I love subtle innovations like this: Second Life hair that changes to look wet when it touches the water. Created by Natalia Zelmanov and scripted by her brother, it's basically virtual hair programmed to detect its relationship to virtual water. "It checks to see if it's under the sim water level every few secs," Ms. Zelmanov tells me. "Actually it's more complicated, because it only turns wet when you leave the water... it doesn't make sense to drip when underwater." The hair also comes with a spray can and a scripted block of prim-based water, which are also programming to be on speaking terms with each other. "The Water Bottle and Prim Water Script actually talks to the hair, telling the hair to turn wet." That only covers how Natalia's hair gets wet. "And then there's all the stuff that goes into making the hair dry! I drove my bro crazy...believe me." Read more about it here. A much more subtle tweak of avatar reality than bouncing breasts, to be sure, but a clever one all the same.
Me as a RL hairdresser thinks its a nice feature!
Posted by: Dawny Daviau | Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 12:47 PM
How wonderful! Does it dry out over time after you leave the water? That would be really neat!
Posted by: Melissa Yeuxdoux | Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 05:55 PM
Heehee I was wondering why you were asking me those questions the other night :P Thank you so much for the mention, Hamlet!
Melissa, yes...the hair does dry itself out after a couple minutes :) LOL if only my RL hair could dry out as nicely ;P
Posted by: Natalia Zelmanov | Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 06:56 PM
zomg hax! :)
Posted by: Dale Innis | Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at 04:43 AM
If anybody's unaware, Natalia has earned a halo and wings for her fabulous series of tutorials for the budding SL creator (granted, a halo and wings look odd on a mermaid, but oh well). Her innovations in hair technology have helped push the state of the art forward. I'd give her an award, if I had one to grant.
Posted by: Arcadia Codesmith | Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at 06:37 AM
I agree SO much with Arcadia's post--Natalia is an SL rockstar to me. She provides amazing tutorials on her site and the materials needed to complete the tutorials :) THANKS Natalia!
Posted by: Sophie Wellesley | Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at 09:19 AM
Ok, this is just cool. Kudos, Natalia.
Posted by: Doreen Garrigus | Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at 12:21 PM