I'm In!! - week1
...it took me a while to get in here as my laptop has got a outdated video card, so I used schools computer to access SecondLife.
As explained my initial thoughts of SecondLife type applications laid in the negative, but decided to have a little fun with it. I decided my avatar would be a reporter of experiences within this world. I would go round trying out all the features and conversing with the inhabitants to report back to my Blog.
The first thing you have to do is create your avatar and was quite shocked in the level of customisation that is offered to you. You can obviously change the usual things like, sex, skin tone, hair etc... but extra features included increasing the bulge in your trousers and deciding if your character in 'bow-legged'.... even thought these customizations are questionable in there point, it gives the users room to create individual avatars.
Once I created my avatar I started to explore the world. Initially you placed into a 'lobby' type place, in which you have to complete certain tutorial task to access the main SecondLife arena. Its a good idea to introduce people to the functions and features before stepping into the main world because I imagine for people not used to 3dimensional environments it could get quite confusing.
Something else that I liked was the ability to fly... there are other modes of transport eg cars, bikes, jet skis etc...
...it took me a while to get in here as my laptop has got a outdated video card, so I used schools computer to access SecondLife.
As explained my initial thoughts of SecondLife type applications laid in the negative, but decided to have a little fun with it. I decided my avatar would be a reporter of experiences within this world. I would go round trying out all the features and conversing with the inhabitants to report back to my Blog.
The first thing you have to do is create your avatar and was quite shocked in the level of customisation that is offered to you. You can obviously change the usual things like, sex, skin tone, hair etc... but extra features included increasing the bulge in your trousers and deciding if your character in 'bow-legged'.... even thought these customizations are questionable in there point, it gives the users room to create individual avatars.
Once I created my avatar I started to explore the world. Initially you placed into a 'lobby' type place, in which you have to complete certain tutorial task to access the main SecondLife arena. Its a good idea to introduce people to the functions and features before stepping into the main world because I imagine for people not used to 3dimensional environments it could get quite confusing.
Something else that I liked was the ability to fly... there are other modes of transport eg cars, bikes, jet skis etc...
T.
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