yay! finally, after 4 years in virtual worlds, i get my own home! it’s like that saying about a cobbler’s kids having no shoes. while i have built several home-like places, none were just my home. the iliveisl estate inSL had several social places that were open to the public that were meant to be homes and lounges, but none were built just for me. that was fine, i stayed busy enough and never had time to hang out in any of them regularly anyway
i’m not sure what i am going to do with my home. i know i need to build furniture! all i have is office chairs and that is hardly homelike. i also need to make a stove and fridge plus a bedroom and bathroom. i’ll make everything with normal prims, no sculpties
sculpties intimidate me, i don’t know why. i can build in blender and do boolean intersections, subdivide meshes, path a camera, set motion blur, and all that baloney but i have never even tried to make a sculptie
i think it’s also a snobby thing in my head. i kind of feel like i should be able to make what i need to do with what i have in-world
i also think it’s important to show that many things can be built with normal prims – both because they are pretty easy to work with and highly accessible. as i focus more on education, i think of new students (and teachers) that come in-world and that building with normal prims is a great start =)
if you had to teach someone new about Second Life or OpenSim, you’d stay busy enough without tossing sculpties into the mix. i have seen students get the hang of it and be building in 15 minutes, i like that aspect of normal prims very much. nothing is there to stop them from learning blender but i figure it is better to let them get going with building and worry about this stuff later on
maybe one day i’ll do sculpties and knowing me, i’ll get all ocd over them! =p
in a volcanic caldera (actually it's too small so it's really a crater) =)
the entry is curved to prevent Qi (C'hi) from running out too quickly
Good luck with your home Ener, looks nice!
My virtual “home” is still in SL; partly because I have a few friends it’s nice to be able to meet in private; and partly because I’ve collected a lot of art during my years in SL and I need somewhere to have it! For me, rezzing in my skybox surrounded by the art I love is an important part of the virtual world experience.
But it’s interesting to think about where an Avatar “lives”. Does she need a home? Some people I know in SL puts their avatar to bed when they sleep themselves, staying online all night. Its an interesting concept anyway!
Cristopher Lefavre
6 Sep 10 at 3:38 am
So, whens the house warming party? :-p
Jonathan
6 Sep 10 at 3:53 am
P.s. the new home is looking good :)
Jonathan
6 Sep 10 at 5:49 am
very lovely home…build yourself a glass of wine and an armchair !
XiuJuan
6 Sep 10 at 8:50 am
Great job Ener! Love it
Sunny
6 Sep 10 at 4:01 pm
thanks everyone! see, this is part fo what makes virtual worlds and avatars so wonderful – and i think a big part of its allure
as more people allow themselves to give in to this part of them, i think VWs will continue to grow and have a staying power
i suppose part of this side of people that “get it” might be a similar part to why people get hooked on drugs – to allow themselves an avenue to express something deep inside. not that VWs are like doing a drug, but it may access a part of ourselves that is too deep or seen as not worthy to allow out
i think some people will understand what i am trying to say! =)
art is for sure going to be a part of my home. i have art from my first project inSL that i really enjoy – from a beautifully talented Deaf girl
and a glass of wine sounds nice and i look forward to making a pretty set of wine glasses. getting the texture colour and transparency just right should be a challenge!
thanks and enjoy your avatar – it’s just a part of you and should enrich your life imo =)
Ener Hax
6 Sep 10 at 5:33 pm
Beautiful home! But you might want to zombie-proof it :)
DreamWalker McCallister
7 Sep 10 at 12:29 am
good idea and not only is the walkway curved but “maybe” it folds up too!
although i am dinked if zombies can swim =/
Ener Hax
7 Sep 10 at 7:59 am
Re: building the furniture inworld….. i find you kinda lose something from a teaching perspective if you move from sl briefly to say blender for building something. 3d modelling is great, but takes away the inworld element of creation, especially when prim count is not an issue..okay you look for textures online, but it heightens the aspect also of product design when students see different products side by side,see how they are made, and decide which one to build and which textures look the best. So many disciplines can be rendered into a single lesson…VW is so rewarding!
XiuJuan
7 Sep 10 at 9:49 am
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