Slideshow Transcript

1. Slide 1: Second Life ® Jane Chandler (RL) / Lane Erde (SL) Jonathan Crellin (RL) / Jack Salyut (SL) Emma Duke-Williams (RL) / Emmadw Rickenbacker (SL) School of Computing & The ExPERT Centre University of Portsmouth http://secondlife.com
2. Slide 2: What is Second Life? • A virtual world • Rich, graphical, 3-D environment • Real people represented by avatars • Chat, IM and voice communication • Content is user created • Audio and video streaming • Links out to the web and the beginnings of running the web inside SL
3. Slide 3: How do I use it? • Create an account (which can be a free account or a premium account at around US$10 a month) • Check the pc hardware requirements • Check the firewall requirements • Download the client to your pc or a memory stick • Start using it