Retraction , Immersion , and Teaching

A new IMLer joins us in our space right after getting off orientation island and here I am giving them a tutorial on how to build. This included how to create an object, how to edit it, how to link them, and how to texture them.















Here the cubes have just been textured with a fur carpet. Should go well with the purple pumps.















Having a visitor to the Island provided some valuable feedback. IT'S TOO SPREAD OUT!! Especially for someone new to the controls of SL and the camera angles. To navigate an entire region is a little tricky at first. I have not started with a simple cube in the center and will build outward. This makes the layout modular and easily expandable, plus someone new to the island can get a quick look just by spinning around. Here is the start of this idea with the Holodeck, screening area, and sandbox all easily reachable from the center.















I figured out how to finally add streaming video to our island. Here is an entire corner of the region, sky and all, that is covered in video players.















I remember being very inspired by Jennifer Steinkamp's large video installations such as this one here.