Virtual Environments: Is one life enough?

Merino (aka Çağla Solak) has produced this really useful and easy to follow series of short YouTube tutorial videos for building in Second Life. You can follow the instructions and practice building at Çağ University’s sandbox in the Second Life campus. Don’t forget to activate the Cag University group so you have permission to build.

How to Build in Second Life demonstrates the basics: creating a prim; using the ‘object’ tab to edit; applying textures; and linking objects.

Build a Basic Solar Panel in Second Life applies what was learned in the previous video.

the Basic Mushroom Lamp Modelling in Second Life tutorial explains how to make an object interactive by using a script.

The Second Life Marketplace Guide | How to Buy and Use Items tutorial explains how to find free items to use in your own building.

Using scripts to animate objects so that they react to being clicked is explained in How to Use a Script in Second Life.

Second Life Notecard Giver Tutorial exlpains how to have an object give out a notecard to anyone who clicks on it.

All videos coutesy of Çağla Solak.