A little video from Second Life...
I have never blogged much about my experiences in Second Life. Only one post back a year and half ago when I first started exploring the virtual reality environment and only a few mentions after that. Perhaps this mostly due to the difficulty in explain and getting across the Second Life experience. There have been multitudes of negative articles written, discoursing on the eminent demise of Second Life and the uselessness of the environment. However each foretelling of doom has not come true and ultimately, the experience of the growing metaverses is very similar to the early days of internet. That is, just like the internet, whatever the difficulties and negative experiences, the ultimate outcome of creating shared virtual reality environments accessible to vast numbers of users is a collaborative and interactive connection. None of us who were active in the earliest days of the the internet could have seen the outcome that we are all experiencing now, nor can anyone truly understand the ultimate effect that virtual realities will have on human culture. I think it will be somewhat bigger and simpler than we do imagine.
Perhaps the most interesting and telling thing about Second Life for myself is its artistic environment. Almost all of the content in SL is entirely user created. Each building, avatar, landscape, and action is an exploration into the world's 3D building tools and techniques. To fully understand this and the intense potential behind it is the exciting thing about SL to me. I like to explore and perceive the wonder and beauty for beauty's sake that is all over the world.
I think I will try to write more about Second Life and my experiences late, but for now, here is an experiment I did learning how to record and edit video content from Second Life. The fellow in the green tux and mossy dreadlocks in my "avatar", Brambleberry Woodget. All in green, imagine that;-) This was recorded at a build called "Inspire Space Park". It is, in the words of Virtual Life Media, the creators of the environment, a 100% cosmic chillspace merging sight and sound to foster appreciation for immersive relaxation and contemplation. Yes, my avatar is doing Tia Chi. A common tool in SL is the use of "poseballs". These are objects that when clicked on contain animations, sort of an autopilot for your avatar. They are remarkably useful, offering a way to leave your avatar dancing, sitting, or otherwise engaged, while interacting with others or exploring the surroundings with a camera controls. And incidentally, the ambient "space" music being played in the environment is from Blue Mars.
Please excuse the choppy video and low quality. This is my first time recording inworld and my computer was laggy a bit.
Perhaps the most interesting and telling thing about Second Life for myself is its artistic environment. Almost all of the content in SL is entirely user created. Each building, avatar, landscape, and action is an exploration into the world's 3D building tools and techniques. To fully understand this and the intense potential behind it is the exciting thing about SL to me. I like to explore and perceive the wonder and beauty for beauty's sake that is all over the world.
I think I will try to write more about Second Life and my experiences late, but for now, here is an experiment I did learning how to record and edit video content from Second Life. The fellow in the green tux and mossy dreadlocks in my "avatar", Brambleberry Woodget. All in green, imagine that;-) This was recorded at a build called "Inspire Space Park". It is, in the words of Virtual Life Media, the creators of the environment, a 100% cosmic chillspace merging sight and sound to foster appreciation for immersive relaxation and contemplation. Yes, my avatar is doing Tia Chi. A common tool in SL is the use of "poseballs". These are objects that when clicked on contain animations, sort of an autopilot for your avatar. They are remarkably useful, offering a way to leave your avatar dancing, sitting, or otherwise engaged, while interacting with others or exploring the surroundings with a camera controls. And incidentally, the ambient "space" music being played in the environment is from Blue Mars.
Please excuse the choppy video and low quality. This is my first time recording inworld and my computer was laggy a bit.
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