Second life®: a guide to your virtual world

  • Authors:
  • Brian White

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  • -

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  • Second life®: a guide to your virtual world
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Live your Second Life to the fullest!· Get started and get comfortable fast· Understand the culture, and avoid beginner's mistakes· Create the right look for your avatar· Master Second Life's building and texturing tools· Learn how to terraform, build, and landscape your first plot· Create your own Second Life “objects” and clothing· Attend the best Second Life virtual eventsCreate Your Virtual Life in an Incredible Online World...Right Now!ï戮 Imagine a virtual landscape where everything is created and owned entirely by residents like you. Imagine a place where you can enjoy sunsets, ride a jet ski, buy land, plant a garden, get a tattoo, go sky diving, spend an evening dancing the night away, or relax at home by the fire. Picture a world vividly developed, socially dynamic, and strikingly real where you can bring previously unimaginable things to life with friends from around the globe. This is Second Life®, the hottest Internet phenomenon in years...maybe ever!Now, there's a totally real, totally independent guide to Second Life. This full-color book is as rich as Second Life itself! It's packed with insider tips, easy step-by-step techniques, and interviews with dozens of SL residents telling you what they wished they knew when they started! Brian White pulls no punches: You'll learn exactly what's great and not so great about SL...how to thrive in its unique culture, and how to create your dreams!The more time you spend in Second Life, the more useful this book will become...teaching you more advanced skills; everything from vehicle construction, Linden Scripting Language, particle systems, to creating custom animations and the new sculpted prims!Visit the companion site in Second Life to find all the textures and objects from this book as well as the contributor's gallery and other goodies: http://slurl.com/secondlife/humuli/222/123/29Contents ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 Prefaceï戮 xviChapter 1ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 Welcome to Second Lifeï戮 3Chapter 2ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 Exploring the New Frontierï戮 27Chapter 3ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 Communication and Social Networkingï戮 47Chapter 4ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 Your Avatarï戮聳Your Virtual Selfï戮 67Chapter 5ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 Second Life Culture and Relationshipsï戮 93Chapter 6ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 Building Basicsï戮 119Chapter 7ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 Advanced Textures and Clothingï戮 171Chapter 8ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 Making the Magic: Scripting Basicsï戮 229Chapter 9ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 Land Ownership, Terraforming, and Landscapingï戮 253Chapter 10ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 Particles, Vehicles, Animations, and Sculpted Primsï戮 283Chapter 11ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 Photography, Music, and Moviesï戮 333Chapter 12ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 Practical Matters: Under the Hood of the Metaverseï戮 347 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 Indexï戮 366