Second Life Gets Real Weather from Boston

What a development.  I bought clouds recently for over my house in Second Life because it makes the sky and the experience that much more real... plus they are pretty

A Boston based Interactive agency Windward Mark, that was bought by Linden Labs in May, is going to integrate their atmospheric rendering software to make real-life weather possible in Second Life. How far will it go though?

I mean currently you can "force" the sun to sunrise and sunset and so with these new developments will we be able to force rain, clouds and even snow?!  Will puddles form as it rains? Will snow make our avatars shiver unless we are clothed properly? Hmm...

clipped from www.boston.com The weather on Second Life (SL) is about get a huge upgrade thanks to Windward Mark Interactive, a Waltham-based graphics studio that Linden Lab acquired in May. will bring "a new level of realism and spectacle" to the virtual sky of SL. That's good news for SL, but great news for Boston. Second Life's Cambridge office will be the largest major outpost outside of their San Francisco headquarters even though John Lester, Linden Lab�s Boston director says "Our only central office is Second Life itself."