VIVA Full Featured Mesh Avatar (Level 3) Version 1.0

YES, you can get this package free. If you can't afford L$ 1, go in-world to the "Elegance & Style" store. There you'll find a vendor with this package at NO COST whatsoever. Instructions are included on how to unpack the boxes.

I had originally set the price at $3,500 and you'll see why when you look at the Master HUD, but Viva really needs to develop a solid user base and it needs creators to make skins, clothing and other items for her.

Because the market is almost exclusively dominated by a couple of brands, it's almost impossible for someone new to establish any sort of presence. Eventually, I'll need to charge more, but for now it's free in-world or a nominal L$1 on the Marketplace.

This is a new avatar and she is a work-in-progress. You can help by making suggestions and pointing out ways to improve her. Post your ideas on the Viva Forum (accessed from the Viva website.) But please go easy on me. Viva has been a tremendous amount of work, and it can be discouraging when people are unkind in their comments. Viva has great potential, and with your help, she can really shine.

UPDATE: I am actively working on the next version - and I'm being helped by a review team. (If you'd like to be on the review team, you would be very welcome. Just drop me a note.) This next version will see lots of improvements from a body aesthetics standpoint. Since the next version will be free, I won't be able to send all users an IM, so you'll want to check the Viva Forum from time to time for an announcement of its availability.

Let me fill you in on Viva features . . .

In development for nearly three years, it combines the latest virtual world innovations along with the best traditional features.

You get a Master HUD which is loaded with features and handles nearly any task you need to make your avatar look the best.

It includes Second Life most powerful and versatile application of the new Bakes of Mesh system. No need to switch from avatar to avatar. By the click of a button, the Viva system makes your avatar fully Bakes on Mesh compatible.

It handles advanced materials and physics with chest, belly & butt dynamics. Body shape is controllable by Appearance Sliders. You can drop scripts into mesh items you are wearing to control coloring, shininess, etc. It has an auto loader for alphas. It includes a fingernail and toenail designer and much more.

Overall, you'll find over 150 items in the package.