Second Life is a 3-D virtual world.

Second Life is a 3-D virtual world.

A world of possibilities - a place where you have the ability to do almost anything you can imagine. In a little over a year, Second Life's Residents have crafted a richly textured world filled with hundreds of thousands of objects of their own creation.

Complex and compelling characters dwell in every conceivable building from whimsical hobbit-houses to soaring urban towers to a medieval castle where visitors battle giant insects to win treasure. The local zoo features killer whale rides, speed boats ply the waterways, and a Resident-abducting alien space ship has been known to visit - all of it imagined and created by Second Life's Residents.

To start your Second Life trial, simply download Second Life, register to create your character, choose your membership plan, and log in.
Here are some key features of "Second Life":

￭ Roam a 3D living landscape full of exciting places and things
￭ Visit neighborhoods, shopping malls, nightclubs, sports arenas, churches, libraries, casinos-virtually every space that exists in the real world
￭ Adventure in castles, space stations, dungeons, Wild West towns, and cities in the sky-virtually everything from the infinite universe of the imagination
￭ Travel on foot, or by planes, trains, and flying saucers; gondolas, fuel-injected muscle cars, mechanical unicorns, fearsome gun ships, giant snails, smog-belching mech robots, stardust-powered magic broomsticks-or on your own power, with the innate ability that all Residents have, to teleport and fly at will
￭ lter your character's appearance to look like anything - an imaginary superhero, a mythical monster, or your own mirror image
￭ Change your reality with simple but sophisticated 3D creation tools: build houses, design furniture; create clothing, jewelry, and art
￭ Learn the Linden Scripting Language to give life to your creations: weapons that shoot, vehicles that traverse the air, land, and sea; build in-world games of all variety and genre
￭ Collaborate on projects live in real time with other Residents, to build an entire city, a full-featured game, and more
￭ Invest time and ingenuity in a fully integrated economy
￭ Advertise and sell your business to a city-sized population of consumers
￭ Exchange the Linden Dollars you earn for real dollars, and vice versa
￭ Donate your earnings to in-world projects, or real world non-profit causes and organizations
￭ Make all or part of your real world living from your efforts in Second Life
￭ Join a vibrant society bustling with people from countries all over the real world
￭ Share laughs and activities at the dozens of in-world events happening daily
￭ Party endlessly at nightclubs, fashion shows, art openings, fancy dress balls
￭ Host your own social events for love, fun, and profit
￭ Fall in love, get married at a virtual service-and officially designate your Second Life partner
￭ Jump into multiplayer and solo play in dozens of in-world games made by gamers, for gamers
￭ Compete with other Resident gamers in first-person shooters, fantasy RPGs, puzzle, and strategy games, all created by the Residents themselves
￭ Race to find scavenger hunt items across the entire world, or hunt your prey in assassination games where every Resident is a suspected triggerman (or triggerwoman!)
￭ Enjoy solo board games or story-driven adventures, or casual social games of chance and skill
￭ Acquire the ground beneath your feet; keep the rights to everything you create in-world
￭ Buy, rent, and sell land
￭ Develop the land you own, for personal use, business, or projects of all kinds
￭ Compete in online auctions to acquire property
￭ Retain Intellectual Property rights over your in-world creations. Your works are yours to do with as you please.

Limitations:

￭ 7 days trial.

Requirements:

￭ 1GHz processor or better
￭ 512MB of RAM
￭ GeForce 2 or ATI Radeon 8500 graphics or better
￭ Internet Connection: Broadband (DSL/Cable Modem/LAN)
￭ Credit Card (required for sign up of free trial).