Master Virtual Builder Shows What SL Means to Him

Here's another great must-watch machinima for Linden Lab's "What Second Life Means to Me" viral video campaign:

The machinima and the Rose Theater are from Angel Manor, created by Kaya Angel, who shot another excellent machinima at the Manor earlier this year, and explained in detail his approach to virtual community creation:

DESIGN FOR VIRTUAL HYPER-REALISM

"I should add that the comment about [the reader comment about] specular being too much may not take into account the context of the theme. The intent is not to be totally realistic. I believe there is a balance that is important in SL. If you make something too real then people compare it to RL which breaks the illusion of SL. If you make something too surreal then the person can't find anything to connect with and relate it to the real world. I always aim for a hyper-reality. It's a balance where you still let buildings adhere to things like the laws of physics and make sure the building looks structurally sound but you don't make is so real and to scale that its not practical for an avatar to move around. The key is to make it so you feel in a real space but your imagination is still free to let you be there in your mind.

Much more here.

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