New Sansar Screenshots Sweet, But Sorely Lacking Avatars

With early creators getting their invites into Linden Lab's Sansar, Linden Lab's Flickr page now comes with several new Sansar screenshots. Which look great, except they're less the one feature that most virtual world users look for first: Where's the avatars?

Here some are! Way off in the sun-blasted distance. Maybe they're celebrity avatars, and this is the closest the Linden Lab paparazzi can get to them?

Wait a minute. Computer: enhance, enhance, enhance.

Yeah: no. Still doesn't show us much. Are Sansar avatars really that generic?

Here's a couple more screenshots, full of atmospheric effects and impressive architecture...

... yet devoid of life...

... notwithstanding one or two off in the far distance. Top right corner, see them? Maybe the same couple? Like Sartre used to say (or maybe it was Kanye), hell may be other people, but virtual worlds must be other avatars. Until then, everything else is backdrop.

Thanks to Nylon Pinkney for the avatar close-up!

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Comments

[Carlos Loff]

Graphics look great but we must get inside to see how much of what is shown is functional or just static - Also fluid performance and detail will be a must - Otherwise no thanks, enough learning curves with SL/OS

[Adeon Writer]

I don't think there's any doubt that the most important part of Second Life - the fully in-world customizable avatars by the end-user - won't be part of Sansar.

[Clara Seller]

It's nice. I'm still kinda scratching my head and wondering when the "hook" is going to be revealed. Surly it's in there somewhere. Something feels really out of proportion between those avatars and everything else.

[metacam oh]

Looks like any of that could be done in SL

[Violet]

Looks like Playstation Home did before closing- very professional and commercial in appearance- Don't think Sansar is going to have an audience due to SL being a niche offering- you can dress up avatars in most Virtual Worlds- tell us about land and what we can do-- in PS Home all development was done by approve vendors not the users-- so sad-- if Sansar adopts this practice-

[Fauve]

Look a little closer at the 'monster'. ;)

[CronoCloud Creeggan]

The monster in the first pic is an avatar wearing a costume.

And yes it does remind me of "Home", or the "Home-ish" F2P games that have popped up on PSN which makes me what to scream: "Instead of doing separate gambling and "Home Tycoon" style games with "Home-ish" avatars and content...why not just work together with Sony Interactive Entertainment and do a new Home"

[Connie Arida]

The volumetric lighting looks nice. A rush to judgement? No.

[Lukas]

The first pic seems to be a child's playroom, and if you look to the far right you will see him standing there overseeing his kingdom which includes the monster. So maybe two avatars in that shot?