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| - The Rig is the third episode of the second season of Baywatch Nights.
- "The Rig" is the nickname given to a haptics device that was built by Philip Linden and Andrew Linden with the original intent that Linden Lab would be a hardware company in the haptics field. Second Life was then created as the software to go along with the hardware, but eventually took off on its own, resulting in Linden Lab leaving the hardware field all together.
- Still stuck on Shanazar, Sonic is finding his new home a harsh place to live. Yet another town has been destroyed by a quake and Sonic suspects there have been too many to be natural disasters. After helping out the townspeople, Sonic speeds off to his next adventure. Before too long, he's greeted by a massive rig in the middle of the desert. The ground starts shaking and Sonic deduces that the machine is definitely responsible. Racing up the side of the rig to have a word with the owners, Sonic discovers it to be manned by The Plax, a hive-mind race drilling for magnaz. The hedgehog tries to persuade them not to drill, worried about the earthquakes, but he gets a fist to the face for his trouble. After trying a Spin Attack, Sonic learns that the Plax are made of Plastic-X constructs and t
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| - Still stuck on Shanazar, Sonic is finding his new home a harsh place to live. Yet another town has been destroyed by a quake and Sonic suspects there have been too many to be natural disasters. After helping out the townspeople, Sonic speeds off to his next adventure. Before too long, he's greeted by a massive rig in the middle of the desert. The ground starts shaking and Sonic deduces that the machine is definitely responsible. Racing up the side of the rig to have a word with the owners, Sonic discovers it to be manned by The Plax, a hive-mind race drilling for magnaz. The hedgehog tries to persuade them not to drill, worried about the earthquakes, but he gets a fist to the face for his trouble. After trying a Spin Attack, Sonic learns that the Plax are made of Plastic-X constructs and they need to drill for magnaz to power their factory. When the Plax reveal that they are invulnerable and can't be damaged by the quakes, Sonic forcibly bursts into the control room. Unfortunately, the controls are too alien to understand, so Sonic tries a more direct approach, leaping off the rig and using his speed to reverse the drill's rotation. The friction causes the whole machine to explode, ending the Plax's mission. Unscathed from the blast, they vow to have vengeance against Sonic.
- "The Rig" is the nickname given to a haptics device that was built by Philip Linden and Andrew Linden with the original intent that Linden Lab would be a hardware company in the haptics field. Second Life was then created as the software to go along with the hardware, but eventually took off on its own, resulting in Linden Lab leaving the hardware field all together. The rig still exists to this day, sitting in pieces in a box in the offices, since hardware is not currently a major pursuit for LL there is little development being done for the rig; however it is tinkered with occasionally. The rig is not something that is worn (such as a Head Mounted Display), but rather a construct that is set up around the user in multiple pieces, each piece being a different way of giving input. The user then manipulates the hardware to interact with the action on the screen in the same way most haptics devices work. The nickname most likely comes from its "rigged" appearance. Linden Lab has stated that at some time in the future they may return to hardware but there is no current plan to do so due to costs involved and they enjoy working on Second Life. There are also many other haptics companies that dedicate full time to the development of hardware and LL could possibly just use one of those as a peripheral device for SL.
- The Rig is the third episode of the second season of Baywatch Nights.
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