Prism 2.2 · Windows and macOS

Second Life, in full spectrum.

Prism is a Second Life and OpenSim viewer built on Firestorm 7.2.4. It keeps every Firestorm feature and adds a glass interface, a photographer's toolkit and private AI help.

Runs beside Firestorm without touching its settings, chat logs or cache.

Every Firestorm featureSame menus, settings and shortcuts, so Firestorm's wiki still applies.
Separate from FirestormIts own data folders. Run both side by side.
Your links stay yourssecondlife:// links keep opening the viewer you chose.
Honest identityPrism signs in as Prism, never as another viewer.
The viewer

Everything Firestorm does, in a brighter, easier Prism.

The redesign changes how Second Life looks and how fast you find things. Under the glass it is still Firestorm, kept close to its 7.2.4 release.

Spectrum glass

Translucent panels over the world, each area in its own colour, and Inter type set so every label passes 4.5:1 contrast.

Find any command

Toolbars float or snap to any edge. Press Ctrl K (⌘ K on a Mac) and type what you want.

Window layouts

Save the windows you have open, where they are, and bring them back with Ctrl Alt 1–4 (⌘ ⌥ on a Mac).

Creator tools

AI help in the script editor for scripts you created, Build ▸ Arrange to align and space objects, and export of your own creations.

Places and events

Your landmarks as picture cards with tags and search, and event reminders that arrive when they should.

Posing, by invitation

Pose another avatar in your own view only after they say yes. They can say stop at any time.

Photography

A camera bag, built in.

The Photography toolbar puts lenses, light and grading one click away. Only your view and your snapshots change: nobody else sees a thing.

Camera & Lens

Choose a field of view the way a photographer would, by focal length on a full-frame camera, then set depth of field with a real aperture.

18 mm24 mm35 mm50 mm85 mm135 mm
  • Aperture, focus speed and blur, with focus that follows the mouse
  • Six saved views, roll, framing guides and frames for any ratio
The Camera & Lens panel with lens presets from 18 to 135 mm and depth of field controls

Film looks

Grade the picture like a film: Warm, Cool, Teal and orange, Matte, Sepia, Vivid or black and white, or your own mix of saturation, contrast, warmth and split toning.

  • Applies to your screen and your snapshots, never to anyone else
  • Sky, water, time of day and sun on the same Environment panel
The Environment panel's Look tab with the Teal and orange grade

Studio mode and camera paths

Clear the frame: hide every avatar except the ones you keep, hide HUDs and freeze the world. Then fly the camera along keyframes for smooth video moves.

  • Stop studio mode and everything comes back exactly as it was
  • Paths with timing, speed and loop; save them by name
The Studio mode panel
The Camera paths panel with three keyframes

Bursts and timelapses

Take 2 to 20 shots in a burst, or a timelapse every 1 to 600 seconds, at window size or up to 3840 × 2160, as PNG or JPEG.

  • Saved to your Pictures folder, ready to sort
  • With or without the interface and HUDs
The Capture tab set to a burst at 3840 by 2160

Projector lights

Lights that only you see, set up with presets and rigs, or real projectors on land where you can build.

Photo quality

One switch for shadows, ambient occlusion, reflections and a 512 m view, and one switch back to your settings.

Backdrops and props

Walls, floors and sweeps for portraits, placed behind you on your screen only. They leave when you leave the region.

AI Chat

Ask anything. Keep your privacy.

Get help with LSL scripts, building, outfits or events, from the AI you choose, with your own key.

  • Only what you type is sent. Other residents' chat, IMs and names never are. Facts about you are attached only when you tick the box.
  • Your key stays on your computer, in the macOS Keychain or Windows Credential Manager, and goes only to its own provider over a verified connection.
  • Code goes where you need it. Copy code puts the reply's script on your clipboard; Copy reply to chat lets you read it before you send.
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AI Chat with a commented LSL script in the reply
Windows and macOS

At home on your computer.

Prism uses each system's own notifications, badges, key store and links, and its text stays sharp from 100 % to 225 % display scaling.

Windows

2.2.0 · 10 and 11
Toasts and the taskbar
A message while Prism is behind another window shows a toast; clicking it opens the conversation. The taskbar button counts what you haven't read.
Prism's taskbar button with a coral badge showing 7

Seven unread messages, right on the taskbar button.

Made for GeForce RTX
RTX cards start at Ultra graphics with screen-space reflections, still above 60 frames a second on an RTX 5090 laptop. Photo quality adds sharper shadows, and captures start at 4K.
Links and shortcuts
Type prism://look/warm or prism://studio/on in the Run box, or put one on a Stream Deck key.

macOS

2.1.0 · Apple silicon
Notification Centre and the Dock
Messages arrive as Mac notifications when Prism is in the background, and the Dock icon shows how many you haven't read.
Shortcuts
Build a "Photo session" shortcut from prism:// links: a window layout, a film look and studio mode in one tap.
Native on Apple silicon
Built for arm64 and rendered at full Retina resolution, with your AI keys in the Keychain.

Logins that explain themselves

Some antivirus products and company networks scan secure connections, which stops a Second Life login. Prism names the scanner and tells you how to exclude Prism, instead of a puzzling certificate error. Your password is never sent.

Prism's message: Norton on this PC is checking secure connections, and how to exclude Prism
Download

Get Prism.

Install it next to Firestorm. Your Firestorm settings, chat logs and inventory cache stay exactly as they are.

Windows

2.2.0.80800
System
Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit, OpenGL 4.6 graphics
File
Prism_2.2.0.80800_Setup.exe · 198 MB
SHA-256
ec12318e403b9a22aae337bc376d347b2881057eff93d51674ace3e8ae2349af
Download for WindowsInstaller for all users
  1. Run the installer and allow it when Windows asks.
  2. Accept the voice licence. Prism goes to Program Files with a Start-menu entry.
  3. If your antivirus blocks the login, Prism says which one and how to exclude it.

macOS

2.1.0.80787
System
macOS 12 or later on Apple silicon
File
Prism-2.1.0.80787.dmg
Includes
Photography toolbar, studio mode, film looks, camera paths, AI Chat
Download for macOSDisk image
  1. Open the disk image and drag Prism to Applications.
  2. If macOS says it cannot be opened, choose Open Anyway in Privacy & Security.

Prism 2.2 for macOS is on its way, with the faster Photo quality and the antivirus-aware login.

Questions

Good to know.

Will Prism change my Firestorm?

No. Prism keeps its own settings, logs and cache in its own folders and never reads or writes Firestorm's. You can run both at the same time, and uninstalling Prism leaves Firestorm as it was.

Is my password safe?

You type it yourself. If you ask Prism to remember it, it is stored encrypted on your computer and sent only to the grid's login server. If a scanner breaks into the secure connection, Prism stops before sending anything.

Does it work with OpenSim?

Yes. Add a grid by its login address with "Click to add more grids" on the login screen, or in Preferences ▸ OpenSim.

What happens to secondlife:// links?

Prism registers only its own prism:// links. Second Life's links keep opening the viewer you chose.

Does Prism support DLSS or ray tracing?

Not yet possible: those need DirectX 12 or Vulkan, and Prism, like every Second Life viewer, renders with OpenGL. On RTX cards Prism starts at Ultra with screen-space reflections instead.

Who makes Prism?

Prism is made by Mert Ozkan. It is built on the source code of Firestorm and the Second Life viewer, and is not provided or supported by Linden Lab or The Phoenix Firestorm Project.