So what do you have to do to get a second life? Well, first you need to choose a sign-on name. Contrary to internet login names,
SL requires you have a first and a last name. This is simply because if you have both in your real life why should it be different in your alternate one? You can choose the first one but the latter has to be one from a drop-down list of over 500 predefined last names. It is SL’s way of keeping it all standard. But don’t think of it as a problem. You will be surprised to see the amount of choice you have including Agrawal, Chakrabarti and Jehangir. Next you need to register. Now there are two kinds of registrations. You can either have a free basic account which does not allow a certain special features. We will talk about it in a moment. Or you can have a premium account available at $9.95 per month with the special features, which reduces to $6 a month if the fee is paid annually. I used my credit card and paid for a six month membership. Next, you download the client application from www.secondlife.com and install it on your PC. Remember to check if your box fulfills the minimum software requirements. Else, it’s no fun.
Once you log in, the interface will be familiar if you have played any of today’s computer games. You have a complete view of your surroundings which can pan 360 degrees by rotating your character. This can be achieved by using your keyboard. The surroundings are the world itself. It’s like stepping outside your house into your backyard. There are loads of options available on your heads up display to move around and do stuff. It takes a considerable amount of time to explore these options and learn your way around. But the first task is to create an avatar. Registered users of SL are called residents and each resident has an avatar. An avatar is the online persona that you want to be, it is how you will look in SL. SL gives you the freedom to portray yourself as you want, be it a human, an animal, a robot or even a mythical creature. You can be male or female, black or white, tall or short. SL gives you the power to tweak the characteristics of your avatar full scope, from the ends of your hair to the tips of your toes. The default avatar is a human available in either sex and dressed in a white t-shirt and a pair of jeans.
SL requires you have a first and a last name. This is simply because if you have both in your real life why should it be different in your alternate one? You can choose the first one but the latter has to be one from a drop-down list of over 500 predefined last names. It is SL’s way of keeping it all standard. But don’t think of it as a problem. You will be surprised to see the amount of choice you have including Agrawal, Chakrabarti and Jehangir. Next you need to register. Now there are two kinds of registrations. You can either have a free basic account which does not allow a certain special features. We will talk about it in a moment. Or you can have a premium account available at $9.95 per month with the special features, which reduces to $6 a month if the fee is paid annually. I used my credit card and paid for a six month membership. Next, you download the client application from www.secondlife.com and install it on your PC. Remember to check if your box fulfills the minimum software requirements. Else, it’s no fun.Once you log in, the interface will be familiar if you have played any of today’s computer games. You have a complete view of your surroundings which can pan 360 degrees by rotating your character. This can be achieved by using your keyboard. The surroundings are the world itself. It’s like stepping outside your house into your backyard. There are loads of options available on your heads up display to move around and do stuff. It takes a considerable amount of time to explore these options and learn your way around. But the first task is to create an avatar. Registered users of SL are called residents and each resident has an avatar. An avatar is the online persona that you want to be, it is how you will look in SL. SL gives you the freedom to portray yourself as you want, be it a human, an animal, a robot or even a mythical creature. You can be male or female, black or white, tall or short. SL gives you the power to tweak the characteristics of your avatar full scope, from the ends of your hair to the tips of your toes. The default avatar is a human available in either sex and dressed in a white t-shirt and a pair of jeans.
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