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Designing Your Second Life: Techniques and Inspiration... |
 | Titolo | Designing Your Second Life: Techniques and Inspiration for You to Design Your Ideal Parallel Universe Within the Online Community, Second Life |
| Autore | Tapley, Rebecca |
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| Categoria | Computers: Virtual Worlds
Computers: Social Aspects | | Rilegatura | Paperback | | Dati | 210 p.; ill. | | Anno | 2007 |
| Editore | New Riders Publishing |
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Whether your second, virtual life has just begun, or you've been "in-world" for a long time, a successful and rewarding experience depends on your mastery of design. Everything from your avatar to your home, your clothes to your behavior says something about who you are and the way others see you. In this book Rebecca Tapley shows you how to design everything from bodies to earrings, cars to castles, for improved appearance, function, and usability. Real-world topics such as urban planning, color theory, user experience, interior design, and landscaping are mapped to SL conditions. Learn how to spot the best skin and hair, clothing, architecture and construction, property for sale, and more. In addition, Rebecca's insights and observations on Second Life etiquette, manners, customs, and other subtle socio-cultural realities will help you make your way through this new and sometimes baffling world. Have a more rewarding second life by learning how to: Create a realistic or fantastical avatar; Make gorgeous clothes and other luxury goods; Build impressive homes and planned communities; Develop whole islands; Establish a social community and career Life.
| Indice e argomenti trattati |
| 1 Introducing Your Second Life | | 2 | | | And Then There Was...Second Life |
| | 4 | | | A Quick Overview of Second Life |
| | 8 | | | 2 Designing Your Avatar | | 22 | | | Some Assembly Required: Constructing Your Avatar |
| | 24 | | | Basic Anatomy: Your Avatar's Skin |
| | 32 | | | Basic Anatomy: Hair and Eyes |
| | 34 | | | Alternative Anatomy: Going Semi-Human |
| | 37 | | | Alternative Anatomy: Going Non-Human |
| | 39 | | | 3 Designing Your Look | | 42 | | | Second Life Clothing Undone |
| | 44 | | | | 45 | | | | 55 | | | Designing Clothes in Second Life |
| | 61 | | | 4 Designing Your Persona | | 66 | | | Advertise Yourself: Creating Your Profile |
| | 68 | | | Finding Your Niche: Using Search |
| | 79 | | | 5 Designing Your Social Life | | 94 | | | Social Etiquette in Second Life |
| | 96 | | | Jobs and Careers in Second Life |
| | 114 | | | Exploring Second Life "Subculture" |
| | 117 | | | 6 Designing Your Home | | 124 | | | Residency 101 Options and Possibilities |
| | 126 | | | Building 101: Doing It Yourself |
| | 130 | | | The Build Tools: A Demonstration |
| | 139 | | | 7 Designing Your Homestead | | 142 | | | Outgrowing Your First Piece of Land |
| | 144 | | | Building, The Sequel: Curvy Shapes |
| | 147 | | | Beyond Building: Landscaping in Second Life |
| | 151 | | | 8 Designing Your Empire | | 170 | | | The Brave New World: Private Islands |
| | 172 | | | Large-Scale Region Development in Second Life |
| | 176 | | | This Space Available: Commercial, Residential and Public Space |
| | 178 | | | Large-Scale Design: The Microcontinent of Ketora |
| | 189 | | | Index | | 203 | |
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