
I didn't even know Avatar life was a thing. Is it new?
It's been around for a few years, now. There are plenty of other virtual worlds. they are just no popular like Second Life.
@@secondlifespectrum thanks
I created an account in Avatar Life, I have downloaded the app, but when I try to log in it warns me that there is an error. I tried a lot to solve it but it doesn't work
Sorry, I can't help you there. I am a Second Life advocate :)
You can do it with Firestorm for OS, as you can read at the webpage too. I had same problem, but with Firestorm was ok.
the owner is a scammer was indited for running phone scams in india look him up on google
You can use Firestorm, which it states when you join Avatarlife
I just got this today and if its just copy of sl without all the stuff think I won't even bother after watching this vid looks too cheap and am not putting my ID on a game
i got today of a griefer a link to this Avatar life whatever it is and i see it is a copy of Second Life and be surprised it exist and not got remove since it is stolen of Second Life and a trap to only get on this way your real data. Lure others to that plattform with free lands, everything has his cost and nothing is free and i choose better to pay a bit into second life and be save as to move to some plattform who did copy second life wtf! red flag for me too
0:46 Minute I hear Metaverse these days it's like "oh this is ai scam right?"
1:10 yep crypto lol
This is actually just like Second Life, Just seems they have taken and stole it and some creations from creators in SL to dress it up. I'm sorry to say but that is literally an exact copy of SL being thrown at us offering things that we have to pay for. A profile costs? The hell? Yeah I am sticking to SL because I can create anything and explore everything and have a profile without paying for it!
Have you time to compare Second Life verses IMVU?
From what I know about IMVU, although there are some similarities, they are different platforms. However, I will make a video comparing them.
I tried IMVU some time ago. It's not even comparable. IMVU is like a fancier more expensive Yoville.
Avatar life is full of stolen content including my own.
At SL theres a lot of stolen stuffs...
And if they are "stolen" things, they will have been from other grids, because the things that are there are either old things, from creators who no longer exist in SL, and EVERYTHING was brought from other grids for free, it was not copied directly from SL and taken to AVL.
AVL must be growing a lot for there to be people complaining against them and not against the older grids, like Sacrarium or Osgrid, which are the ones that copy the most from SL (and where most other grids get things from).
@@LauraCI Avatar life is full of banned copybotters who are not allowed on SL. I am not aware of other grids but I was made aware of my stolen content via promotional videos by avatar life account here on youtube. Stealing is always wrong. I don't care who stole it first, if you are hosting stolen content you are guilty.
@@freya33 cry again...
Hi @freya33 if you can identify your creations, AvatarLife is happy to take it down. We appreciate the hard work of creators like you. Being a creator myself , we are only too willing to work with creators who are passionate about creating great stuff!
@@freya33 It seems this Laura chick is probably one of the guilty ones. To defend it like this is sus and stupid.
I was put off Avatarlilfe almost immediately by their spamming. I just don't support anyone that uses such unethical methods of advertisiing. Something about that just doesn't look right.
BTW: I couldn't watch this. That obnoxious background noise drowns out your voice.
They have a lot of fixing to do on a lot of stuff. It's okay, but the marketplace is kind of cheap looking. Like there was no real work put into it. Group pricing shows that its free to create, but when you try to it says you don't have enough money to create one. Avatars look to Spanish. No variety that I have seen as of yet.
Happy New Year 2025 :)
Avatar Life is essentially and Opensim grid. I wasn't impressed with it. It's been a while since I explored Opensim grids. I still have an old version on my Win XP laptop that I sometimes check out for nostalgia of the pioneer days. There are/were good Opensim grids that had a thriving community, such as Craft Grid, which was all about free and open source creativity. There is/was also 3rd Rock Grid, which which was one of the first adopters of Opensim, next to the Opensim grid itself.
if you have an old version at your Windows XP, you dont saw Avatarlife. It dont run in that windows... and the grid have 3 years old.
@@LauraCI - You misunderstand, I have an old version of opensimulator that I can run on my old Win XP laptop. I've been on Avatar Life on my much newer laptop that runs various Linux distros. Currently, my main internal drive is on Fedora 40 Beta, with Plasma 6, Wayland, and Hyprland. But I do use Arch, Garuda being my favorite Distro in the Arch fork of distros. ArcoLinux behind it, since both have versions of their distros with Hyprland pre-installed. I had to install Hyprland manually on Fedora, and it took about 2 tries before I got it working as well as I wanted it to.
Anyways, Avatar Life is what it is. Unfortunately, many OpenSim grids are dying out. 3rd Rock Grid had to close because one maintainer left and can't be found again, and another died. The remaining maintainers don't know how to get into their server, so they decided to close it all down. 3rd Rock Grid had been one of the more active community grids since as far back as 2009.
Your images of AvatarLife remind me of Inworldz, but even more sparse.
Googled it, and I agree
wow!!
Second Life is better ! I use 14 years Avatar in SL is more real is like Real skin, hair, animation, etc.....
Second Life has 20 years history. It will be hard to beat that ...
I also have been in Secondlife for over 14 years and my Avatarlife avatar looks great!
I understand that secondlife has been a large part of your life and you have a positive associate with it, however....
I don't get the blind loyalty to a company that has done nothing significant for it's consumer base in the last 2 decades. Not to mention a company complicit with the promotion and simulation of child abuse on it's grid.
Second Life has kept advancing over the years mesh, bento anims, bento mesh, pbr, moved to a cloud, better member benefits, new linden homes.. and so many other things as well as they're always updating things! It's not blind loyalty lol and to call it such is pretty ignorant.
Second Life has more content, original content, interesting places to explore, diverse communities, it's own economy, and a community that has been around for decades and growing.
As far as the allegations go, no place on social media, online gaming, virtual worlds.. not any of it is "safe" and honestly never will be because any sicko can get access to a computer and the internet. The company has not been proven to be complicit in anything and there is currently an investigation that is ongoing & many questionable places have been shut down. There were no child abuse allegations there were ageplay allegations (two different things) but both very disgusting. i will add this though (there is ageplay) in Avatar Life but no one has written a huge blog about it yet.
Ohh i seen somepne make too video about avatarlife and looked worse than right now. Right Now it looks like copy paste of second life tbh and btw. nice video
Dont worry lindens labs will buy them and shut it down with any luck lol
I doubt LL would buy a shady business, and they are so shady they are no threat to SL.
They will dont do that.
Actually Linden Lab doesnt exist anymore...
@@LauraCI Linden Labs still exists lol
Hon, Linden Research, Inc. was acquired by an investment group led by Randy Waterfield and Brad Oberwager in 2020. Closing of the acquisition was subject to regulatory approval from U.S. financial regulators regarding Tilia Inc.'s status as a licensed money transmitter, as well as other customary closing conditions. Following the closing, Mr. Waterfield and Mr. Oberwager joined the board of directors of Linden Research, Inc. Linden Lab no longer exists. Linden Research, yes.
In fact, if you buy linden, you will see that Tilia is handling the money, not Linden Labs.
@@LauraCI I already know about the sale... but! Linden Lab still exists just because there was a sale does not mean it no longer exists. Tilia is a subsidiary of LL, Tilia is a financial services company that emerged from Linden Lab. The linden lab offices are still up and running lol they just helped us comply with US laws and regulations, this way we would not get shutdown... Like i said Linden Lab is still running and just because a company changes hands (as many do) does not mean it no longer exists lol. I'll say it one last time. the offices are still open, functioning websites and working employees LL is still open.
They all look the same to me...creepy and robotic...
They are far from the same, you can make your avatar unique, just like in SL
What is see here is a direct attack to Avatarlife. Based on assumptions and not directly facts.
Surely there are items from other creators but then go then any opensim and you will find the same items out there for ages.
Have you talked with the owners or members? No.
I see lots of new creators joining that are done with Second Life due many reasons.
So i assume you got paid by someone that has interest in putting AvatarLife in a bad daylight rather then knowing facts.
I haven't been sponsored or compensated by any party. An unexpected message prompted me to explore Avatarlife, touting its superiority and speed, leading me to join and investigate firsthand. My videos reflect my genuine opinions, uninfluenced by financial incentives. I'm open to reviewing products or services, though I offer no guarantees of a favourable outcome. Curiously, if Avatarlife truly excels, why resort to persistent spamming on Second Life and its Facebook groups? A genuine company would invest in legitimate advertising if necessary, rather than spam their competitors to gain attention.
@@secondlifespectrum First of all i cant agree with Spam.
I like the way you compare with a grid 20 years old and one 3 years as you assume.
Why compare websites where Linden has hands full with developers where avatarlife only has 1 ?
Its Like comparing Apple with Pears
I was born in SL in 2006 so i defo know how they started and yes for sure they have the leading role in being first with all.
Does it tell you something the creator of Zyngo and famous scripters of AOS Gaming joined avatarlife. Guess all for a good reason.
@@tessdeleeuw9441
Unless i misunderstood your context and by "cant agree with spam", you mean " cant condone spam", there's threads all over reddit and everywhere about the spam they're getting inside SL and on the Facebook page. Spam isn't an opinion, it's a real thing. My apology if I misunderstood your context.
As for why creators would join another platform, they see an opportunity to make more money without the rules and overhead implemented by LL and that's all there is to it. Also to mention, they can convert everything they've worked on in SL without too much work and run both with no real financial risk to themselves. The only issues I've had moving between SL and an OpenSim are with physics, not scripts. Always trace the money and you'll find the answers. That said, if you're having fun in SL or AvatarLife, great. Have fun. As for me though, even without YT videos, reddit posts, SL spam messages etc., everything about it has my gut warning me not to give them my credit card info, and I always go with my gut. 🙃
@@tessdeleeuw9441 Many creators dip their toes in many different virtual worlds and games to make more income that is not something new and does not mean they've left Second Life 😂 also just because someone has a differing opinion than your own does not mean they were paid to express that opinion. You saying that "Surely there are items from other creators but then go then any opensim and you will find the same items out there for ages" is you simply trying to condone content theft, if avatar life is so great! they should be able to mesh all of their own stuff from the ground up. They allow the theft to continue simply because they're unable to create anything unique and sustainable which is why they wont last. They will continue to attract users who just expect everything to be free in turn their world will never grow.
Will someone reimburse original creators for the stolen content that is distributed without our permission for free and for sale in the Avatarlife? I have spotted my own content in the very PROMO videos by AvatarLife. Majority of the content I have seen is stolen. I never gave permission to copybot my items and place them on their grid.