The Shire is a stunning and lushly lovely Second Life sim which, as the name suggests, is a tribute to Tolkien's greenest part of Middle Earth. Here's what it looks like from the longest view:
That tiny white spot in the middle-upper left is me, which should give you an idea of the scope of the place.
Click here to see it on the Second Life web map, or copy/paste this address into your favorite SL viewer: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Shire/143/152/33
As with Tolkien's novels, part of The Shire is devoted to Hobbiton, which is represented by cave-like homes, while other regions evoke other places. (I think the spot where the hobbits and Strider fight a Ring Wraith, which here also does double-duty as a nightclub spot.) The textures are lush and superbly detailed. For instance, the hobbit homes have glass windows which shift as you look inside:
Not many hobbits present when I visited, but occasional babes in bikinis (you know, just like in the books.)
Hat tip: Eve, my favorite French SL blogger.
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This is a nice sim. But just so you know, places of this size and detail are pretty common on opensim. Once you take the false limitations of space and prims off the table, the creativity can really explode. Scale is important and SL's land prices are holding it back.
Posted by: JustSayin | Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 10:40 PM