I met some friendly people after I right clicked and teleported there. they encouraged me to visit some rooms in the palace and they are going to complete it in future. they said every body is welcome to their area.
I love the sea and Sunrise, I could see it with a cost-less fly in The virtual Iowa,
I could fly and watch everything from the top, I felt like an eagle! :)) I could change the camera zoom in/out, change the angle, fly higher, touch the objects, swim and dance with Dolphins..
I could walk under water for more than 5 mints and I am alive ! see !
I am not interested in levels of learning, even in virtual world ! ;)
There are good sites and resources and even books available in some pages that we can explore and read and learn in second life.
I love this birds singing in my laptop everyday, in my second life :)
We can do meditation here! :))
to take a photo of where you are you can simply click on World at the menu on the top of your page and then click on snap shot.
An easier way to take an snapshot is to take the short cut keys together on your key board : Ctrl+Shift+S
It will show a small size image and you can save it to your computer if you like it.
and the other way to take a photo is to use Print Screen (prt sc) key on your key board, but it will also take your screen's photo.
You can change the light !
Click on World=> Sun => select your favorite day time (sunrise, sun,...)
Also you can click on Change your Environment and you will have variety of weather and environment changes.
There are variety of changes that you can make to your environment, Don't worry, go ahead and make changes, and learn. As Spice is important for Iranian food, we say: "Variety is spice of life"
During the last 3 weeks we were doing a step-by-step game in Second life as one of the class assignments. I liked the way Quests were designed, from the first step (making the Second life account) to change our avatar, learning how to move, fly , and how to control our view of the avatar and the whole scene.
I founded it interesting, however it moved slowly and tended to react slower when I was connecting through wifi.
I would like to present some step-by-step photos here for my friends who may like to begin using second life in future.
Simply begin by going to the second life website on : http://secondlife.com/ and begin the sign up process.
The first step is to chose your Avatar. As you see in the picture there is variety of avatars for you to select at the top of the page. Click on people, animal, vampire, random, vehicle and watch them appear. Select the one you like the most. Don't worry, you will be able to change and customize it later.
Chose your avatar by clicking on it.
Type your username. Remember that you have only one name, and no family name; therefore, type the name that you like or a name that is some how representative of your personality or interest. and check the availability and continue.
Complete the information and your e-mail address carefully. Click the Create Account button.
Now you can select whether you want to continue with free account or you want to purchase the perimum account.For the premium account you get your private home and access to exclusive areas, many people just keep the free account. For the teachers it will be nice to have their premium avatar and a home land in which they can make changes and design it for their class meetings.If you just want to explore and learn the free version is enough for now.
Here is the last step where it suggests you to install the Second Life program on your laptop/PC and begin.
So Easy!?
After you have installed Second Life, click on the SL icon and begin your trip:
Here is a video worth watching, however the new version of second life program has changed a little bit but it's good to become familiar with some words and keys and how they work.
Follow me in the next posts if you would like to learn more about second life exploration without spending so much time.
