The project has involved staff from Linden Lab, notably Troy Linden, Oz Linden and Vir Linden, together with assistance from Alexa Linden, Simon Linden, Rider Linden, Aura Linden and others. It has also involved the folk from Avastar and Mayastar as well as many content creators and animatorsДЄt that time, Bento introduced over 90 additional bones to the avatar skeleton, with no fewer that 30 being added to avatars hands to allow for finger manipulation, and another 30 to the head for facial expressions. To further support the new additions, new attachment points were added to the skeleton and вЂ“ most recently of all вЂ“ a good number of the bones (particularly those in the face) were hooked-up the viewer appearance sliders, allowing them to adjust elements of suitably rigged mesh heads, etc. Net result: the ability for mesh avatars to be far more expressive and customisable than before, and much, much better support for non-human avatars. ThereвЂ™s also the potential for a wide range of other uses вЂ“ such asВ Aki ShichirojiвЂ™s wyvern pictured below, or rigged attachable pets вЂ“ even the potential for gowns and other clothing to move naturally with an avatarвЂ™s movement.

Aki Shichiroji demonstrates a wearable wyvern utilising Bento bones for animation.

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