Aren Jonasson – Popnfresh Popstar

Models:

The term model can be taken in many different ways. Modeling can also be seen just as differently. Model can have two very distinct meanings in the world of second life. The first is basically what everything in the world is made up of, ‘prims’, which is short for primitive which is another term for a model. The second way model can be perceived is by human modeling, posing with outfits or without even.

The great thing about Second life is that you can do anything you can imagine in this virtual world, or atleast within a certain amount of reason. The form of models I will focus on will be the term that has to do with the building blocks of objects in second life. Like I said players can do anything within the world and the same goes for creation of objects.

Our world is made up of so many different shapes and models and the same goes for within the second life world. There are even many unique models that are not in our real world which makes second life that much more interesting to explore.

Exploring Secondlife:

My experience in the world of second life was at first unexciting. But after figuring out how to teleport places, use outfits, find objects to play with, it became a much larger and more fun environment. A few drawbacks while playing within the world was that the loading times and lag caused me to lose my immersion within the world only to realize that a handful of minutes had passed.

Every map that i had been to had unique and interesting aspects to them. All the different objects that allowed different interactions with were quite enjoyable. After a good deal of exploring I stumbled upon a site that talked about an Ivory Tower. This is where I became interesting in building in Second Life. The ivory tower was a muli-level building in which the player could learn all about different techniques while building. So after a good 2 hours of reading and learning I decided to take the next step. Playing the in sandbox!!

So i recorded the process of discovery in the sandbox and created a handful of somewhat ‘simple’ objects within the world. Given that if i had more time and put some money into getting interesting textures i could have created much more interesting objects.

IF ALL OF THE ISLANDS IN SECOND LIFE DISAPPEARED AND ONLY ONE SLURL REMAINED AND YOU COULD PICK IT. WHICH ONE WOULD YOU SELECT AND WHY?:

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Svarga/160/100/23

This island is quite interesting, not because it is Japanese anime related… or maybe it is because of that. One section of the island looks like a normal japanese area with buildings and what not, then a bit further down half of the city skyscraper section is being destroyed by giant robots. Another section of the island is reminds me of Toontown in disneland, where everything surrounding the town is quite normal but when u enter through the gates it because very cartoony. But on this island… very anime-ish. Why would i want to keep this island? I think the giant mechs destroying the city was quite entertaining, and the anime town is enjoyable for younger kids.

IF YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE AN ISLAND, WHAT WOULD YOU CREATE, AND WHY? DESCRIBE THE ISLAND, ITS FEATURES, AND AUDIENCE.
An island made up in sections for getting all kinds of free fun stuff. Half the island would be devoted to giving new players all the cool stuff they ever wanted for free. The other half of the island would be for having fun and interacting with all kinds of stuff in the world of second life, like games and vehicles. Running around with toyguns shooting targets or each other, driving madly around a track in a super fast car, or just rolling around on giant rainbow balls with friends. That kind of game and fun stuff.

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~ by arenj on 2009/09/28.