Introduction to Second Life Erin Jennings, Instructional Design Assistant, UTD Global MBA Online

What is Second Life? MUVE Multi-User Virtual Environment www.secondlife.com “ Second Life is a 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents.” Second Life is NOT a game Main grid is for adults only (18+)

MUVE

Multi-User Virtual Environment

www.secondlife.com

“ Second Life is a 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents.”

Second Life is NOT a game

Main grid is for adults only (18+)

Avatars Your virtual representative can look as much or as little like you as you want!

Your virtual representative can look as much or as little like you as you want!

Islands Islands are very expensive $10.00/month Premium account $1,675 for 16 acres Monthly land fee of $295 Islands are totally bare when they first “rez”. What you do with it is up to you!

Islands are very expensive

$10.00/month Premium account

$1,675 for 16 acres

Monthly land fee of $295

Islands are totally bare when they first “rez”.

What you do with it is up to you!

Islands If you can dream it, you can build it… Morocco sim, Casablanca island International Space Flight Museum, Space CoLab island

If you can dream it, you can build it…

Building “ Prims” = primitive objects Simple toolkit for creating more complex objects Sandboxes: public building spaces Some limitations Holes through one axis only 10m prim size limit Linking

“ Prims” = primitive objects

Simple toolkit for creating more complex objects

Sandboxes: public building spaces

Some limitations

Holes through one axis only

10m prim size limit

Linking

Texturing Upload images for $L 10 (about half a cent) Save files with alpha channels as .targa to preserve transparency Templates available for clothing (see Resources)

Upload images for $L 10 (about half a cent)

Save files with alpha channels as .targa to preserve transparency

Templates available for clothing (see Resources)

Videos Robbie Dingo, master builder: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQL8_HB1HtQ Using scripts to automate building: http://tinyurl.com/2rxakp

Robbie Dingo, master builder: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQL8_HB1HtQ

Using scripts to automate building: http://tinyurl.com/2rxakp

SL Resources Second Life Tutorials and Guides Second Life: The Official Guide Book for purchase Building and Scripting Tutorials www.secondlife.com/knowledgebase Linden Scripting Language (LSL) Wiki http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/LSL_Portal Clothing Templates http://secondlife.com/community/templates.php

Second Life Tutorials and Guides

Second Life: The Official Guide

Book for purchase

Building and Scripting Tutorials

www.secondlife.com/knowledgebase

Linden Scripting Language (LSL) Wiki

http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/LSL_Portal

Clothing Templates

http://secondlife.com/community/templates.php

More Resources Unofficial Guide http:// www.sldrama.com/index.php?page =2;ffbook=1 Erin’s Basic Guide www.utdallas.edu/~ebj016000/SecondLife/SecondLifeGuide.pdf Second Life Developer Resources http://secondlife.com/developers/resources.php

Unofficial Guide

http:// www.sldrama.com/index.php?page =2;ffbook=1

Erin’s Basic Guide

www.utdallas.edu/~ebj016000/SecondLife/SecondLifeGuide.pdf

Second Life Developer Resources

http://secondlife.com/developers/resources.php

Contact Information Erin Jennings Email: [email_address] Second Life: Serinity Gaea Island: UTD SOM

Erin Jennings

Email: [email_address]

Second Life: Serinity Gaea

Island: UTD SOM