Comments on: Second Life Tour - Where Would You Go Today?

By: MetaNews Daily 92 – 15th July 2009 / SLPN

MetaNews Daily 92 – 15th July 2009 / SLPN — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:36:56 +0000

[…] Second Life Tour – Where Would You Go Today? […]

By: Troy McConaghy

Troy McConaghy — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:49:25 +0000

Maybe visit the tsunami simulation on NOAA’s first sim, named Meteora. It’s in the southeast corner. Just click the sign on the beach until the water recedes, then click it again and watch as the giant wave washes in and destroys all the buildings.

From there, you can explore the SciLands (the continent where the NOAA sims are located).

By: Dusan Writer

Dusan Writer — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:43:44 +0000

Great suggestions everyone! And absolutely - the NUMBER ONE thing is people. Thankfully, he is well connected to that idea - that it’s the people that make a technology what it is. In fact, if I were to recommend ONE thing to anyone as a way of understanding SL it would probably be a live music event - it shows you the richness of the platform and is an immediate way to connect with others, and to get a sense of how amazing the people in SL can be.

In this particular case, I suppose the broader point I want to make is “this is a world that supports a wide range of activities” (but please don’t forget that it’s the connections and serendipity that makes it what it is).

Any more suggestions keep ‘em coming.

I’ll add my own to the list and report back to everyone on what we ended up seeing, the response and will let you know who it is (I didn’t want to post a name without permission).

Thanks all!

By: Riven Homewood

Riven Homewood — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:41:33 +0000

It’s also occurred to me that what this particular person is interested should be considered. Somebody who wants to design clothes, somebody who wants to build houses, a Star Trek buff, a nurse, a university professor — each would probably find different areas of sl interesting. These is such a wide variety of experiences available!

By: Mitch Wagner

Mitch Wagner — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:59:52 +0000

I’d take ‘em to the Shelter—friendly place to hang out.

By: Sable

Sable — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:58:57 +0000

Every single person interested in content creation should be dragged (forcibly if necessary) to Drowsy to see exactly what they’re aspiring to. The place is simply stunning visually, creatively and technically.

By: Holocluck Henly

Holocluck Henly — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:09:06 +0000

I would take them to the 7 Days Bakery as a great first impression, a walk through Caledon & New Paris. If they have a desire to build I would definitely include the Ivory Tower of Prims. For mainland I would start at the Bayjou in Bay City and fly them in a plane/blimp/rocket/etc over Route 66 (hopefully overtaking the Trolley), over the channel, past the AMORD building and Nova Albion to visit the Photo Studio of Grignano as an example of Mainland at its finest.

By: Roland Francis

Roland Francis — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:02:13 +0000

Adding to Saffia’s constructive posting, SL’s diversity simply cannot be summarized with a one hour in-world presentation. It would -at best- be a well picked slice of a pie of flavors, where I can only underline Saffia’s suggestion to let the people of those places speak from their focal point.

If you aim to impress your guest with a general impression as in “the best of its domain”, there are some good sources out there: first of all, you could read Amanda Lindens twitter and blog, called workinginworld, added with some great tips from this thread and have a critical look at http://www.b-places.com, the most neutral and wide spread voting system of sl (where you still have to filter out the manipulated voting sims).

In summary, I would advise to categorize your trip and pick your best examples of each category and its specific added value, mirrored to what might be of real interest to your invitee.

By: Crap Mariner

Crap Mariner — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:35:31 +0000

“you don’t have the time to attend a concert”

Actually, one hour of Grace McDunnough’s Musimmersion is the first thing that came to mind.

-ls/cm

By: Grace McDunnough

Grace McDunnough — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:19:26 +0000

I’d take them to Musimmersion - the next one is tomorrow Jul 16th at 6PM SL.

https://secure-web13.secondlife.com/events/event.php?id=2918546&date=1247727600

http://musimmersion.weebly.com