2022 The early metaverse: Second Life? WSJ says it is now a player in the new metaverse movement. Perhaps its time has come.

The early metaverse: Second Life?  

WSJ says it is now a player in the new metaverse movement. 

Perhaps its time has come.  

Second Life has been operating since 2003.  It seems to have many of the features predicted for the metaverse.  Except maybe the hype.

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• Remember Second Life? It’s Now Taking On Big Tech’s Metaverse | WSJ

"Buying" land in Second Life.

• You "buy" a full region (256m x 256m) for $349
• That is really a setup charge.  
• You pay a monthly maintenance fee of  $229
• But nobody is rushing in to buy up land.
• No rush, because SL can make all the land people want.  
• More details.
• More about Second Life after the break.

2022 Metaverse: Tips on how to be a smart user in Second Life and OpenSimulator. Change settings on the viewer.

Metaverse: 

Tips on how to be a smart user 

in Second Life and OpenSimulator.  

Change settings on the viewer.

People learn from experience.  Smart people learn from other people's experience.

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• WELCOME TO SECOND LIFE! // TOP 10 TIPS & TRICKS!
• Firestorm settings for beginners. A DTA content page

2022 Metaverse fashions: Designer Showcase - Earning money in the metaverse: Making fashions, making videos.

Metaverse fashions: 

Designer Showcase - 

Earning money in the metaverse: 

Making fashions, making videos.

A video about selling fashionable clothing in the metaverse

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• Second Life - Designer Showcase - February 2022
• 330 lindens is about a dollar
• We walk around the Designer Showcase for their February Round. 
• The Event is in a new location 
• so be sure to use the link here in the description if you are interested in coming. 
• https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Corrupted%20Innocence/82/75/3502
• Second Life Marketplace
• Kitely Market

2022 Metaverse: Decorate your home in the metaverse. Practice interior decoration. Build your portfolio, sell your services.

Metaverse:  Decorate your home in the metaverse.   

Practice interior decoration.  

Build your portfolio, sell your services.

Interior decoration. landscaping, and architecture fit quite well with what virtual worlds can offer.

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• Decorating your house in Second Life with Beau
• You can slide ahead on YouTube with the time slider.
• How To Decorate On Second Life
• Landscape and Decorate With Me! 
• Furnishing my dream house| Second Life
• SecondLIfe: 10 Must know tips on decor in secondlife.
• Second Life | WHERE TO GET LAND, HOUSES AND FURNITURE
• Where To Buy Land and Houses + Set up! | Second Life
• Second Life Full Starter Guide Tutorial for Beginners 2020 - What You Need to Know

2022 Metaverse groups in Second life: Focus on recent: Metaverse, NFTs, Blockchain, Land, Events, Games, Music, Shop

Metaverse groups in Second life: 

Focus on recent: Metaverse, NFTs, Blockchain, 

Land, Events, Games, Music, Shop

Second Life has groups dealing with all the recent metaverse matters.  It is a piece of the metaverse that has been around for years, developing communities. 

How to find groups 

• For Second Life and OpenSimulator:
• Get the search panel: Ctrl f.
• On the top bar, click groups.
• Enter a term that fits your interest.

Land

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• Yes, you can buy and sell land in Second Life.
• Land (Second Life Wiki)
• All about land in Second Life
• Land Buying FAQ
• Landowner in Second Life. Summary
• Buying and selling land in the metaverse. With and without NFTs. If there is a bubble, how do you manage it?
• Metaverse money makers. Real estate barons/ Lucrative Business of Virtual Real Estate. Virtual Breadwinner.

Shop

• Second Life Marketplace

2022 LIBR: The literary metaverse. Once Upon a Time in Digiworldz. Fairy tales built in 3D.

The literary metaverse.  

Once Upon a Time in Digiworldz.  

Fairy tales built in 3D.   

The ACRL Virtual Worlds Interest Group took a hypergrid jump field trip from Second Life, to Kitely and over to Digiworldz. Fairy tales built in 3D illustrate new ways to encounter literature through immersive learning.

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ACRL

• Association of College and Research Libraries
• a division of the American Library Association 
•  a professional association of academic librarians and other interested individuals.

Metaverse Educators: you are not alone. A lot of us are here already. And here is how to find us.

Metaverse Educators: you are not alone.  

 A lot of us are here already.  

And here is how to find us.

Some of the virtual worlds that make up the pre-metaverse have been developing for years.  And some have attracted a lot of educators.

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• OSCC21: Virtual Worlds Education Consortium across the Metaverse.
• Community Virtual Library
• OSCC Presentation archive
• https://www.youtube.com/c/AvaconOrg/live
• https://www.youtube.com/c/AvaconOrg/videos

• OPENSIMULATOR COMMUNITY VIRTUAL CONFERENCE: December 5-6, 2020. Presentations Dec.5 on education in OpenSim
• OPENSIMULATOR COMMUNITY VIRTUAL CONFERENCE: December 5-6, 2020. Presentations Dec.6 on education in OpenSim

2020 #VWEDU: Metaverse for immersive language learning. Role play in virtual worlds.

Metaverse for immersive language learning.  

Role play in virtual worlds.  

Language is a social skill.  Learning it takes a social environment. But that does not mean you have to pay people to provide it. 

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• Non Player Characters in 3DLES OpenSim
• Education in Virtual Worlds (English)
• 25 ESL Roleplay Ideas for the Classroom
  

• Immersive learning (Wikipedia)
• Experiential learning  (Wikipedia)
• Didactic learning (Wikipedia)
• Communicative language teaching (CLT)  (Wikipedia)
• Related articles after the break

2022 The metaverse: English as a second language. After you finish formal lessons you want practice. Find people you can talk to in Second life.

The metaverse: English as a second language.  

After you finish formal lessons you want practice.

Find people you can talk to in Second life.

You want to practice conversations in English?  Meet people in Second Life.  They will talk with you if you stick to subjects they are interested in

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• Tour of Learn It Town ESL Academy

Practice

• Lots of courses can get you started in English as a second language. 
• But where do you go from there? 
• You need to keep practicing to further develop your skills.  
• But how do you find English speakers where you live?
• Try the metaverse.  The language is mostly English.
• And you can find lots of people there if you know how to look.
• Metaverse groups: Find people that share your interests. Join the groups and learn of the events. Here are some groups for Second Life.
• People will want to talk to you about their interests.
• So you need to join groups that share some on your interests.
• And you may have to go to meetings in the middle of your night.
• But during the day in Europe and the Americas there are about 45.000 people online. 

2022 #VWEDU: Metaverse for education. Not like a classroom. More like a field trip. EDUmetaverse

Metaverse for education.  

Not like a classroom.  

More like a field trip.  

EDUmetaverse

The EDUmetaverse is a collection of 35+ Virtual Worlds. Designed to change the way students learn online or face to face. Opening up worlds of learning possibility.

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• Ancient Egypt - Virtual World
• Blog (EDUmetaverse)
• Web site
• Visit the 3D site (enter as guest)
• Up arrow to go forward; left or right arrow to turn.
• 'The Book' - Virtual World Interview