As far as whether you like the look or feel I suppose it will be interesting to see what people do with their imagination. I suppose people might only see a glass stuck on a bar where others see opportunities and allow their creative juices to lift off of what is clearly supposed to be a demo. I imagine multiple renders of the same scene at different times of the day, with the textures being swappable based on a detect sun parameter. Aside from a cocktail lounge I’ll place my faith in the residents of SL to explore the possibilities.

As far as ‘dead and haunted’ I’d refer you to my earlier post on the subject and in particular the following:

- In RL, how often is a social group of friends (or even strangers for that matter) available to satisfy our whim to be entertained or ’social’? Social activities don’t happen because we want them to, they take a circle of friends, a network of shared plans, an understanding of each other’s patterns and preferences. Same is true for SL.

Not sure what your experiences have been in SL, or RL for that matter, I can just share my own perspective.

the whole scene still looks static and you cant remove pre-rendered furnitures or the illusion is broken. (their shadows remain on the floors/walls.)

of course you can opt to render the building only, but then, placing not baked furns there would make them strike out of the environment.

nonetheless, these designs (like the glass stuck forever on the bar on the image above) help SL look even more dead and haunted than it actually is.