Chronicle "Roaming Virtual Life" Taiwan's first Second Life Survival Manual

Mar 13, 2022

A digital creation crystallization that was co-created by the team of teachers and students of the school.

It has been nearly 20 years since Second Life was founded in 2003, and in the past 2006-2009, there was a period of media attention, and its commercial application of virtual reality and the concept of education and teaching have attracted the attention of the academic circles and the Asset Management Association in Taiwan. . So many Taiwanese players at that time were school teachers and students who taught them how to navigate the world of SL, communicate and build items.

The book "Roaming Virtual Life" is a picture book jointly produced and edited by the school team at that time, as a manual for novice teaching. Take a screenshot of the game screen, edit it into a comic-like dialog box and separate reading method, explain the operation method of the Second Life function, and the game etiquette culture at that time. Although most of the content of this book is outdated today, it was still a fairly advanced innovation at the time.

The book and picture information is quoted from the first episode of Roaming Virtual Life - the first thing in life @ Purple Little Angel publishes a book!

This is a Second Life user manual.

The author group performed in person and taught you how to use the functions of Second Life in the way of comics!

The fixed content of each episode includes:

Comic theme teaching
Explanation of proper nouns for Second Life
Second Life etiquette teaching

The theme of the first episode is novice survival, from how to fly, to making money and plastic surgery, this episode appendix account application teaching.

Specifications: paperback / 128 pages / 12*18cm / general level / full color / first edition
Author group: Konea, Misao, Torana, Yiting
Editor-in-Chief: Gefeit
Master planner: Nomilly
Published by: Xianzi Co., Ltd.
Publication date: April 8, 2009
Language: Traditional Chinese
ISBN: 9789868522701
Binding: Paperback

The physical version of "Virtual Life Roaming" is out of print. Because Second Life's popularity in Taiwan has not been able to increase, the original series is only one book, and there is no sequel. However, the digital version still has a backup in Second Life (thanks to pony Ghost for providing it), and the item permission is No Modify / Copy / Transfer, which cannot be edited but can be copied and circulated. Remembering the achievements of the teachers and students in the past.

Find the item of the book in the game, Add will add the book to the main screen.

The book is currently available at the following two locations. Click on the magazine rack and select the "SL Handbook" option to get it. There are also other books in the magazine rack, and those who are interested can also take them for viewing.