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NewLifeItaly is moving to HEXIVIA VOICE, our own voice system designed and developed in-house by HEXIVIA for OpenSimulator.

Built on the open WebRTC and Opus standards, it integrates directly with the native voice features of WebRTC-compatible Firestorm OpenSim versions, without requiring modified viewers or additional software.

HEXIVIA VOICE provides 48 kHz audio, a dedicated stereo mix for each listener, and spatial audio: voices change direction and volume according to the avatars’ positions and distance. It also includes speaking indicators, individual mute and volume controls, and separate conversations across parcels.

The backend is written in Go, with a C# connector for OpenSimulator. The voice infrastructure runs on our own servers, independently of Vivox.

With respect for the work of every developer in the community, I would also like to clarify that HEXIVIA VOICE follows its own independent design and development path. It is not derived from other community voice projects and does not reuse their code or design solutions. It uses established open standards, with an architecture and integration developed by HEXIVIA.

NewLifeItaly’s voice now has a name: HEXIVIA VOICE.