Designing Your Second Life

The rapidly growing world of Second Life has over two million players. There's currently an intersection of the rising interest in this fantasy world with rising interest in the importance of design in all aspects life life--this book couldn't be more timely! Designing Your Second Life treats Second Life as an experience, which is just how its subscribers and residents see it. This book focuses on ways to leverage design in enriching that experience, because that's the key element for creating a memorable and successful "life" within the confines of the environment. The book covers techniques for designing great-looking avatars, gorgeous clothes, impressive homes, and planned communities. It also features insight into Second Life etiquette, customs, and other sociocultural realities, as well as how to build your own money-making career. Designing Your Second Life is also peppered with interviews with Second Life "residents" who have become successful and widely known for their design specialties (clothing, places, avatars, etc). This full-color book will have a high-end feel that caters to this savvy crowd of avatars "living" in Second Life.Tapley, Rebecca is the author of 'Designing Your Second Life ', published 2007 under ISBN 9780321503015 and ISBN 0321503015.