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Re: Second Life
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David Smith <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 3 Aug 2007 15:58:21 -0400
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Go to secondlife.com and register.  There is a free option that gives you a
character with no money.

The first place you go "in-world" is Orientation Island.  You must complete
4 basic tasks there in order to get access to the rest.  There are a number
of other tasks to complete on orientation island that will help you
understand more about how the game is played.  If you Google second life,
you will also find blogs, support sites, etc.

Also, I will echo the comments about computer speed - it's essential to have
a computer with beefy graphics and lots of memory.  Even with a good
computer, the SL landscape can be aggravatingly slow to load at peak use
times.  This phenomenon is so prevalent it has a name, "lag," as in "The lag
is really bad today."

One thing to consider in using Second Life in a Science Center is that
Second Life is only open to those 18 and over.  Naturally, since it is an
honor system, there are lots of 14-year-olds running around SL pretending to
be 18, but it doesn't strike me as something we want to encourage.

Dave Smith, AKA Diehel Guyot in SL, but never on line these days as I gear
up for end-of-summer workshops.



On 8/3/07, Edith Piaf <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers
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> i have a question about second life. how does one obtain an account and
> password? does it have a cost?is there free access? what kind of software is
> needed? edith
>
>
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> > De: Eric Siegel <[log in to unmask]>
> > A: [log in to unmask]
> > Objet: Re: Second Life
> > Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 12:25:23 -0400
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> > Hello, Reagan:
> >
> > The first time I tried Second Life, about 5 years ago, my avatar (the
> > word for "character") got stuck at the bottom of a body of water and
> > I just left him there.  I assume he's still there and extremely
> > bored.  You have done everything correctly except you probably don't
> > have a fast enough connection to the internet or a fast enough
> > computer, or both.  It takes a lot of time for your 3D world to
> > render so that it doesn't look bleak.  Or maybe you landed on bleak
> > island (or are in bleak house? sorry...).  Anyway, try finding a
> > faster connection/computer and you will be surprised how much more
> > immersive it becomes.  I went from a g4 powerbook to one of the new
> > dual core intel macbook pro and it made a world of difference, so to
> > speak.
> >
> > Eric Siegel
> > Director and Chief Content Officer
> > NY Hall of Science
> > 47-01 111th Street
> > Queens, NY 11368
> > 718 699 0005 x 317
> > www.nyscience.org
> >
> >
> > On Aug 3, 2007, at 11:32 AM, Reagan Cole wrote:
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> > > Hello, I'd like to go sightseeing in second life but I'm completely
> > > clueless.
> > > I do have an "account" , a "password" and a "character" if that's what
> > > things are called in 2L.  I can jump, fall and move in different
> > > directions but the landscape is barren and bleak.  How do I find the
> > > museums in that world?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Reagan Cole, PhD
> > > Exhibits Engineer
> > > Museum of Life and Science
> > > 433 Murray Avenue
> > > Durham, NC 27704
> > > (919)220-5429 x371 (phone)
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David L. Smith
Da Vinci Science Center
Allentown, PA
http://www.davinci-center.org

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