Second Life: Initial Exploration

After making an account and entering the metaverse, the first place I went was the ISIS 100 Oasis. The Oasis is filled with weird and interesting objects, such as 6 big flamingos and one giant flamingo. There is also a "Welcome To China" sign. Some of the areas that I want to explore, like a basketball court with a giant pumpkin in the middle, I can't access, however. They say "No entry" around them. Upon getting to the oasis, I met the avatar of Nitin Gupta (DukeNG Bouscario), I friended him, and we explored the oasis. We learned to use the gesture commands and messed around with them.

After that, I went to "The U'Bar," a "bar" where people relax, dance and listen to music. They had live radio playing. Many people were there dancing, and the dance floor was covered with bright laser lights and advertisements for guiness. Someone offered to "animate" me. I agreed and this made my avatar dance. I could not figure out how to stop dancing, but when I teleported I lost the urge to boogie. The SLURL for The U'Bar is http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lusiana/117/197/3001

I also went to "Fiat Latino America," the official Second Life island of the Fiat car company. The island has many cool rooms, a virtual attendant, and a showcase room for all the cars it sells in real life. In the showcase room, each car model has a 3D representation of it that looks very similar, as well as a description of the car. This is a large island meant to advertise for the Fiat car-manufacturing company. Fiat Latino America's SLURL is http://slurl.com/secondlife/FIAT%20LATINO%20AMERICA/128/128/27

Lastly, I visited PlantPets. The plant pets project is a project within Second Life to create interactive, growing plants. PlantPets grow and express happiness the more you take care of them. The place was a store that sold these plants, but I won a prize and received a free one. I don't know where/have a place to plant it though! The SLURL for the PlantPets store is http://slurl.com/secondlife/Plush%20Kappa/84/228/22