For W390, I’ve been exploring the virtual world called Second Life. Many real life places have been recreated here as well as some fantastical places, too.
It is fun to change into all the different clothes and hairstyles and to visit places like the Eiffel Tower set in the year 1900 or a fairy haven where giant mushrooms and winged creatures abound. Scuba diving or horseback riding from the couch is pretty fun, but flying is the best. It’s cool to see the landscape from the sky.
I’ve only interacted a little bit with other avatars,
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t’s usually how I behave when I’m a tourist in a foreign land. I like to take it all in as I trek through unfamiliar territory. When I’m sightseeing, I’m not loquacioua. If you know me personally, you know how unusual that is for me. Although, I have had a couple of interactions with the keepers of some of the places I’ve visited. Sometimes people give you things like notes to read or props to add to your inventory.
The most challenging part of the Second Life experience, for me, has been fighting the software. It’s a real memory hog and often the whole program crashes or stalls when I’m at a critical moment in my explorations. I’m using my husband’s computer, which is pretty new and beefed up and it’s still taxing our hardware. For that reason, I’m looking forward to finishing up the Second Life exercises. I don’t want to knock it though. Second Life is a cool world.
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