After seeing my little brothers play World of Warcraft, I have always been curious to create an avatar and escape to a virtual world. Second Life allowed me to do that. The only difference is that Second Life is as closest to real life as a virtual portal could ever be. The first place I visited is Muddy's Music Cafe where they were playing Usher's "DJ's Got Us Falling in Love Again." I did my best to work some dance moves, however, it ended up looking awkward and uncoordinated. I noticed nobody on the dance floor had that problem. I then proceeded to teleport to a place called France Pittoresque which I'm guessing is some type of beach in France. I liked this place. It seemed relax and easy going. There was also Bob Marley playing in the background and found a group of people just hanging out around a bonfire.
The next few places I visited were other countries. I decided to teleport to my hometown the Philippines and then visited Dublin, Ireland. Walking around the Philippines and the first thing I noticed was a church which is pretty common. The Philippines is a widely religious and Catholic churches can be found almost everywhere. I also visited two U.S. places. I went to New York City and the Washington D.C. I even got to set foot inside the Oval Office!
Overall it was a fun and interesting journey. The settings were vivid and detailed. It's pretty easy to move the avatar around and there's enough interaction to keep you engaged. I definitely can see why people would get addicted to it. You can get carried away in a virtual world just by having everything in the tip of your hands. But as much fun I had exploring, I was ready to get back to reality.
Check out some of my photos:
This is me attempting to dance at Muddy's Music Cafe
Here I am at some beach in France. Probably one of my favorite places since it seemed very relaxing and the scenery is beautiful
I'm in my hometown in the Philippines. You can see the Philippine flag in the corner. I'm inside a Music Lounge.
Here I am inside a plant store in NYC. I was a little disappointed in what I saw when I was on the streets. Not the NYC I remember.
Here I am in Dublin, Ireland. This was pretty cool.
And I got to visit the Oval Office and even sit at the President's desk
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